Kite Runner Courage Quotes

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.”(Eleanor Roosevelt). Courage and bravery are two of the well-demonstrated themes in the novel “The Kite Runner”. The novel establishes courage through consistently maintaining responsibilities and the ability to redeem and persevere events and actions. Rather, bravery is demonstrated in the novel as the ability to stand up for anything that goes against teaching and values. Bravery also goes above and beyond courage, and can be seen as an act that may challenge someone physically, emotionally and mentally. The novel is

"But I knew he couldn't it wasn't in his nature" (, Hosseini, 122). In this quotation, Amir is describing how Baba has stood up to up for an Afghan women from being sexually abused by a Russian soldier. Even at gunpoint Baba did, not care about the dangerous situation he put himself into. Baba has always been a very courageous man, so Amir understood that Baba could not go against his values he has been preaching his entire life. He has also demonstrated courage when he got informed he had terminal cancer. He remained very calm and humble with hearing the news considering his disprove treatment for his cancer. This is an act of courage on Baba's part because it shows the ability is faced death right in the flesh, whereas most people would take the news very harshly. He has also demonstrated signs of true bravery throughout the novel, "I didn't bring us here for me did I?" (137). Baba has sacrificed his life in America and the culture and power he had in his hometown of Kabul, in order for Amir to attain a good education and life. This is a brave act of Baba because he risked his life trying to bring Amir a better life, he was stripped of a man of respect to an ordinary Arab immigrant. He has shown many courageous and brave acts in the course of his life through the way he was always generous and helpful towards his community and others. Baba is a very

Sohrab is a Hazara who endured many painful experiences throughout his life, regarding his position in society and family events. Sohrab has been raped and tortured throughout his life with the witnessing the death of his parents and living in an orphanage for the duration of his life. He still lives through every day of the pain and suffering he endures, “I want my old life back”(373). Sohrab displays courage because he still lives his life without the guidance and love from his parents. It has been seen though Amir that Sohrab and attained some of Hassan's traits, such as his eyes, personality and the way he carries himself. Sohrab shows Hassan's traits in him when he stands up to Assef, who is now the leader of the Taliban, “No more, Agha please” (304). Sohrab has the courage to stand up to Assef and save Amir who is a stranger at the time. He has been following the same values Hassan has always had which is to be kind, thoughtful and to always follow what’s right. Even though Sohrab has changed as a person through all the events he has been through, he has shown he never lost the ability to care or the ability to stand up for values that go against teaching. Sohrab established he was courageous in the novel, but one way he is brave is for going to America to live with Amir and Soraya. This is an example of true bravery for showing he is strong enough to start a new life in a