What does the red coat in Walsh represent? How is the use of the red coat in Walsh similar to and different from the use of the kite in The Kite Runner?
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Pollock uses the red coat to symbolize Walshs ties to the government, for example when the he wants to be a part of the government he wears the coat proudly but when he wants to break ties with the government he abandons the coat and tries to leave it someplace where he hopes he wont see it. The Red Coat is simmilar to kite in the kite runner because it refers to ties to the past and there attempts to break from their past but their past keeps coming back to haunt them much likes these objects
The red coat in Walsh would represent Walsh's sense of duty to the government that he works for. The way the coat could be similar to the kite used in Kite Runner would be how Amir placed so much hope and certainty into the victory of the kite tournament and how that would help him win Baba's heart, and how Walsh has so much hope and certainty in his government, and his faith in 'honorable men'.
The red coat symbolizes Walsh's connection to the Canadian government. Walsh taking off the coat shows his want to escape from his duty which is negotiating sioux nation to cross the border. The kite in Kiterunner unites Amir to the past Afghanistan and his friendship with Hassan. Similarly, the red coat and kite both represent ties their ties to the past.
The red coat used in Walsh represents and symbolizes Walsh's association to the government of Canada and his formal duty of convincing Sitting Bull to return to American and of his loyalty to the Queen. When he wears the coat it is when he feels proud of his position of importance but when he takes it off and deserts it, it symbolizes his shame and disloyalty to his official obligation. The similarity between the red coat in Walsh and the kite in Kiterunner is both objects resemble ties of an individial to someone or something. For Walsh the red coat binds him to his government position and for Amir the kite binds him to Hassan. Also both objects resemble things that Walsh and Amir take very seriously in order to be accepted and respected by the people who mean the most such as the Queen and the Canadian Government in Walsh and Baba in The Kiterunner. As I said earlier, when Walsh abandons the coat he feels ashamed of his duty and when Amir gives the kite to Hassan a terrible instance occurs with Hassan in which Amir feels ashamed of not trying to prevent. The difference between the red coat and the kite are that they obviously symbolize different aspects of these different characters such as Walsh's job and the competition Amir wins.
The red coat does not only symbolize the Canadian governement, it also symbolizes Walsh's internal struggle and devotion to his job. When wearing the coat he must not think like a human he has to think the way the Canadian government wants him to think, which is without emotion and to just get his job done. Without the coat he thinks more like a human being and this is shown through the character of Clarence who is his concience. The red coat from "Walsh" and the kite from "The Kite Runner" are similar because they both describe the internal battle and guilt that Walsh and Amir must overcome. Amir must overcome the guilt of leaving Hassan in the alley way and Walsh must overcome the guilt of letting poor natives to starve.
The red coat to Walsh represents his government ties. Walsh wears the coat proudly when he is honored to be part of the Canadian government, but like on page 64 is so disgusted by his ties that he has difficulty even looking at the coat. Similarly the kite in the Kite runner represents Amir's ties to Afghanistan, when he was proud to have those ties he flew the kite high, but when he was ashamed he could barely even look at it.
Both of these items are significant in representing the role of the characters in each story. In Walsh, the red coat symbolizes his obligations to the government. The kite in the Kite runner shows the loyalty Hassan has for Amir. Both are placed in a situation of conflict, what will wlash do concerning his internal conflict and his loyalty to his position in the government. And in kite runner, what will Hassan decide, to give the beautifull blue kite up to Assef, or suffer the consequences? In the kite runner we see that the symbol is different, because the coat is somethig that can be taken off, where the memory of the kite and what happened that night haunts Amir for the rest of his life
The red coat worn by Walsh was a symbolic device used by Pollock to emphasize his loyalty towards his government and the Great White Mother. The red coat was presented as a bittersweet item for Walsh. On one hand, it signified power, authority and superiority yet on the other it rendered shame and inequibility. The red coat paralalls the kite in The Kite Runner because the kite was also a symbolic object used to represent both power and shame in the novel. The 'trophy kite' represented victory and pride for Amir (when he had won the competition), but also the painful memoires relating to Hasan and the kite.
