Sohrab: The Kite Runner

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When Sohrab was in the emergency room, Amir was not permitted to go in with him. For the first time in more than fifteen years, he prayed and recited the only words he could think of: “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger” (306) until he fell asleep with fatigue. He believed that he was responsible for the suicide and this was God’s punishment for all of his sins. Amir was caught between the liberalists and the fundamentalists again. He dreamt of Sohrab, using the same razor that he had used to shave earlier, to commit suicide. Sohrab was luckily still alive but he had an extreme blood shortage. To repay God for his mercy, Amir returned to being a devout Muslim for the rest of the narrative. He was grateful for receiving an extended time to regain Sohrab’s trust and attempt to …show more content…

Soon, Amir and Soraya got jobs in a hospital located on the Afghan-Pakistani border. Hosseini used this to imply that the efforts of many people like Amir, Baba, and Soraya can help Afghanistan heal and become great again. One day in the local park, Amir bought a kite from an Afghanistani kite seller and took it over to Sohrab. Amir told him about Hassan and his superb skills at both kite-flying and kite-running. He asked Sohrab to kite with him, and as expected, there was no response. However, when Amir started to kite gleefully as he hasn't for decades, Sohrab followed him. With this scene, kites have returned to the novel as hopes for a brighter future. The simple action of Sohrab kiting with Amir proved that there is always hope in every situation. Amir demonstrated Hassan’s favorite trick to Sohrab, who showed a keen interest in kites like his father, and then he thought of his memories of Kabul as he severed the green kite's string. As if on instinct, Amir returned to his blissful memories of kite-flying with

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