Amir's Flaws In The Kite Runner

Life is a rollercoaster of events and emotions that supply us with a myriad of obstacles and experiences. Every human being is flawed or scarred whether by a situation they had to undergo or something they view about themselves that they consider being ‘imperfect’. In literature, characters are usually portrayed as a deeply human and flawed person to emphasize and depict real people in reality. In The Kite Runner the protagonist, Amir, is shown as a profoundly conflicted and flawed character. Amir’s most tragic flaw is his perpetual silence throughout the novel and he is able to overcome it by doing a heroic action in order to save someone else’s life.

Amir’s silence has caused him to undergo traumatic situations and the most pivotal one was

In the Kite Runner, the following is stated, “ Come. There is a way to be good again, Rahim Khan had said on the phone just before hanging up.” When Rahim Khan said this, he basically meant that there was a way for Amir to redeem himself and the only way would be to go to Afghanistan to save Sohrab, Hassan’s son, from the awful things occurring there. Amir taking the dangerous decision of going to save Sohrab in Afghanistan with all the trials and tribulations he was certain to face served as the catalyst to make everything right. Amir does redeem himself by the end of the novel because he rescues Sohrab from the vicious, treacherous grasp of Assef and takes Sohrab into his home as his son. He evidently redeemed himself because Hassan would have most likely done anything in his power to keep his beloved son from harm and Amir left his fear and cowardliness behind to save his nephew. Also when Amir went to rescue Sohrab, Assef was attacking him with powerful punches and Amir laughed because he finally felt the relief of redemption. He had felt that relief because he had stood up and fought for Sohrab which proves he had redeemed himself to Hassan. Although Hassan was not there to see it for himself, Amir had proven how guilty and sorry he had felt for his silence with valuable actions rather than with insignificant