A few days back I finished reading The Kiterunner by Khaled Hosseini.
It was a great book, needless to say, for the accolades it had received
says all about it silently. So I wouldn't go into all that.
But after completing the book a question got in my mind. Hassan, the Hazara servent of the protagonist, was always very loyal to his master & tried in every way possible to keep his master happy. He cared for his master so much that he left his homeland, his own home and came to his master's house to save it from getting ruined and later got himself killed in the hands of the Tallibans just to save his master's house. Now, what I was asking myself is that whether loyalty like this is truly what all the masters must deserve and Hassan is an ideal servant or is it that Hassan was wrong and there must be a limit to the services they offer??? I really don't know the answer to this but to some extent, I personally believe that giving up one's life and putting one's family at stake for his/her master must be too much of loyalty. Please correct me if I am wrong.
But after completing the book a question got in my mind. Hassan, the Hazara servent of the protagonist, was always very loyal to his master & tried in every way possible to keep his master happy. He cared for his master so much that he left his homeland, his own home and came to his master's house to save it from getting ruined and later got himself killed in the hands of the Tallibans just to save his master's house. Now, what I was asking myself is that whether loyalty like this is truly what all the masters must deserve and Hassan is an ideal servant or is it that Hassan was wrong and there must be a limit to the services they offer??? I really don't know the answer to this but to some extent, I personally believe that giving up one's life and putting one's family at stake for his/her master must be too much of loyalty. Please correct me if I am wrong.
