Amir's Worthy Of Forgiveness In The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is a book about a young boy, Amir, who faces many struggles as he grows up in Kabul and later moves to America to flee from the Taliban. His best friend and brother , Hassan, was a big part of his life, but also a big part of guilt he held onto for many years. The book describes Amir’s attempt to make up for the past and resolve his sins so he can clear his conscious. Amir is worthy of forgiveness because although he was selfish, he was very brave and faced his past. In the book, The Kite Runner, Amir was often selfish which was a reason he may not be worthy of forgiveness. One example of this was when Amir tried to pay for someone else to go to Kabul to save Sohrab instead of himself: “Why me? Why can’t you pay someone here

Rahim Khan asked for Amir to come and save Sohrab because he knew about the past and felt this was the way Amir would be able to make up for his mistakes. However, Amir wasn’t willing to risk his life for the son of the man who was not only his best friend, but who had put himself in danger countless times to save Amir. This is very selfish because this boy in in need of help and he simply wants to throw money at the situation and stay out of it. Another example of Amir being selfish was when (Pg 309) they found out that the couple who were going to adopt Sohrab weren’t there so he was willing to just dump him with Farid without any further thought. This is extremely selfish because that is his nephew and he is willing to leave him in war stricken Kabul where the boy has already been abused by the Taliban. He only concern was getting home safe to America and doing the bare minimum to save Sohrab in hopes to clear his conscious. The final example of Amir being selfish was when he said that he hopes that he doesn’t end up letting Sohrab get hurt like he let hassan get hurt, only because he doesn’t want that sin stuck with him too: “I will do all of this one wish: My

The Taliban would kill people over a wrong glance which makes it super risky and there was no guarantee that Amir would make it home alive. Amir also showed bravery (288) when he fought Assef. He could have been a coward and left, allowing for Sohrab to take the beating like Hassan had done for Amir in the past, but instead he fought. This was brave because Assef was extremely violent with no moral which makes him a vicious fighter. There was a good chance Assef was going to kill Amir during the fight, but Amir did it anyways because he wanted to save Sohrab. The final example of Amir being brave was when he stood up for Sohrab to the General: “And one more thing, General Sahib,” I said. “ You will never again refer to him as ‘Hazara boy’ in my presence. He has a name and it’s Sohrab.”’ (pg. 361). The General and Amir had always had a shaky relationship and Amir had always been a bit timid towards the General. However, Amir didn’t stand for Sohrab being called a ‘Hazara boy’, a racist term that was offensive. Instead he stood up for Sohrab and made sure that Sohrab was not going to be called names like that which was brave of Amir. Amir's bravery shows that he has put in the effort to be worthy of forgiveness. Amir changed a lot throughout the book of The Kite Runner. He had to face many external and internal conflicts. He did learn, grow, and change throughout the book