The story returns to Amir’s perspective. Rahim Khan gives Amir an envelope from Hassan. In it contains a letter and a photograph. Amir reads the letter. Afterwards, Rahim Khan tells Amir that Hassan and Farzana has been killed by the Taliban and that Sohrab has been sent to the orphanage. Rahim Khan asks Amir if he can find Sohrab in Kabul and bring him to the American couple in Pakistan who will adopt him. Amir says he can’t go and will pay someone to do it. Rahim Khan explains to Amir that he has to go. Rahim Khan reveals to Amir that Ali was infertile. Amir asks Rahim Khan who is Hassan’s father to Rahim Khan replied that he knew. Amir found out that Hassan never knew about their relationship either and angrily left the apartment. Amir …show more content…
He enters and the Taliban official asks him questions. Afterwards, he tells the guards to bring Sohrab in. Once Sohrab enters, they make him dance until the official sends the guards away. While rubbing Sohrab’s stomach, the official asks Amir how the “old Babalu” was doing. At that moment Amir figures out that the official is actually Assef. Amir tells Assef that he will pay for Sohrab, but Assef replies that he does not need the money. He notifies his guards to let them go if they can get out of the room alive. Amir takes out his brass knuckles and punches Amir up. As Assef beats Amir, he laughs because he feels relieved for the first time. Sohrab screams at Assef to stop, but Assef disregards his scream. Just before Assef lunges at Amir, Sohrab fired his slingshot, hitting Assef in the left eye. Amir and Sohrab run away and Amir passes out in the …show more content…
When Amir wakes up from his nap, he finds that Sohrab is missing. Amir remembers that Sohrab was fascinated by the sight of the mosque that they passed earlier. He finds Sohrab and talks to him about his parents. Sohrab is traumatized from Assef’s sexual abuse and says that it makes him feel dirty and sinful. Amir calms Sohrab down and asks him if he want to go to America and live with him. Sohrab stays silent for a week until one afternoon. He asks Amir about San Francisco, but is scared to go with him because he doesn’t think they will like him. Sohrab is petrified and never wants to go back to the orphanage. Amir call Soraya and explain the adoption plan. The next day, Amir and Sohrab go to the American Embassy. The employee there tells Amir that it is almost impossible to adopt Sohrab, but he will recommend him to an immigration attorney, Omar Faisal. They meet Omar the next day and Omar tells Amir that he might have a chance if he sends Sohrab to an orphanage, file a petition, and then adopt him in a couple of years after the government approves of the adoption. That night, Amir tells Sohrab the news that he might have to go back to the orphanage. Sohrab screams that the people at the orphanage will hurt him and cries until he falls asleep. When Amir wakes up, he sees that Sohrab is in the bathroom, taking his nightly bath. Then he calls Soraya and she tells him that it possible for them to adopt Sohrab once he is in the
Amir is, to be put bluntly, a coward. He is led by his unstable emotions towards what he thinks will plug his emotional holes and steps over his friends and family in the process. When he sought after Baba’s invisible love, Amir allowed Hassan to be raped in an alleyway just so that the blue kite, his trophy that would win his father’s heart, could be left untouched. In the end, he felt empty and unfulfilled with the weight of his conscience on his shoulders comparable to Atlas’ burden. Unable to get over his fruitless betrayal, he lashes out and throws pomegranates at Hassan before stuffing money and a watch under his loyal friend’s pathetic excuse for a bed, framing Hassan for theft and directly causing the departure of both servants from his household. Even after moving to America, finding a loving wife, and creating a career for himself in writing, he still feels hollow when thinking of his childhood in Afghanistan. Many years later, he is alerted of Hassan’s death and sets out on a frenzied chase to find his friend’s orphaned son. He feels that he can somehow ease his regrets from all of those years ago if he takes in Hassan’s son, Sohrab. He finds Sohrab as a child sex slave for Assef, who coincidentally was the one to rape Hassan all of those years ago. After nearly dying in his attempt to take back Sohrab, he learns that he can take the damaged child back to the states with him. Sadly, Hassan’s son is so
Not only did Amir ran away, but he never told anyone what he saw, this including Hassan. However, this is not his last sin, for in a few months later Amir frames Hassan for thief. Hassan, when faced with Baba, say that he stole the items in question to protect Amir. And shorty leaves Baba’s service with his father against Baba insistent to stay with them and solve the issue in a differ manner… In the end, Amir got the bonding time he what with his father, however, at a cost of not helping Hassan in his greatest time of
The Kite Runner is a book about a young boy, Amir, who faces many struggles as he grows up in Kabul and later moves to America to flee from the Taliban. His best friend and brother , Hassan, was a big part of his life, but also a big part of guilt he held onto for many years. The book describes Amir’s attempt to make up for the past and resolve his sins so he can clear his conscious. Amir is worthy of forgiveness because although he was selfish, he was very brave and faced his past.
