A person’s greatest power is being able to self heal and redeem themselves. Although redemption can be tricky, nothing is impossible. A perfect example of this would be the powerful & haunting novel, “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini. Based on Hosseini’s novel, we can redeem ourselves from past silences with/through courage & self-reflection, and doing so will ultimately lead to purification. Courage is a tricky thing. Courage can be dangerous. Courage can be a savior. Courage can be many things, but when used properly it can be a true pathway to redemption. A perfect illustration of this in the novel is when Amir stood up to a quite profound Army General Taheri and demanded that he respect Sohrab. For instance, Amir declares to the general, …show more content…
Sometimes we feel unseemly and sometimes we feel like we deserve a second chance. Either can be true, but being a reality is completely up to anyone and their self-reflections. Whether anyone believes this or not, does not change it’s truth, but let me paint a picture of a great example of this for you. Amir was once in a great brawl with Assef and during the entirety of this battle, Amir felt deserving of the pain and abuse & barely fought back or resisted being torn to shreds. As declared here, “I felt at peace. I laughed because in some hidden nook in my mind, I’d been looking forward to this” (289). Amir then continues to reflect on younger him taunting Hassan and torturing him and it being a similar situation caused him to self-reflect on his feelings and how he felt deserving of this. Furthermore, Amir even starts laughing while getting beat, laughing harder and harder with each bone getting snapped to the point where he does not even remember when he started laughing. Finally, once Amir finishes getting beaten, his body is fully broken and aching but he feels “healed” and “finally healed” almost as if he was waiting for this moment and he says after all this reflection he feels “healed at last”. Another example of self-reflection is inner deep self-realization when you are conscious and aware that things are in everyone’s power and things are changing. For example, Amir, one night while looking at a picture, self reflects on his past and realizes that his usual pool of guilt and self-punishment is no longer there. He declares, “Then I realized something. That last thought had brought no sting with it, I wondered if that was how forgiveness huddled.” (359). This goes to show that, his realization of his constant self reflecting on his past & now that guilt is gone shows that purification is possible. Furthermore, this goes to show that it is all up to self-reflecting on either past or present can help your