The red coat is symbolic to Walsh's ties to the Canadian government, and to is duty. We can tell Walsh's feelings on the actions of the Canadian government by the treatment of his red coat. When he is proud of, and in agreement with, the actions of his government, he proudly wears his red coat-as if to show the world who he represents. However, when the government makes choices Walsh disagrees with, he does just the opposite. For example, when the government does not help the Nez Perce, Walsh drops his red coat on the ground. He is ashamed to be associated with the Canadian government. The red coat is similar to the kite in the Kite Runner, in that it serves as a manifestation of memories. When Amir sees a kite, he thinks of Hassan, and how Hassan was hurt. At the same time, however, Amir remembers fond childhood memories when he sees a kite. When Walsh sees his red coat, he remembers how his government did not help the Nez Perce, and refuse to help the Sioux. Walsh also remembers how proud he feels to be working for the government at times, and is proud to wear the coat that shows this. The kite and the red coat also differ. Amir can avoid kites-especially in America. Walsh, on the other hand, must be around the red coat every single day when he is working. The memories Amir experiences are also more personal-they are about Hassan's rape. Walsh is reminded of the mistreatment of an entire group of people that he has no obligation to.
The red coat that Walsh wears symbolizes his connection to the government and the false sense of hope and victory. The red coat is similar to the kite from The Kite Runner because the kite also symbolized a false sense of hope and, not necessarily victory, but success for Amir's relationship with Baba. In another sense, the red coat is different from the kite because in Walsh, what the red coat symbolizes is connected to helping others (ie: the Sioux), but in The Kite Runner, what the kite symbolizes is connected only to Amir himself.
The red coat gives Walsh the image of being an authoritative and repsonsible character. This is because the way that Walsh acts makes him out to look very important and official, and with him being the only one who wears the red coat it makes the audience associate him with this persona. The red coat is similar to the kite from the Kite Runner in the way that it emphasizes certain traits of a given character. In the Kite Runner the kite portrays Amir as being an accomplished and competent character because he was the only one who owned the winning kite from the tournament. The red coat is different from the kite however because it gives the reader a stronger sense of Walsh's position and role in the play while the kite gives the reader a better understanding of Amir's character and personality.
Walsh's red coat is used to manifest his obligation to uphold the laws set in place by the Canadian government as if it were a higher being. For Amir, the kite was to serve as a bridge between his father and himself, whom he looks also up to. However, Walsh's actions whilst wearing the red coat are for a more supposedly greater cause, while obtaining the kite is a much more obviously selfish cause for Amir.
The red coat that Walsh wears shows his physical/literal integration with the government and makes it seem obvious on the outside thus contrasting and comparing and also indicating he is not really a Native. A link exists between the red coat and the kite in The Kite Runner both signifies the ties and a sort of "responsibility" to the a certain event or person. For example, Walsh is held liable to the Canadian Government while with the kite in The Kite Runner, Amir thinks he is responsible to Hassan.
The red coat in Walsh represents, Walshs duty as a government official but he tries to leave this behind him at times example being the end, while the kite in the kiterunner symbolizes Amirs past. Amir also tries to leave his past but just can't paralleling with Walsh.
lol like everyone said, I think that the red coat in Walsh respresents Walsh's sense of duty towards the government, more importantly, the government it self. The symbolism of the red coat is similary to that of the kite in The Kite Runner in that both of these items defines another character of a person. In Walsh, the red coat represents Walsh as a major serving to the Canadian government, while in The Kite Runner, the kite represents Amir and his life in afghanistan with Hassan.
Walsh's red coat symbolizes his position as a representative of the Great White Mother. With his coat on, he is a man that has responsibilities to protect the Native nation and help them with all the power he has. In contrast with the kite in the Kite Runner, the red coat represented honour and the proper way of doing things, while the kite represented all the opposite. The kite was the reason for all the problems that sprouted, it was sinned.
