The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini incorporates the development of Amir's character to suggest that a moral person that betrays will suffer from guilt. Hosseini also connects that the guilt will be inevitable unless the person is brave enough to get redemption. Hosseini incorporates motifs to support the illustration of guilt and how someone may suffer. The book also has visualized metaphors to demonstrate the conflicts between the characters and how redemption is seeked. Throughout the book, the protagonist character Amir has a best friend named Hassan, and because Hassan is a Hazara the town looks down on Hassan. Amir views Hassan as a friend, but when conflicts are brought up when Amir describes Hassan as a servant or someone
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Hosseini inserts the motif of blood, which symbolizes sacrifice that one may have for another. Towards the end of the book, blood is used more often. The usage of more blood is because of the growth of Amir and his actions upon his guilt. It takes a unique and exceptional person to eliminate the guilt. The scene where a significant figure in Amir’s life tells him that blood relationships are most important is when Amir realizes that he must tough in up and seek redemption. Amir wants to save his nephew, but he must be brave and courageous. “His [Assef’s] brass knuckles flashing in the afternoon light; how cold, they felt with the first few blows and how quickly and how quickly they warmed with my blood” (288) Amir is knocked out at this point and is describing blood as the factor to warm Amir which symbolizes that the Amir’s sacrifice is giving him some satisfactory. If the fight is making him feel uncomfortable and cold, and the blood is warming him, then he is no longer as cold or discomfortable. Hossein uses this metaphor and symbolism to express how someone will need to withstand their position and get redemption. Amir is now changing to be a courageous and moral person, who can act upon their relentless guilt with bravery and redemption. When Amir is waiting for clearance to leave he “forgot [he] couldn't smile and tried. A tiny streak of blood trickled down [his] chin” (305) the blood …show more content…
He grows as the protagonist character and acts upon the guilt by getting redemption and being courageous. Hosseini writes a novel that is sorrowful, but still pleasing to emphasize the importance to have sympathy for others. Not only is it important to have sympathy and feel remorse, but to be able to act upon the guilt and to seek redemption it takes a courageous person. A person who is brave and can put themselves in a conflictual and uncomfortable situation, and does so anyways to redeem themselves from the blame, will no longer feel the guilt and will be known for his or her
Hosseini inserts the motif of blood, which symbolizes sacrifice that one may have for another. Towards the end of the book, blood is used more often. The usage of more blood is because of the growth of Amir and his actions upon his guilt. It takes a unique and exceptional person to eliminate the guilt. The scene where a significant figure in Amir’s life tells him that blood relationships are most important is when Amir realizes that he must tough in up and seek redemption. Amir wants to save his nephew, but he must be brave and courageous. “His [Assef’s] brass knuckles flashing in the afternoon light; how cold, they felt with the first few blows and how quickly and how quickly they warmed with my blood” (288) Amir is knocked out at this point and is describing blood as the factor to warm Amir which symbolizes that the Amir’s sacrifice is giving him some satisfactory. If the fight is making him feel uncomfortable and cold, and the blood is warming him, then he is no longer as cold or discomfortable. Hossein uses this metaphor and symbolism to express how someone will need to withstand their position and get redemption. Amir is now changing to be a courageous and moral person, who can act upon their relentless guilt with bravery and redemption. When Amir is waiting for clearance to leave he “forgot [he] couldn't smile and tried. A tiny streak of blood trickled down [his] chin” (305) the blood …show more content…
He grows as the protagonist character and acts upon the guilt by getting redemption and being courageous. Hosseini writes a novel that is sorrowful, but still pleasing to emphasize the importance to have sympathy for others. Not only is it important to have sympathy and feel remorse, but to be able to act upon the guilt and to seek redemption it takes a courageous person. A person who is brave and can put themselves in a conflictual and uncomfortable situation, and does so anyways to redeem themselves from the blame, will no longer feel the guilt and will be known for his or her