Guilt In The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini is based on an Afghanistani boy named Amir that tries to redeem his all the mistakes he has done in his life. This novel conveys strong themes of guilt and is incredibly apparent to the chosen passage, located on page 98. This passage also shows the protagonist, Amir, to be lacking courage. It also develops the plot to move forward, as Amir’s road to redemption gets more complicated. The style that the author writes sets the tone to be sad throughout the passage with a lot of literary devices. From one passage from the novel, you can interpret that Amir is a coward, convey that the theme is guilt and develop the plot forward in a very cold-hearted tone.
From the passage, Amir’s character is revealed to be lacking courage. Amir is having a difficult time trying to apologize Hassan that he did nothing to stop Hassan from getting raped. Throughout the passage, Amir starts throwing pomegranates at Hassan and then commanding him to hit him back. Amir timidly believes that he was not the reason why Hassan gets raped. Amir’s frustration turns into anger, when he throws the pomegranates at Hassan. After he throws them, he becomes sad, crying why Hassan can forgive him. This passage makes Amir look like he is someone lacking to know how to ask for forgiveness. …show more content…
The reason why Hassan moves out is because he doesn’t feel comfortable with Amir anymore. Just like how Amir said in the passage, “Hassan did get up, but he just stood there, looking dazed like a man dragged into the ocean by a riptide when, just a moment ago, he was enjoying a nice stroll on the beach.” Showing how Hassan feels that he is being mistreated by Amir. Since Amir is trying to redeem himself to Hassan, him moving out of the house with his father makes Amir’s goal more difficult. The passage helps the plot to move