...by Amir in his childhood not only gravely colors his relationship with Hassan, whose innocence he failed to protect from evil and overbearing Assef, but this guilt continues to stay with Hassan as he moves to America and starts a new life. Finally Amir chooses to redeem himself by opting to protect Hassan’s son Sohrab. The guilt which estranged Amir from his childhood friend in a way manages to reunite him with Hassan, albeit in a different manner.
Amir goes through many events that take place in the book that change him, and the way he is perceived within the book. Amir is a young boy, who is tortured by his father’s scrutinizing character. Amir is also jealous of Hassan, because of the fact that his father likes Hassan instead of Amir. Amir fights for his father’s approval, interest, and love. This is when Amir changes for the good as he deals with the guilt of the rape of Hassan. Amir witnessed Hassan getting raped, but decides to nothing in order to win over his father’s interest. The guilt that Amir builds up is carries from his premature times as a child to his mature times. From Afghanistan to
When he gets, Baba’s friend, Rahim Khan’s call and hears, “Come. There is a way to be good again”(192), he decides to go to Pakistan without any hesitation. Amir has a vital need to be good again and guesses Rahim Khan knows about his past, so he wants to see Rahim Khan to try to begin his redemption. After hearing the stories about Hassan and his son Sohrab, he determines to go back to Afghanistan and saves Sohrab alone. With the strong will to be good, Amir is no longer a coward. Although there are so many difficulties, he eventually saves Sohrab and takes him to America. Furthermore, Amir tries to atone his previous sin. After he saves Sohrab, he spares no effort to make Sohrab happy and earn his trust. “I struggled out of bed and crossed the space between us. ‘I won’t ever get tired of you, Sohrab’… ‘That’s a promise. You’re my nephew’ ”(324). To express the love that he didn’t give to Hassan, Amir becomes another man: He is unselfish and generous. He considers Sohrab as the most important person in his life and tries his best to love Sohrab. In the end, when he sees a steady smile spread across Sohrab’s face while flying kites in America, Amir finishes his
Amir gets more upset after this, thinking he can’t possibly fix this anymore. But he realizes he has one final chance at redemption, saving Hassan’s son, Sohrab. He needs to save Sohrab. Once he gets to where he is being held, he realizes Sohrab has been made into a sex slave for the Taliban.
