The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a book regarding an Afghan boy named Amir who experiences difficulty, and has to deal with the hardships of life through redemption. The story is spanned through decades and in the end, it perfectly tells the full circle of Amir’s redemption. The Afghan boy, Amir, has a friend who he finds out later is his brother, named Hassan, and he gets sexually assaulted and Amir doesn’t stand up for him. Amir struggles with his choices for the rest of his life until he is forced to rescue Hasssan’s son, Sohrab. He succeeds and eventually is mended and in the end Amir finally redeems himself. The biggest theme in the book is redemption which is modeled in Amir when he saves himself from his past mistakes and finally …show more content…
Rahim Khan, a character in the book, calls Amir when he is in San Francisco and reminds him that he can fix what has happened. Throughout Amir’s experiences, he kept recalling his conversation with Rahim Khan and used it to fuel his fire on the path to redemption. Every time he was close to redeeming himself, he would recall the conversation and employ it to make sure he was doing the right thing. This is basically what the definition of perseverance is, not giving up. On the call to Amir, Rahim Khan says, “There is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 226). Rahim Khan says to Amir to remind him that even though he went through all the bad things in Afghanistan he can still be good and redeem himself. Amir recalls this moment countless times and uses it to make sure that he stays on track to rescue Sohrab and earn redemption from his past. This moment that Amir goes through is the literal definition of perseverance which is a way that people can show redemption. All of Amir’s actions on his road to redemption can be tied back to Rahim Khan’s words and is related to Amir’s perseverance to redeem …show more content…
Mending. Ultimately it’s when a person finally fixes their mistakes completely. Amir has finally rescued Sohrab, but has been denied the opportunity to bring him to America because of complications. Amir regretfully tells Sohrab he might have to go back to the orphanage for the time being to sort things out. Sohrab cannot take this horrible news and ends up attempting suicide. Before he did, Amir was just going to tell him that everything was sorted out, and they could head to America. It was too late, Sohrab survived but was very quiet-a piece of him had died. Amir cannot believe that he nearly failed with Hassan’s son and feels like he is back at square one. Then one day in San Francisco, they go into the city for a kite running competition just like what Amir used to do. When this happens, Sohrab smiles again and is slowly healing. Amir offers to run for the kite and thinks, “For you a thousand times over, I heard myself say, then I turned and ran” (Hosseini 371). This moment is at the very end of the book, and it is a perfect ending to Amir’s redemption story. Amir has finally fixed his countless mistakes and is at peace. He rescued Sohrab, which fixed Amir’s problem and mistake with Sohrab’s dad. He got beaten up by Assef, the man who raped Hassan, and Amir finally stood up for himself and for others. Amir has gone through the full circle of redemption and has perfectly gone
After Amir meets with Rahim Khan and knows the fact that Hassan’s son, Sohrab, was in the orphanage, it is time for him to seek redemption. Amir decision of bring Sohrab to Pakistan is because of not only Rahim Khan’s request but also a way to be good again. It is his first active step he takes towards atoning for his past and it demonstrates Amir’s first conscious decision to think of another before himself, even it means risking everything he has, including his life and the welfare of his family. Amir now understands that he can endeavour to gain redemption by sacrificing himself to rescue Sohrab. As Amir continues to find Sohrab and tries to save him from Assef, he is willing to sacrifice himself for a chance to get Sohrab back.
Years later, Amir learned to redeem himself through the help of Rahim Khan bringing him back on the path to redemption. Rahim Khan opened Amir’s eyes on page 227 by saying “There is a way to be good again, he said. A way to end the cycle. With a little boy. An orphan.
A significant point when Amir understands that he must change his actions was at Baba’s funeral, “Listening to them, I realized how much of who I was, what I was, had been defined by Baba and the marks he had left on people’s lives… now he was gone. Baba couldn’t show me the way anymore; I’d have to find it on my own. The thought of it terrified me.” (Hosseini, 174) This thought process was the start of Amir’s personal journey; it was what led him to return to Afghanistan and later to adopt Sohrab.
He carried the guilt of teasing his best friend, lying to him constantly, getting jealous over him, and trying to get rid of him from their household. Amir carried this guilt for 27 years after the incidents, at which time he came back to make amends to redeem himself. He started by accepting the truth and realising that he needed to indemnify the person he had always wronged as a child. Amir was called by Rahim Khan, who insisted Amir go back to Afghanistan to make up for his actions, and thinking he had no choice but to respect a dying man’s wish, he did. After the phone call with Rahim, Amir thought: "[I have] a way to be good again" (202).
