When an individual responds to injustice, they gain self-respect. If an individual suffers from hardship memory, they must respond to the injustice to maintain self-respect. Some individuals might be forgiven, atoned, or redeemed for their unjustified memory. In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, the author develops the idea that an individual seeking forgiveness, atonement, and redemption gains self-respect when responding to injustice from their past memories. In other words, responding to unjustified past memories gains an individual's self-respect when seeking forgiveness, atonement, and redemption. This idea is seen in the protagonist Amir who forgives himself and he finally responds to injustice and gains self-respect. He suffers from past memories of him disrespecting and not taking injuries for Hassan but Amir atones himself from his past …show more content…
One night while eating dinner, General Taheri tells Amir that he is embarrassed to have a Hazard boy as a step-grandson. Amir stands up for Sohrab and tells him that he has a name and that Sohrab is his uncle. Unlike in the past, he left Hassan get raped by Assef and it shows the unfairness of the relationship. He redeems himself for standing up for Sohrab and gains his self-respect. He respects his confidence of him speaking up in front of the general. The final redemption is when he becomes the kite runner. At the end he says "I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the Valley of Panjsher on my lips." The memory of Hassan chasing kites for Amir is finally achieved and he finally redeems himself as the kite runner. Therefore it helps him gains his self-respect. His self-respect is him being redeemed and now he is proud of his decision. The injustice here is that Amir got all the recognition for flying kites and Hassan got barely any credit. One must redeem themselves from their past injustice doings in order to gain
Redemption is gaining honor and self-forgiveness through a selfless act that reflects off of one’s regretful actions of their past. In the novel, The Kite Runner, Amir is the main character who goes through many life struggles and mistakes, then finds himself on a road to redemption. Amir and Hassan were best friends throughout their childhood and Hassan was the honorable, trusting best friend, the one to always take a stand for what he believed was right. Amir’s lack of courage caused him to stay silent in the worst of times, letting Hassan get tortured for the things he did not deserve. The themes of sacrifice, honor and redemption are carried out in many ways throughout this novel being shown through the actions of Hassan, Baba, and Amir.
In his first historical fiction novel, Khaled Hosseini tells the story of a young boy growing up in Afghanistan. The Kite Runner is the story of Amir, the young boy, and the path his life takes because of the decisions he makes when he is a young child. Forgiveness is woven throughout the book as it takes Amir to places he might not have gone if he hadn’t been able to forgive.
At the beginning of The Kite Runner, young Amir wins a kite fighting tournament. He feels like he has finally redeemed himself for his father. However, Amir’s happy day turns dark, when an hour later, he witnesses Hassan, his best friend, raped in an alley. He had “one final opportunity to decide who [he] was going to be. (77) Instead of standing up for his friend and...
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
Guilt is a strong emotion that affects many people around the world. It can either lead people into a deep and dark abyss that can slowly deteriorate people or it can inspire them to achieve redemption. Guilt and redemption are two interrelated subjects that can show the development of the character throughout a novel. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, are two literary works that convey the connections between guilt and redemption and show the development of the character by using theme and symbolism that are present in the novels.
To atone for his past sins, he embarks on a journey back to Afghanistan to redeem himself to Hassan for not treating him the way he was treated. He redeems himself by saving Sohrab and giving him a safer and enjoyable life in the Untied States. Amir tyres to attain redemption to baba for being the cause of his mother’s death as he believes. Gaining his fathers love and care will make him feel redeemed from all of the resentment and lack of care that his father shows to him. He must prove to Baba that he is worthy of spending time with everyday because he feels the hatred that his father shows to him. One way how he gets redemption from his father is by winning the kite running tournament to prove to him that he is worthy of being his son. Amir’s path of redemption is not only directed to other people but personal redemption for himself. He attempts to redeem himself by building an orphanage with his wife Soraya and giving Sohrab the childhood that is safer and more suitable for a young boy to grow up in. Amir has to realize that the past doesn’t define who someone is although you can’t forget the past, the actions that they decide to do to redeem themselves from the past mistakes defines who someone is. If Amir’s mother did not die at birth would he be resented from his father greatly and have to make great
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 a thousand times over ” and “...there is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 210). These ideas about forgiveness are ever present within The Kite Runner. Hassan's own language and treatment of Amir that he forgives Amir for his sin, although Amir’s
As he grows into a man and pushes his regrets to the side - though not ever completely out of his mind - he learns to live through and accept the pain he caused both himself and his best friend, Hassan. Towards the end of the novel, Amir goes to great lengths to earn the redemption he feels he needs in order to finally be at peace. The Kite Runner asks the audience what it truly means to be a good person - do we need to be born with goodness in our hearts, do we live the way that is comfortable and right according to ourselves, or do we have to constantly fail and prove that we are good?