Walsh's red coat is a clear representation of the Canadian government and its authorities. On numerous occasions, Walsh points out that he is wearing a red coat illustrating that he takes pride in being a Royal Mounted Police.
There are many similarities and differences that can be drawn between Walsh's red coat and the kite in Kite Runner. An example similarity is shown through the fact that both material possessions, create some sort false pride. In Amir's case, he finds that he can please his father by obtaining the final kite in the kite fighting tournament, but when he does retrieve the kite, the warm relationship he begins to share with his father is shortlived. Similiar to Walsh, Walsh manages to wear his coat as if it entitles him to a position of power, when in reality, the power he possesses is completely representative of the people he works for, who are the Canadian government. When comparing the two items, the coat and the kite can be many representations spanning from sacrifice to courage, so in essence, there are many different ways to compare and look at the red coat and the kite, all of which are correct.
When Walsh wears the red coat, it is to " [represent] the Queen and the Canadian government." ( page 59 ) When worn, he has a job to do, which is to "inform.. [his] government's position." When adorned, he cannot show his true opinions, because he is phased by his duty. What Walsh doesn't express is then shown by Clarence.
The ties between the kite in Kiterunner and the red coat in Walsh, is that both items were used and had consequences. Amir longed for the kite, but wanted to spare Hassan in the process, which didn't happen. A compromise did not happen. Thus Amir regrets having chosen the kite over a loved one's safety. The coat, in Walsh, there is a similar problem. Walsh wants to fulfill his duty, wanting to do exactly everything the government wants him to, yet also hopefully helping Sitting Bull and the Sioux just a bit more. When the duty of the red coat comes in between the two choices, he makes a decision, which also adds to his lamentation.
During Walsh the author, Pollock, uses the red coat to symbolise Walsh's ties to the government, to the queen and to his country. This idea occurs in The Kite Runner because to Amir the kite symbolise his ties to Afghanistan. Only when Amir confronts his past and redeems himself does the Kite present itself in The United States . Also as Courtney suggested these objects continue to haunt them, even despite their best efforts to escape from them.
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Pollock uses the red coat to symbolize Walshs ties to the government, for example when the he wants to be a part of the government he wears the coat proudly but when he wants to break ties with the government he abandons the coat and tries to leave it someplace where he hopes he wont see it. The Red Coat is simmilar to kite in the kite runner because it refers to ties to the past and there attempts to break from their past but their past keeps coming back to haunt them much likes these objects
The red coat in Walsh would represent Walsh's sense of duty to the government that he works for. The way the coat could be similar to the kite used in Kite Runner would be how Amir placed so much hope and certainty into the victory of the kite tournament and how that would help him win Baba's heart, and how Walsh has so much hope and certainty in his government, and his faith in 'honorable men'.
The red coat symbolizes Walsh's connection to the Canadian government. Walsh taking off the coat shows his want to escape from his duty which is negotiating sioux nation to cross the border. The kite in Kiterunner unites Amir to the past Afghanistan and his friendship with Hassan. Similarly, the red coat and kite both represent ties their ties to the past.
The red coat used in Walsh represents and symbolizes Walsh's association to the government of Canada and his formal duty of convincing Sitting Bull to return to American and of his loyalty to the Queen. When he wears the coat it is when he feels proud of his position of importance but when he takes it off and deserts it, it symbolizes his shame and disloyalty to his official obligation. The similarity between the red coat in Walsh and the kite in Kiterunner is both objects resemble ties of an individial to someone or something. For Walsh the red coat binds him to his government position and for Amir the kite binds him to Hassan. Also both objects resemble things that Walsh and Amir take very seriously in order to be accepted and respected by the people who mean the most such as the Queen and the Canadian Government in Walsh and Baba in The Kiterunner. As I said earlier, when Walsh abandons the coat he feels ashamed of his duty and when Amir gives the kite to Hassan a terrible instance occurs with Hassan in which Amir feels ashamed of not trying to prevent. The difference between the red coat and the kite are that they obviously symbolize different aspects of these different characters such as Walsh's job and the competition Amir wins.
