Amir had committed, at least he believes so, many sins within the first few years of his life. Even when Amir was born, he had committed his first sin; his mother had died giving birth to him. He had believed that it was his fault for her death. The next sin Amir had produced was watching Hassan get raped and not doing anything to help Hassan when Hassan had constantly saved him. The third sin Amir had done, was putting money and his new watch under Hassan’s mattress (because Amir had not wanted to see Hassan anymore after the rape), so Baba would kick Hassan and Ali out of the house for theft. Ali and Hassan actually ended up moving out without Baba telling them to because Ali and Hassan knew that this was what Amir had wanted. Amir had atoned
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He not only wants to make up for the way he treated Hassan, but he wants to make up for the way Baba had treated Ali. Baba had stolen Ali’s wife from him and made Hassan. Amir spent his whole life pondering about if he would have done something that day. A chance eventually came and this was his way to make it up for Hassan and Ali. You could say Baba atoned for his sins by treating Hassan as his own son and not just ever treating him as a Hazara. In fact, he even paid to have Hassan’s cleft lip to be fixed. Baba never told Hassan that he was his real father. He didn’t even tell Amir. Hassan was treated as a Hazara because of this “mistake” Baba made. Amir states, “And now, fifteen years after I’d buried him, I was learning that Baba had been a thief. And a thief of the worst kind, because the things he’d stolen had been sacred: from me the right to know I had a brother, from Hassan his identity, and from Ali his honor” (Hosseini p. 225). Baba took his sins to the grave with him. He never tried to make it up to Ali or Hassan, except by keeping them close to him. Amir wanted to do everything possible in order to make it up to not only Hassan, but to Ali as well for the sins that were committed against them. Nevertheless, Hosseini validates that redemption can be
He not only wants to make up for the way he treated Hassan, but he wants to make up for the way Baba had treated Ali. Baba had stolen Ali’s wife from him and made Hassan. Amir spent his whole life pondering about if he would have done something that day. A chance eventually came and this was his way to make it up for Hassan and Ali. You could say Baba atoned for his sins by treating Hassan as his own son and not just ever treating him as a Hazara. In fact, he even paid to have Hassan’s cleft lip to be fixed. Baba never told Hassan that he was his real father. He didn’t even tell Amir. Hassan was treated as a Hazara because of this “mistake” Baba made. Amir states, “And now, fifteen years after I’d buried him, I was learning that Baba had been a thief. And a thief of the worst kind, because the things he’d stolen had been sacred: from me the right to know I had a brother, from Hassan his identity, and from Ali his honor” (Hosseini p. 225). Baba took his sins to the grave with him. He never tried to make it up to Ali or Hassan, except by keeping them close to him. Amir wanted to do everything possible in order to make it up to not only Hassan, but to Ali as well for the sins that were committed against them. Nevertheless, Hosseini validates that redemption can be