The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini raises many questions, both moral and society based. The novel shows the main characters constantly making mistakes; this leads to guilt, forgiveness, and a chance for redemption. All of these faults make the reader start to ponder on many moral questions. One of the most essential questions in my opinion being, can all mistakes be redeemed and forgiven, or is there a limit?
Kite Runner is filled with main characters making immoral decisions. For example, Amir watches his so called “best friend” and half brother get raped in an alleyway and does nothing about it. Later, Amir is overcome with guilt about just watching and frames Hassan for stealing, forcing Hassan to leave the house he was born in. Many people …show more content…
Everyone has their own ways of dealing with guilt. For Baba, this met to help people in his community. Whether it be building an orphanage, giving food to people in need, or lending money to his peers, Baba gave everything he could to his neighbors. Baba was able to live such a pure life after his mistake that he was able to die a guiltless man. For Amir, running away from his problems was the treatment to his guilt. Unfortunately for Amir, he could never run far enough away to escape his guilt. He ends up doing the right thing, although possibly for the wrong reasons, and going back to Afghanistan to find and make amends with Hassan but instead saves Hassan’s son. Amir goes after Rahim calls him, “Come. There is a way to be good again” (Khaled Hosseini. 168. 4). When Amir gets to Afghanistan, he finds Hassan to be dead, but Hassan left letters for Amir. Hassan wrote, “In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful, Amir agha, with my deepest respects, Farzana jan, Sohrab, and I pray that this latest letter finds you in good health and in the light of Allah's good graces.” (Khaled Hosseini. 183. 5). In saying this, and by the rest of the letter, the reader can find that Hassan has forgiven Amir. This forgiveness by Hassan brings me to believe that even the biggest of mistakes can be
Kite Runner is filled with main characters making immoral decisions. For example, Amir watches his so called “best friend” and half brother get raped in an alleyway and does nothing about it. Later, Amir is overcome with guilt about just watching and frames Hassan for stealing, forcing Hassan to leave the house he was born in. Many people …show more content…
Everyone has their own ways of dealing with guilt. For Baba, this met to help people in his community. Whether it be building an orphanage, giving food to people in need, or lending money to his peers, Baba gave everything he could to his neighbors. Baba was able to live such a pure life after his mistake that he was able to die a guiltless man. For Amir, running away from his problems was the treatment to his guilt. Unfortunately for Amir, he could never run far enough away to escape his guilt. He ends up doing the right thing, although possibly for the wrong reasons, and going back to Afghanistan to find and make amends with Hassan but instead saves Hassan’s son. Amir goes after Rahim calls him, “Come. There is a way to be good again” (Khaled Hosseini. 168. 4). When Amir gets to Afghanistan, he finds Hassan to be dead, but Hassan left letters for Amir. Hassan wrote, “In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful, Amir agha, with my deepest respects, Farzana jan, Sohrab, and I pray that this latest letter finds you in good health and in the light of Allah's good graces.” (Khaled Hosseini. 183. 5). In saying this, and by the rest of the letter, the reader can find that Hassan has forgiven Amir. This forgiveness by Hassan brings me to believe that even the biggest of mistakes can be