The red coat does not only symbolize the Canadian governement, it also symbolizes Walsh's internal struggle and devotion to his job. When wearing the coat he must not think like a human he has to think the way the Canadian government wants him to think, which is without emotion and to just get his job done. Without the coat he thinks more like a human being and this is shown through the character of Clarence who is his concience. The red coat from "Walsh" and the kite from "The Kite Runner" are similar because they both describe the internal battle and guilt that Walsh and Amir must overcome. Amir must overcome the guilt of leaving Hassan in the alley way and Walsh must overcome the guilt of letting poor natives to starve.
The red coat to Walsh represents his government ties. Walsh wears the coat proudly when he is honored to be part of the Canadian government, but like on page 64 is so disgusted by his ties that he has difficulty even looking at the coat. Similarly the kite in the Kite runner represents Amir's ties to Afghanistan, when he was proud to have those ties he flew the kite high, but when he was ashamed he could barely even look at it.
Both of these items are significant in representing the role of the characters in each story. In Walsh, the red coat symbolizes his obligations to the government. The kite in the Kite runner shows the loyalty Hassan has for Amir. Both are placed in a situation of conflict, what will wlash do concerning his internal conflict and his loyalty to his position in the government. And in kite runner, what will Hassan decide, to give the beautifull blue kite up to Assef, or suffer the consequences? In the kite runner we see that the symbol is different, because the coat is somethig that can be taken off, where the memory of the kite and what happened that night haunts Amir for the rest of his life
The red coat worn by Walsh was a symbolic device used by Pollock to emphasize his loyalty towards his government and the Great White Mother. The red coat was presented as a bittersweet item for Walsh. On one hand, it signified power, authority and superiority yet on the other it rendered shame and inequibility. The red coat paralalls the kite in The Kite Runner because the kite was also a symbolic object used to represent both power and shame in the novel. The 'trophy kite' represented victory and pride for Amir (when he had won the competition), but also the painful memoires relating to Hasan and the kite.
The red coat is symbolic to Walsh's ties to the Canadian government, and to is duty. We can tell Walsh's feelings on the actions of the Canadian government by the treatment of his red coat. When he is proud of, and in agreement with, the actions of his government, he proudly wears his red coat-as if to show the world who he represents. However, when the government makes choices Walsh disagrees with, he does just the opposite. For example, when the government does not help the Nez Perce, Walsh drops his red coat on the ground. He is ashamed to be associated with the Canadian government. The red coat is similar to the kite in the Kite Runner, in that it serves as a manifestation of memories. When Amir sees a kite, he thinks of Hassan, and how Hassan was hurt. At the same time, however, Amir remembers fond childhood memories when he sees a kite. When Walsh sees his red coat, he remembers how his government did not help the Nez Perce, and refuse to help the Sioux. Walsh also remembers how proud he feels to be working for the government at times, and is proud to wear the coat that shows this. The kite and the red coat also differ. Amir can avoid kites-especially in America. Walsh, on the other hand, must be around the red coat every single day when he is working. The memories Amir experiences are also more personal-they are about Hassan's rape. Walsh is reminded of the mistreatment of an entire group of people that he has no obligation to.
The red coat that Walsh wears symbolizes his connection to the government and the false sense of hope and victory. The red coat is similar to the kite from The Kite Runner because the kite also symbolized a false sense of hope and, not necessarily victory, but success for Amir's relationship with Baba. In another sense, the red coat is different from the kite because in Walsh, what the red coat symbolizes is connected to helping others (ie: the Sioux), but in The Kite Runner, what the kite symbolizes is connected only to Amir himself.
The red coat gives Walsh the image of being an authoritative and repsonsible character. This is because the way that Walsh acts makes him out to look very important and official, and with him being the only one who wears the red coat it makes the audience associate him with this persona.
The red coat is similar to the kite from the Kite Runner in the way that it emphasizes certain traits of a given character. In the Kite Runner the kite portrays Amir as being an accomplished and competent character because he was the only one who owned the winning kite from the tournament.
