Amir Changes In The Kite Runner

Amir, a young arrogant boy, who learns and grows into a kind and wise man, goes through many life-changing experiences throughout the novel, “The Kite Runner”. The reader watches his personality and lifestyle change, as the plot progresses and the setting shifts. Khaled Hosseini, the author of Amir’s story, uses his character to show, that even after betrayal with massive effect on surrounding characters, redemption is still possible with enough effort put into change. Hosseini describes the main character of his story: how he speaks, how he acts and reacts, how he thinks, how he feels, and how all of this amounts to his personality. And in turn how his personality helps to further portray his purpose to the reader. In order to explain Amir …show more content…
He had his father asked for his fiance’s hand in marriage from her father General Taheri. The woman, Soraya was the love of his life and Baba spent the majority of his savings on a wedding, as his last gift to his son. Amir still felt pain and regret from the drama within his family, but he learned to forgive himself for the difficult relationship he had with Baba, as Baba loved him very much, and would not have wanted him to feel angst from his past actions. A few years later, Amir received a letter from Rahim Khan, with a request to come visit him with request for him to come, as there was opportunity for redemption for the things he did to his best childhood friend. Though his wife was resentful of him leaving, he went to visit his old friend. When he arrived, he received news that blew his mind. Little did he know, Hassan was his half-brother! The feeling of guilt overwhelmed him as not only did he betray his childhood best friend, but he had betrayed his own flesh and blood. Rahim Khan gave him a mission, a quest in which he could finally redeem himself, to save Hassan’s lost and orphaned son Sohrab. Amir was determined and strong-willed. He fought hard and traveled through the darkest parts of Afghanistan to find his nephew. Sohrab reminded him of Hassan, and defended him just as Hassan did when they were children when Assef practically beat Amir to a pulp, he shot him with the same slingshot that had belonged to …show more content…
There was an even larger and more traumatic setback as Sohrab attempted suicide as he felt like there was nothing better in life for him;he did not want to live this life anymore. The relationship between the two wavered, and was not mended when they finally journeyed home to America. Though his quest was complete, Amir still felt liable for his actions, past, and future, as Sohrab did not appear happy. One day, at a special outing, Amir bought a kite and ran the piece of floating fabric with his nephew, reviving his bond with Hassan, his bond with happiness, resolving his man vs. self-conflict; finally, the feeling of redemption washed over the actions of his