Irony In The Kite Runner And Oedipus Rex

“The Kite Runner” and “Oedipus Rex” are very different forms of fictional writing they are very similar in their own ways. Both works have many moments of irony and the main characters turn out to be lied to by their own parents or close family. The fact that the main characters are lied to and can be considered “betrayed” by their own parents or close family is what gives these two works of writing that irony. Both pieces of writing are similar in a way because although the pieces are writing are very different, the main characters get the truth revealed to them in a tragic way. Although the pieces of writing may be different but share the fact that they both have irony, you can pick out two moments in which anagnorisis is taken place, and …show more content…
The most ironic part of the story was when Amir finds out Hassan is his half brother, and his father kept that secret from 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” (225). That quote shows Baba (Amir’s father) had stolen the right to the truth Amir should have known. In other words Baba kept that a secret from both Amir and Hassan, and Amir felt betrayed by his father because Baba told Amir the worst sin you can do is lie to …show more content…
The theme was redemption due to the fact that Amir never felt as he had impressed his father in anyway. Since Amir was a young boy his father would always wish he would act differently, he always wanted Amir to be athletic and to defend himself from the other boys that were bigger than him. Amir always felt like he had let his father down because he was would read books and even wrote some stories himself. When Rahim Khan told Amir his request on finding Hassan’s son Amir first hesitated and did not want to. Later he thought about it and thought that his father would be proud of him after all those years if he did that good deed. After finding Hassan’s son Amir decided to get him a visa and take him back home to the United States because he would have a better life other there. Amir felt as he had redeemed himself to his father for doing such a kind and heroic thing for finding Hassan’s son and bring him back to the United