The red coat is different from the kite however because it gives the reader a stronger sense of Walsh's position and role in the play while the kite gives the reader a better understanding of Amir's character and personality.
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Walsh's red coat is used to manifest his obligation to uphold the laws set in place by the Canadian government as if it were a higher being. For Amir, the kite was to serve as a bridge between his father and himself, whom he looks also up to. However, Walsh's actions whilst wearing the red coat are for a more supposedly greater cause, while obtaining the kite is a much more obviously selfish cause for Amir.
The red coat that Walsh wears shows his physical/literal integration with the government and makes it seem obvious on the outside thus contrasting and comparing and also indicating he is not really a Native. A link exists between the red coat and the kite in The Kite Runner both signifies the ties and a sort of "responsibility" to the a certain event or person. For example, Walsh is held liable to the Canadian Government while with the kite in The Kite Runner, Amir thinks he is responsible to Hassan.
The red coat in Walsh represents, Walshs duty as a government official but he tries to leave this behind him at times example being the end, while the kite in the kiterunner symbolizes Amirs past. Amir also tries to leave his past but just can't paralleling with Walsh.
lol like everyone said, I think that the red coat in Walsh respresents Walsh's sense of duty towards the government, more importantly, the government it self. The symbolism of the red coat is similary to that of the kite in The Kite Runner in that both of these items defines another character of a person. In Walsh, the red coat represents Walsh as a major serving to the Canadian government, while in The Kite Runner, the kite represents Amir and his life in afghanistan with Hassan.
Walsh's red coat symbolizes his position as a representative of the Great White Mother. With his coat on, he is a man that has responsibilities to protect the Native nation and help them with all the power he has. In contrast with the kite in the Kite Runner, the red coat represented honour and the proper way of doing things, while the kite represented all the opposite. The kite was the reason for all the problems that sprouted, it was sinned.
Walsh's red coat is a clear representation of the Canadian government and its authorities. On numerous occasions, Walsh points out that he is wearing a red coat illustrating that he takes pride in being a Royal Mounted Police.
There are many similarities and differences that can be drawn between Walsh's red coat and the kite in Kite Runner. An example similarity is shown through the fact that both material possessions, create some sort false pride. In Amir's case, he finds that he can please his father by obtaining the final kite in the kite fighting tournament, but when he does retrieve the kite, the warm relationship he begins to share with his father is shortlived. Similiar to Walsh, Walsh manages to wear his coat as if it entitles him to a position of power, when in reality, the power he possesses is completely representative of the people he works for, who are the Canadian government. When comparing the two items, the coat and the kite can be many representations spanning from sacrifice to courage, so in essence, there are many different ways to compare and look at the red coat and the kite, all of which are correct.
When Walsh wears the red coat, it is to " [represent] the Queen and the Canadian government." ( page 59 ) When worn, he has a job to do, which is to "inform.. [his] government's position." When adorned, he cannot show his true opinions, because he is phased by his duty. What Walsh doesn't express is then shown by Clarence.
The ties between the kite in Kiterunner and the red coat in Walsh, is that both items were used and had consequences. Amir longed for the kite, but wanted to spare Hassan in the process, which didn't happen. A compromise did not happen. Thus Amir regrets having chosen the kite over a loved one's safety. The coat, in Walsh, there is a similar problem. Walsh wants to fulfill his duty, wanting to do exactly everything the government wants him to, yet also hopefully helping Sitting Bull and the Sioux just a bit more. When the duty of the red coat comes in between the two choices, he makes a decision, which also adds to his lamentation.
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During Walsh the author, Pollock, uses the red coat to symbolise Walsh's ties to the government, to the queen and to his country. This idea occurs in The Kite Runner because to Amir the kite symbolise his ties to Afghanistan. Only when Amir confronts his past and redeems himself does the Kite present itself in The United States . Also as Courtney suggested these objects continue to haunt them, even despite their best efforts to escape from them.
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