The Kite Runner Quote Analysis

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Everyone has committed sins at least once in their life, whether it be betraying a close friend or stealing that last chocolate chip cookie in the bowl, but all these actions have some kind of consequences in one way or another. A famous quote written by Tom Shadyac explains that “You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave.” It’s like how we can either choose to do the right thing or commit a sin since they all follow with a consequence that depends on the action of the person. The novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini seems to have a similar view to this. The novel begins with a short cut-in scene of the rape in the alley during Amir and …show more content…

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There’s always a price to pay for every treat that is gotten. During a phone call from Rahim Khan, Amir finds out the truth about his childhood and the real brother ties between him and Hassan. He ends up trying to figure out what actually happened and goes back to Afghanistan to rescue Sohrab to try and redeem himself for what he’s done to his brother. Amir explains that, “My suspicions had been right all those years. He knew about Assef, the kite, the money, the watch with the lightning bolt hands. He had always known. Come. There is a way to be good again, Rahim Khan had said on the phone just before hanging up.” After the phone call, Amir felt really shook of the overall situation, it was like his nightmare coming true because his fear of others knowing about the situation came true with Rahim Khan. To be more specific, “the kite” had been an important object that represented both the sin that Amir committed and Hassan and Amir’s childhood friendship. These objects that Rahim Khan mentions all somehow relates to Amir’s sinful memory and Amir wants to make up for that past by helping Rahim Khan help Hassan’s son, Sohrab. By help Sohrab to a better life than he has now, Amir begins to feel less guilt and shame for what happened to Hassan even though he couldn’t personally make it up to him, so he does it through his son. Amir also states

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