The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of a character named Amir. The story follows Amir from the age of twelve where he commits his ‘sin’ which is standing by while his friend/servant Hassan is sexually assaulted by the book’s antagonist, Assef. Amir’s sin of not saving Hassan gravely affects him from that point on where he searches for a way to be good again. Hosseini uses an ethical pattern to lead to the understanding of Amir’s sin and redemption. Firstly, Amir looks for a way to set things right. After the sexual assault Amir is haunted by his choice not to have saved Hassan, he developed insomnia and cannot get the image and the fact that he did nothing to help him out of his mind. Amir seeks to set things right by finding
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On pages 362 through 363, the September eleventh twin towers attack was mentioned and how after the U.S. bombed Afghanistan and Amir says, “Soraya and I became involved in Afghan projects,” Also, on page 363 Amir is asked to help out with a hospital project and he says “I spent most of my days in the study, emailing people around the world, applying for grants, organizing fund-raising events,” Amir seeks out to do good even after he is redeemed of his sin. Amir also still wants to help Sohrab, on pages 369 through 371, after the kites flew through the sky Amir saw that Sohrab had opened up the tiniest bit to that and Amir helped him run a kite to opened him out of his shell more. Amir asked Sohrab if he wants him to run the kite for him and when Sohrab nods Amir says, “For you, a thousand times over,” and we can tell just by Amir saying the words Hassan had always told him that Amir will always do anything and everything for Sohrab.
In conclusion, Hosseini uses an ethical pattern to lead to an understanding of Amir’s sin and redemption. Amir wants to make things right, he seeks to do the right thing even when it may be dangerous, and he aims to live a virtuous
On pages 362 through 363, the September eleventh twin towers attack was mentioned and how after the U.S. bombed Afghanistan and Amir says, “Soraya and I became involved in Afghan projects,” Also, on page 363 Amir is asked to help out with a hospital project and he says “I spent most of my days in the study, emailing people around the world, applying for grants, organizing fund-raising events,” Amir seeks out to do good even after he is redeemed of his sin. Amir also still wants to help Sohrab, on pages 369 through 371, after the kites flew through the sky Amir saw that Sohrab had opened up the tiniest bit to that and Amir helped him run a kite to opened him out of his shell more. Amir asked Sohrab if he wants him to run the kite for him and when Sohrab nods Amir says, “For you, a thousand times over,” and we can tell just by Amir saying the words Hassan had always told him that Amir will always do anything and everything for Sohrab.
In conclusion, Hosseini uses an ethical pattern to lead to an understanding of Amir’s sin and redemption. Amir wants to make things right, he seeks to do the right thing even when it may be dangerous, and he aims to live a virtuous