The Kite Runner, a novel written by bestselling author Khaled Hosseini, teaches a lesson centered on the journey to redemption. Amir, a wealthy boy, and his poor best friend’s friendship ends due to issues caused by Amir’s paternal issues. He searches for constant validation and love, but never seems able to find it. The novel follows a guilt-ridden Amir, and what it takes him to find and earn the forgiveness necessary to absolve his pent up guilt. Amir’s mother Sofia dies during childbirth, leaving his father in a horrible mental state. These emotions and discontent only rise from his father, Baba’s immoral actions. Hassan’s mother leaves, but Ali, his father, takes on his role and does a respectable job raising Hassan. Although Amir begins …show more content…
Though Hassan did not even attempt to steal the watch, he admits to stealing it in order to protect Amir from getting in trouble with Baba. Not only does this show just how much Hassan loves Amir, but it also shows how Amir will do anything to put a stop to the attention Baba shows Hassan. Due to Hassan falsely admitting and the ensuing drama, he and his father decide to leave the Baba’s estate permanently. The horrendous actions Amir commits against Hassan leave him with immense guilt, especially the instance when he runs from the rape. Decades after Hassan leaves, a still guilt-ridden Amir receives a phone call from a former friend, which marks a new beginning. Amir receives a call from Rahim Kahn, a lifelong friend, telling Amir of his declining health. After hearing this news Amir decides to take a walk, on which he sees a father and son flying kites, reminding him of his home and all the memories from kite running. Amir greatly respects and trusts Rahim, seeing him as a father figure, so when Rahim Khan tells him he knows of the “Unspoken secret”(Hosseini 192) meaning him running from the rape, guilt once again fills his body as the person he looks up the most knows of his worst
Forgiveness: A brother’s journey The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is an exciting and emotional book that stirs the reader into many different paths. An overarching theme that is shown throughout the two major characters (Amir and Hassan) is the element of forgiveness. The novel reveals a lot of racial and ethnicity discrimination and family secrets. As these lucrative statements get disclosed, the main character, Amir is shown to be battling with his own conscious. Forgiveness in the novel is
by saying, “Hassan never wanted to, but if I asked, he wouldn’t deny me. Hassan never denied me anything” (4) This quote shows how Amir would make Hassan do things against his will, but because Hassan was so loyal to Amir, he would do the things Amir asked him to do. The theme is shown through this quote because this occurs at the very beginning of the story and Hassan is putting Amir’s needs before his own, this will reflect throughout the
you, and hurt you. Through it all you still have to be humble and forgive that person, because at the end God still forgives you if you ask him to. In The Kite Runner Amir was always rude and tried to deceive Hassan. Hassan was a Hazara and he always stayed faithful to Amir and Baba. Hassan even says to Amir, “And I dreamt that someday you will return to Kabul to revisit the land of our childhood. If you do you will find an old faithful friend waiting for you.” (Hosseini 218) After all the times
goes through a life journey of forgiveness and redemption. In the book he sees his best friend, Hassan, get raped without trying to stop it. This causes Amir to become guilty and regretful. The only option he has is to try to seek forgivness and redemption for ruining his best friend’s life. Amir eventually succeeds, but his journey has changed who he is. Amir is important to the book because he shows the reader and the characters in the book that redemption, forgiveness, and worthiness is possible;
Betrayal, redemption, and forgiveness are all major themes in The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. The novel also focuses around the theme of a broken relationship between father and son as well as facing difficult situations from ones past. Amir and Hassan are best friends with two completely different personalities. Each character in the novel faces their own hardships and eventually learns to overcome those difficulties. Beginning with betrayal then the characters have to make their way
Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal Malik uses his own memories of the past to answer every question correctly on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Both works exemplify how individuals use the past to fuel themselves in the present. Events of the past are set in stone, however, Amir's wrongdoings can be atoned for through deliberate action and forgiveness. The entirety of Amir's childhood is plagued with the reality of complying with
continues to act selfishly until he discovers the rewarding effects of selflessness. After Assef rapes Hassan in the alley, Amir steals Ali’s right to the truth. “Did something happen to him, Amir agha? Something he’s not telling me?” (81). Although Amir knows the exact cause of Hassan’s strange behavior, he selfishly remains silent to prevent Ali from informing Baba. Amir’s lack of loyalty for Hassan would be another strike in Baba’s eyes, for Baba At first, he admits to Wahid, “He was my half-brother
The theme of Redemption is pretty much present throughout the whole in story in The Kite Runner. Amir and Baba both similarly try to redeem themselves for there actions throughout the book. Amir needs to redeem himself because he saw Hassan get raped and did nothing about it. Baba needs to redeem himself because he got Hassan’s mother pregnant with him and always kept it as a big secret. They both also felt so much guilt that they did nothing about it after the fact either. Amir and his family were
The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir and Hassan, two best friends, close like brothers and experts at kite flying. The novel starts off with a flashback to the winter of 1975 which he refers to as an event that made him who he is today and sets the tone for the entire novel. The narrator of the story, Amir, stirs our curiosity upon what could possibly have occured in his past to garner such an introduction Being the antihero, he begins the story by highlighting two important lines: “... for you
contrasting these characters to the more pure characters, Hosseini is able to show both the ideal life to live and the ways to do that. In The Kite Runner, Amir and his father, Baba, display lives of contradictions while Hassan and Rahim Baba is displayed as an immoral man while at home because he is not loving to his son and he cheated with his friends’ wife and had a child. Even some of Baba’s good qualities such as his care for Hassan and Ali, his father, seem to have a selfish motive behind them because
bolt hands”. Why does he compare the “watch” to “lightning bolt hands”? Amir compared the watch to lightning bolt hands to show the destructive quality that the watch possessed. Similar to how a lightning bolt causes extreme destruction, the watch served the same purpose. Amir used the watch to frame Hassan of a crime that he had not committed. This led to Ali and Hassan moving to Hazarajat and eventually changing Baba and Amir’s life forever. Everything changed after Ali and Hassan left; Afghanistan
Sometimes no matter how big a mistake you make is you can try to be forgiven, and make up for your mistakes by seeking redemption. No matter what someone does, if they truly want to be forgiven they can, and will, seek redemption. And more often than not they will succeed and they will be forgiven. The book The Kite Runner, is about a kid named Amir, from Afghanistan, who was rich and privileged until having to move to America. And Amir stands by as Hassan is raped, which causes the guilt he has
Privilege. Father and Son The relationship between a father and son is portrayed as the most important bond. Sons deeply respect their fathers as seen with Amir to Baba, Hassan to Ali, and Sohrab to Hassan. The fact that both Amir and Hassan’s favorite story “Rostam and Sohrab” (Hosseini 29), a sad tale of a son and father, shows the importance and impact of father and son relations on them. Throughout his childhood, Amir tries his best to win Baba’s love. He views Baba as a person of influence, importance
what it means to stand up for what he believes in. His quest to redeem himself after betraying his friend and brother, Hassan, makes up the heart of the novel. For most of the book, Amir attempts to deal with his guilt by avoiding it and refusing to own up to his mistakes. Because of his past, Amir is incapable of moving forward. His entire life is shaped by his disloyalty to Hassan and his desire to please his father over helping his friends. Throughout the novel, his attempts to atone for his sins
achieving redemption and forgiveness. In doing so he must go through a number of different challenging tasks and events. An archetype is a reoccurring symbol or motif in literature, art or mythology that can also be a person, whether they are good or bad does not matter. Amir faces many challenges and events that guide his past childish mistakes away from his poor reputation in order to be good again. In order for this revelation to occur Because there is no evidence of both Hassan and Farzana’s death