“Redemption has several specific meanings. [It is] salvation from the states or circumstances that destroy the value of human existence itself” (Clark 77). The states or circumstances mentioned in the quote above are linked to the sins humans commit or the regret and guilt that stains our minds after performing immoral actions. Once these sins are implemented, one naturally receives the desire to redeem such actions. This concept of redemption is quite popular in the storyline of many different novels. The main characters in those novels demonstrate human behavior and manage mistakes that they soon regret. Therefore, the grand demonstration of redemption following the battle of self-loath and shame from the main character provides a sort of
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The Character focused on here is Amir. This story is taken place in Afghanistan during the Russian invasion and then later the influence of the Taliban. This information is significant because it describes the harsh conditions that already surrounds and influences the behavior of the characters within the novel. Amir commits many sins when he is young and one particular sin follows Amir, like a ghost lurking in his shadow, all the way to adulthood when he finally seizes his chance to redeem himself. In the beginning, Hosseini depicts a great friendship between Amir, a higher class Shi’a, and Hassan, a lowly Hazera servant. Hassan provides the most loyal attitude towards his best friend, however, the problem lies not with him, but Amir. Through alternate stresses and peer values, Amir does not consistently treat Hassan as a friend; he typically controls Hassan for his own entertainment. Yet, this is not the sin he loses himself from. Through another act Hassan’s loyalty, the poor Hazera is placed in a horrible situation which results Hassan being raped by the antagonist, Assef, who is also a Shi’a. Amir discovered Hassan, and realized the situation before him. Yet, Amir does not possess the immediate courage to rescue his friend. Instead he sat and watched the horrific show out of terror. This completely …show more content…
Often, redemption is linked to spiritual actions, such as going to church and asking for forgiveness of all the committed sins. Otherwise, one redeems themselves by righting the wrong they performed someway. In Redemption:Becoming More Human, an article created by a pastor named M. Wayne Clark, provides an outlook on the concept of redemption and human behavior, which is also the concept found in most novels. Clark explains, “beliefs developing around the Hebrew term ‘redemption’ were concrete and, in practice, related to the buying back of something which formerly belonged to the purchaser, but for some reason had passed into the ownership of another” (Clark 77). This is the example of replacing an item in order to redeem the wrong. M. Wayne Clark incorporates the insights of others in his article, particularly an important belief from Dr. William Cotton, an author, theologian and Senior Pastor, from a phoned interview, ‘redemption has everything to do with a form of forgiveness that removes shame.’ This idea completely explains the redemption found in The Devil’s Arithmetic and The Kite Runner; the characters found shame in their actions, and therefore had to experience an attitude change or an act of heroism in order to discovery forgiveness. The main part of forgiveness within redemption is not just with the mistreated subject, it also must lie within the offender themselves,
The Character focused on here is Amir. This story is taken place in Afghanistan during the Russian invasion and then later the influence of the Taliban. This information is significant because it describes the harsh conditions that already surrounds and influences the behavior of the characters within the novel. Amir commits many sins when he is young and one particular sin follows Amir, like a ghost lurking in his shadow, all the way to adulthood when he finally seizes his chance to redeem himself. In the beginning, Hosseini depicts a great friendship between Amir, a higher class Shi’a, and Hassan, a lowly Hazera servant. Hassan provides the most loyal attitude towards his best friend, however, the problem lies not with him, but Amir. Through alternate stresses and peer values, Amir does not consistently treat Hassan as a friend; he typically controls Hassan for his own entertainment. Yet, this is not the sin he loses himself from. Through another act Hassan’s loyalty, the poor Hazera is placed in a horrible situation which results Hassan being raped by the antagonist, Assef, who is also a Shi’a. Amir discovered Hassan, and realized the situation before him. Yet, Amir does not possess the immediate courage to rescue his friend. Instead he sat and watched the horrific show out of terror. This completely …show more content…
Often, redemption is linked to spiritual actions, such as going to church and asking for forgiveness of all the committed sins. Otherwise, one redeems themselves by righting the wrong they performed someway. In Redemption:Becoming More Human, an article created by a pastor named M. Wayne Clark, provides an outlook on the concept of redemption and human behavior, which is also the concept found in most novels. Clark explains, “beliefs developing around the Hebrew term ‘redemption’ were concrete and, in practice, related to the buying back of something which formerly belonged to the purchaser, but for some reason had passed into the ownership of another” (Clark 77). This is the example of replacing an item in order to redeem the wrong. M. Wayne Clark incorporates the insights of others in his article, particularly an important belief from Dr. William Cotton, an author, theologian and Senior Pastor, from a phoned interview, ‘redemption has everything to do with a form of forgiveness that removes shame.’ This idea completely explains the redemption found in The Devil’s Arithmetic and The Kite Runner; the characters found shame in their actions, and therefore had to experience an attitude change or an act of heroism in order to discovery forgiveness. The main part of forgiveness within redemption is not just with the mistreated subject, it also must lie within the offender themselves,