Amir begins to feel redemption when he goes to Pakistan and Rahim Khan has letters from Hassan to Amir. In the letters, Hassan begins talking about his wife and
Moreover, Hassan displays great courage from the beginning of the novel, and his courage and bravery allow him to stay loyal and obedient to Amir. Firstly, Hassan exhibits his courage by helping Amir to fight off the neighborhood boys who are bullying him. For instance, Baba says he sees “Hassan steps in and fends them off” (Hosseini 23). Hassan’s action exhibits that he is extremely brave and loyal to Amir. The fact that he even lied to Baba about how he gets his scar from protecting Amir is a demonstration of his loyalty and courage. Secondly, Hassan demonstrates his courage by defending the blue kite from Assef using his slingshot, since Amir, his friend, wants him to bring back the blue kite in order to gain favor for his father. The blue
The book’s opening chapter focuses on Amir's conversation with Rahim and Amir’s "way to be good again” (Hosseini 1). The reason Amir flies all the way to Pakistan leaving behind his wife and life in America is Rahim Khan. Amir desires to make up for what he did to Hassan, so he answers Rahim's quest to “be good again” (Hosseini 1). This meeting allows Rahim to tell Amir what he must do to make up for his past. Rahim tells him he must put his own life in danger to save Hassan’s son, Sohrab. At first, Amir wants to refuse Rahim Khan’s wish, thinking of his life back home. He also thinks about how Hassan’s life may have been different if Hassan had the same opportunities he had. Then he realizes, “ But how can I pack up and go home when my actions may have cost Hassan a chance at those very same things?” (Hosseini 226). Rahim Khan warns Amir that it cannot be anyone else; Amir must make up for his own sins. Although he knows it's dangerous, Amir agrees to get Hassan’s son for Rahim as his dying wish. Amir believes that saving Sohrab is “A way to end the cycle” (Hosseini 227). Amir’s commitment in the face of danger proves his determination to be better and finally atone for his sins. Amir realizes his mistake and knows he can't change what he’d done. Eventually, with Rahim's help, he begins to see saving Sohrab as a “way to be
As a young boy he made the wrong decision in life by letting Hassan get raped, which led to his guilt. The guilt grew to the point where Hassan and Ali had to move out of Baba’s house and start a new life away from Amir. Hassan’s son Sohrab is a significant character who represents Amir’s hope for redemption. Sohrab led to Amir’s redemption by giving Amir the opportunity to do good for his past actions. On the quest for redemption, Amir achieves the redemption he desired through his fight with Assef.
Amir finds him with an old childhood acquaintance of his, Assef. In their childhood, Assef is the bully of the town and often gives Amir and Hassan a hard time with everything they do and often corners them on the streets or roads while they are alone. This cornering leads to Hassan’s rape at the hands of Assef. When Amir finally comes face to face with him again after all these years, he is both terrified and fuming. He and Assef finally agree to fight for the ownership of Hassan, as they always swore they would do as children. As they fight, Assef easily has the upper hand and is at the verge of hurting him almost to the point of death. As Amir is beaten, he can’t help laughing because he realizes that “I hadn’t been happy and I hadn’t felt better, not at all. But I did now. My body was broken – just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later – but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed” (Hosseini 289). After all these years of the pain and guilt building up and finding no way to release, Amir finally feels the guilt leave him. He sees this as the payback he has wants and needs in order to move on from him life. To live without guilt for the rest of his life. Sohrad eventually stops the fight as he shoots a brass ball into Assef’s eye. Amir is hospitalized for a couple weeks as he heals from his injuries and he and Sohrab sort out the details of them going back to America together. Although there are a couple major bumps in the road, Amir adopts Sohrab and they live together with Soraya back in America. Amir seems to feel that he has redeemed himself from his childhood mistakes once he adopts Sohrab and after the fight with Hassan. The pain has left him that he has been feeling all these years and he can finally live without the cloud of guilt over his
After weeks of secrecy, a brutal fight, and battles with the immigration office, Amir is able to return to America with a bright perspective of his new home albeit broken, beat, and scarred, and a new adopted child, Sohrab. The developed Amir is brought out with his interaction with General Taheri. In the novel, Amir shows his new found ability to stand up for himself with the quote, “‘And one more thing, General Sahib,’ I said. You will never again refer to him as a ‘Hazara boy’ in my presence. He has a name and it’s ‘Sohrab’” (361).
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, there is no way to tell that Sohrab is an actually orphan. When Amir mentions that Sohrab may have to go back to the orphanage, Sohrab gets upset and attempts to kill himself. Luckily Sohrab survives and his papers finally get cleared to get adopted. There is more hope and safety in America, Amir knows it is the only place for Sohrab.
Secondly, Hassan's life takes a turn for the worse. When Amir is reunited with Rahim Khan in Peshawar, they begin discussing