Despite the atrocities of someone's past, an individual can portray the ability to recover as a result of genuine acts of goodwill. Anguish, and traumatization, can help drive strong individuals to become more determined to redeem themselves. Redemption is essentially one of the main themes of "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. Amir, the protagonist of the novel, scrambles through his childhood to overcome sins he does not fully understand. Throughout the novel Amir is constantly feeling obliged of making amends for his faults towards Hassan (his childhood best friend). Initially, Amir tries to fight his feelings of guilt and betrayal by just avoiding them. However, doing this does not help. Redemption haunts his mind for many years until
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This aspect altered however, and proved yet furthermore his redemption. Amir as a mature figure does not care what others think. Notwithstanding his age and maturity, he did not have the same views. As a child, he cared what his father thought, he cared what his idol, the one he looked up to, made of him. This made him very self conscious, as a result, making him see all the flaws in his actions and frowning upon himself for anything beneath these standards."I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with...." (Hosseini p.165) Accepting his wife, Soroya, after she shares her shady past with him, the reader is given the idea that Amir no longer cares about anything he does that may seem negative in the sense that society would frown upon it from their point of view. Instead, he still chooses to be with her despite her dark past. By overcoming fears, Amir redeems himself yet again. Amir successfully returning to America with Sohrab, he can show the surmount of his terrors. As Amir finds Sohrab in a near death state, he handles the situation gracefully and with ease. This contrasts how as a child he would simply run away from his fears and try to rid of them through devious methods. Amir has formerly shown these methods as a child when he tried to get rid of Hassan by framing him for stealing. Becoming fearless his self-esteem arises further. His father also plays a role in Amir’s self-esteem as he influences Amir to look down upon himself. Since Amir always viewed himself as “lesser” than his father, all of his fathers positive aspects gave further reason for him to despise who he is as a person as he shares none of those with Baba. “I loved him because he was my friend, but also because he was a good man, maybe even a great man. And this is what I want you to understand, that good, real good, was born out of your father’s remorse.
This aspect altered however, and proved yet furthermore his redemption. Amir as a mature figure does not care what others think. Notwithstanding his age and maturity, he did not have the same views. As a child, he cared what his father thought, he cared what his idol, the one he looked up to, made of him. This made him very self conscious, as a result, making him see all the flaws in his actions and frowning upon himself for anything beneath these standards."I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with...." (Hosseini p.165) Accepting his wife, Soroya, after she shares her shady past with him, the reader is given the idea that Amir no longer cares about anything he does that may seem negative in the sense that society would frown upon it from their point of view. Instead, he still chooses to be with her despite her dark past. By overcoming fears, Amir redeems himself yet again. Amir successfully returning to America with Sohrab, he can show the surmount of his terrors. As Amir finds Sohrab in a near death state, he handles the situation gracefully and with ease. This contrasts how as a child he would simply run away from his fears and try to rid of them through devious methods. Amir has formerly shown these methods as a child when he tried to get rid of Hassan by framing him for stealing. Becoming fearless his self-esteem arises further. His father also plays a role in Amir’s self-esteem as he influences Amir to look down upon himself. Since Amir always viewed himself as “lesser” than his father, all of his fathers positive aspects gave further reason for him to despise who he is as a person as he shares none of those with Baba. “I loved him because he was my friend, but also because he was a good man, maybe even a great man. And this is what I want you to understand, that good, real good, was born out of your father’s remorse.