Around Christmas time, many children will find themselves sneaking around the house to peek at their unwrapped presents. Although they know this is wrong, they cannot stop themselves from discovering the unknowns. While these choices do not have a major effect on their future or conscience, other more complex decisions may. Such as, if the child decided to start stealing, this will have a negative effect on their future. This would not only affects their conscience but also their future choices. Throughout life, individuals’ sense of conscience and choices will affect their future lives. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, this is portrayed with Amir and Assef as they age through the novel.
Making choices has a direct effect on Amir’s conscience which is extremely crucial to the novel. As Amir realizes the true effects on Hassan after leaving him to be raped, he experiences extreme guilt and insomnia that takes over him for many years to come. He not only lost a life-long friend by not protecting him but also ruined his own self-esteem by knowing that “the rest of [his] life might have turned out differently if [he] had” (73). Amir feels as if he is the worst person for not being loyal to Hassan and gradually breaks down under his …show more content…
Amir is not of an aggressive nature and is very minimalistic when confrontation is involved which can make him easy to attack or take advantage of. This is greatly shown when Amir gets beaten and bullied by Assef on multiple occasions. However, when Amir is told by Assef that they have unfinished business as adults he does not back down. Eventually, Amir explains that he began to laugh because “[his] body was broken…but [he] felt healed. Healed at last. [He] laughed” (289). The growth Amir has made due to his guilty conscience has resulted in him almost being beat to death and giving him new scars that will last him a
Making choices has a direct effect on Amir’s conscience which is extremely crucial to the novel. As Amir realizes the true effects on Hassan after leaving him to be raped, he experiences extreme guilt and insomnia that takes over him for many years to come. He not only lost a life-long friend by not protecting him but also ruined his own self-esteem by knowing that “the rest of [his] life might have turned out differently if [he] had” (73). Amir feels as if he is the worst person for not being loyal to Hassan and gradually breaks down under his …show more content…
Amir is not of an aggressive nature and is very minimalistic when confrontation is involved which can make him easy to attack or take advantage of. This is greatly shown when Amir gets beaten and bullied by Assef on multiple occasions. However, when Amir is told by Assef that they have unfinished business as adults he does not back down. Eventually, Amir explains that he began to laugh because “[his] body was broken…but [he] felt healed. Healed at last. [He] laughed” (289). The growth Amir has made due to his guilty conscience has resulted in him almost being beat to death and giving him new scars that will last him a