Baba And Amir In The Kite Runner

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Both Baba and Amir have committed sins against their loyal friends/servants, and live in guilt, which leads them on a journey to redeem themselves, by doing good deeds.
Amir's mission to redeem for himself makes up the main point of the novel. From the get-go, Amir endeavors to make up for himself in Baba's eyes, principally in light of the fact that his mom had passed away when conceiving him, and he feels he is guilty for her passing. To make up for himself to Baba, Amir supposes he should win the kite-competition and present to Baba the losing kite, both of which are inducing episodes that set whatever remains of the novel in movement. The more significant piece of Amir's quest for reclamation, on the other hand, originates from his blame with respect to Hassan. Not until the end that Amir finds out that Hassan is his sibling and makes a move to vindicate himself for his selling out to Hassan. That blame drives the climactic occasions of the story, including Amir's excursion to Kabul to rescue Sohrab from the Assef and the Taliban. At last when Amir redeems himself by saving Sohrab and
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Baba tries to redeem himself from his guilt by treating Ali and Hassan like family. He is good to them such as giving Hassan presents and caring about him on special occasions to make himself feel better. Also, when he is of age to have the operation, he will pay to have his harelip fixed. This care for Hassan and Ali are shown when Amir says, “I remember the day we were planting tulips, when I had asked Baba if he'd ever consider getting new servants. “Hassan’s not going anywhere,' he'd barked. 'He's staying right here with us, where he belongs. This is his home and we are his family…" (Hosseini 225). From this we see that guilt sprouted care, compassion, and were quick to defend

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