Release Your Guilt
“That’s what I told myself as I turned my back to the alley, to Hassan. That’s what I made myself believe. I actually aspired to cowardice,” (Hosseini 77). In that instant, Amir shattered every ounce of faith Hassan had in him. He let the neighborhood bully rob his faithful comrade of his innocence. Betraying someone is one of the most cruel deeds you can ever commit. It is vile. You obliterate the foundations of the relationship you have built when another finds out that you betrayed them. In one instant, you can sever a once unwavering tie. There is no going back, and your misdeed will haunt you until you rectify your mistake and allow yourself to release your guilt.
In The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, Amir betrays and is betrayed. He watches Hassan, his loyal friend, get raped by the local bully. He lies and gets Hassan and Ali out of his father’s house. Amir’s guilt spurred by that action, as much guilt is, took up camp in his core immediately. He became numb to the outside world and all the pain he had caused. As Amir watched Ali and Hassan pull away, “all [he] saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver,” (109). An impenetrable shell formed around …show more content…
Betrayal stems from fear. Fear that you will be injured, you will get in trouble, someone will find out something undesirable about you, or your pride will be in jeopardy if you take a certain action. So we charge others a hefty price for something we are not willing to pay for. This is contradictory to traditional Afghan principles as described in the book. Afghans are prideful and won’t accept anybody else paying for them. That is why Amir is so shocked to find out that Baba withheld the secret of the brotherhood between himself and Hassan. Baba betrayed his own moral principles, and in turn betrayed Amir. It could be argued that he also betrayed Hassan. He stole from Hassan the access to a childhood filled with the unconditional love of a
“That’s what I told myself as I turned my back to the alley, to Hassan. That’s what I made myself believe. I actually aspired to cowardice,” (Hosseini 77). In that instant, Amir shattered every ounce of faith Hassan had in him. He let the neighborhood bully rob his faithful comrade of his innocence. Betraying someone is one of the most cruel deeds you can ever commit. It is vile. You obliterate the foundations of the relationship you have built when another finds out that you betrayed them. In one instant, you can sever a once unwavering tie. There is no going back, and your misdeed will haunt you until you rectify your mistake and allow yourself to release your guilt.
In The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, Amir betrays and is betrayed. He watches Hassan, his loyal friend, get raped by the local bully. He lies and gets Hassan and Ali out of his father’s house. Amir’s guilt spurred by that action, as much guilt is, took up camp in his core immediately. He became numb to the outside world and all the pain he had caused. As Amir watched Ali and Hassan pull away, “all [he] saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver,” (109). An impenetrable shell formed around …show more content…
Betrayal stems from fear. Fear that you will be injured, you will get in trouble, someone will find out something undesirable about you, or your pride will be in jeopardy if you take a certain action. So we charge others a hefty price for something we are not willing to pay for. This is contradictory to traditional Afghan principles as described in the book. Afghans are prideful and won’t accept anybody else paying for them. That is why Amir is so shocked to find out that Baba withheld the secret of the brotherhood between himself and Hassan. Baba betrayed his own moral principles, and in turn betrayed Amir. It could be argued that he also betrayed Hassan. He stole from Hassan the access to a childhood filled with the unconditional love of a