As a child, I often discovered limitations that were not meant to be passed, as well as feelings that lingered after breaking such restrictions. One particularly rebellious day, I stole a twenty-dollar bill from my mother’s purse, which was clearly meant for the babysitter. Soon after, a feeling of guilt prevailed throughout my body, similar to guilt displayed by characters in The Kite Runner. Although guilt is a common sentiment found in The Kite Runner, each individual contains unique levels of intensity and personal consequences. In this powerful novel, Khaled Hosseini advocated the importance of ascertaining guilt, recognizing loyalty, and honoring courage.
Throughout The Kite Runner Hosseini demonstrates that through unscrupulous decisions and immoral conduct, feelings of guilt have the power
Throughout the beginning of “The kite Runner” and towards the midway there is a reoccurring theme of redemption. The main character Amir, during the middle of the novel struggles with the guilt of breaking the best friendship he had ever had with the only person who had always been there for him. The horrible memory he had created as a young boy still haunt him throughout his adulthood in the United States. The theme of redemption is most prominent when his friend, Rahim Khan calls Amir telling him, “there is a way to be good again.” (Chapter 14). This is the initiating incident driving Amir back to Afghanistan to finds Hassan’s son and the introduction to one of the main themes of redemption. Amir finally gaining the courage to do the right thing by saving Hassan’s son at the cost, he
As a foreword, the story of The Kite Runner focuses on a man named Amir. In his childhood, he enjoyed a high-class life in Kabul, Afghanistan, living with his father Baba. They have two servants, Ali and his son Hassan. They are Hazaras, a lower class ethnic minority in Afghanistan. In one Winter of their childhood, Amir and Hassan participate in a kite-fighting tournament; the goal is to be the last kite flying. When a kite is cut, boys chase after it as a trophy. Amir wins the tournament, and Hassan flies to catch the losing kite. Later, following Hassan's path, Amir comes upon a neighbourhood bully named Assef about to rape Hassan who has the trophy, the blue kite. Amir does not interject, believing this will secure him the kite. Thus, Amir sets forth a chain of events he must redeem in his adulthood.
The story The Kite Runner is centered around learning “to be good again.” Both the movie and the book share the idea that the sins of the past must be paid for or atoned for in the present. In the book, Amir can be seen as a troubled young boy who is struggling with a tremendous amount of guilt. It is easy to blame Amir’s actions on his guilt and his father’s lack of love for him.
In the literature, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, the idea and representation of justice, and its relationship to that of the treatment of women in Afghan society, the ever-changing politics of Afghanistan, and the desired results of redemption and forgiveness, become illustrated through the novel’s characters and motives. Justice can be defined as the quality of being guided by truth, reason, and fairness. The Kite Runner illustrates the power of influence from an outside power and its effects on society, and the minds and lifestyles of the people. In relationship to the Cheverus High School Grad-at-Grad profile the actions and wrongdoings that take place in the The Kite Runner and in Afghanistan prove to be injustice.
During The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini reinforces the theme of the loss of innocence and redemption. Many characters lose innocence or are the cause of another character losing theirs. Amir both loses his innocence and that of others. His innocence is stolen by his father. In the novel Amir overhears Baba saying, “‘If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I’d never believe he’s my son’” (Hosseini 24-25). This affects Amir for his entire life as he tries to compete with Hassan for his father's attention. He does not realize that in doing so, this crumbles his world as he knows it. It makes Amir resentful, calloused, and even cruel, all of which are characteristics of someone who has lost their innocence. In turn, Amir’s loss of innocence causes other to lose their innocence because of his lack of courage and disregard for others feelings.