This passage makes clear that Amir still carries the weight of his secret on his shoulders, which has begun to get in the way of other relationships in his life. Even years later, Amir shows deep regret for the selfishness he showed Hassan in their youth, and it continues to haunt him throughout his adulthood. This is shown when Amir is catching up with Rahim Khan, and Amir is reminded of his childhood with Hassan, and the impact his decision made. “It hit me again, the enormity of what I had done that winter and the following summer. The names rang in my head: Hassan, Sohrab, Ali, Farzana, and Sanaubar.
He has finally learned to stand up for himself. By first rescuing Sohrab, Amir has stood up for himself and Sohrab physically. By not running away from the fight, Amir has stood up for himself the way that Baba always wanted him to. This also brings Amir closer to redemption, as he has corrected his past choice to stay uninvolved in a fight, all because he wanted to win his father’s praise. This demonstrates the growth that Amir has had, and it is all due to his relationship with Baba, as it taught him to stand up for himself.
Later, he hears of Hassan's death from his father's old friend, Rahim Khan. In this conversation, he explains, "There is a way to be good again" (Hosseini). In this moment, he was referring to saving Sohrab, Hassan's son, who was now in an orphanage. Eventually, Amir agrees, and after facing many conflicts, such as putting his life at risk to save him from the Talib man, Assef, Hassan is a part of Amir's small family. As they start their new lives, Amir is treating Hassan in a very different, and much kinder way than he treated Hassan.
The author puts a lot of moral ambitious character in the story the Kite Runner. Amir is an example of a moral ambitious character. He is evil in the beginning of the story, but as he matures and grows up as an adult. The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini, is a novel about a young boy named Amir and how he grows up in the Afghan war and how life was during the war. Amir's Moral Ambiguity is important to this story because he provides readers to like and hate him.
For you, a thousand times over” (Hosseini, 2003, p. 371). Amir finally feels that he has earned redemption from his mistake. Redemption is a difficult to achieve, and it can only be gained by learning from your mistake and changing. When Amir made his mistake, he didn’t learn from it. His problem was being scared of confrontation.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is about friends, Amir and Hassan, who grow up in a rough environment. Amir regrets his past heavily and has to leave Hassan to try and find his dads trust before it becomes too late. Amir uses the search for redemption to prove that although a man cannot escape his past, he still needs to be responsible for his actions that come in the future. Amir overthinks everything that has happened in his past.
Amir’s Redemption in The Kite Runner In The Kite Runner, Khalid Hosseini writes that Amir makes mistakes, and because of that, it takes his entire life to redeem himself. Throughout The Kite Runner, Amir is looking for redemption. One of the reasons why Amir redeems himself was to fix the wrong he did to Hassan in his childhood. On the other hand, many may believe that Amir didn’t earn anything and rather wasted his time in Afghanistan.
Amir decides to go save Sohrab who has been taken by Assef, Hassan’s attacker, in order to atone for his mistakes. Amir gets severely beaten by Assef during the altercation, yet he still managed to free Sohrab, showing how he put a loved one's welfare above his own. Because he was able to stand up to Assef for Sohrab when he was unable to do so for Hassan, Amir's ability to take care of Sohrab and get him away from Assef shows how much he has grown as a person. Amir's willingness to risk his life shows how committed he is to atone for his transgressions, finding closure, and experiencing redemption. The fact that he overcame his prior pain to make up for his errors illustrates that acts of bravery can stem from inner
The guilt started the second Amir was able to recognize that what he did was wrong. It took him some time to realize that he had to start repaying for the wrong, which was traveling to Afghanistan to save Sohrab. Amir was not exactly successful, in order words, he did fulfill Rahim Khan’s wish, which was selfless of Amir, but it created other problems that would leave both Amir and Sohrab damaged. Overall, Amir’s situation proves that the ability to be redeemed may not be as simple as one might think. Amir will never be able to forgive himself.
After rescuing Sohrab from Assef, Amir feels like he is making up for not being there for Hassan. Amir did something that was truly brave and noble. By saving Sohrab and giving him a better life in America, Amir was able to find a way to be good again. Just like Rahim Khan said he would over the phone. Amir will never be able to fully forgive himself for what happened in the winter of 1975, however, by working to become a better person, he can slowly redeem himself and move forward with his life.
In the novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini tells the story of Amir, a young, Afghan boy who learns about what it means to be redeemed through the experiences he encounters in his life. The idea of redemption becomes a lesson for Amir when he is a witness to the tragic sexual assault of his childhood friend, Hassan. As a bystander in the moment, Amir determines what is more important: saving the life of his friend or running away for the safety of himself. In the end, Amir decides to flee, resulting in Amir having to live with the guilt of leaving Hassan behind to be assaulted. Hosseini shows us how Amir constantly deals with the remorse of the incident, but does not attempt to redeem himself until later in his life when Hassan has died.