In the eyes of Amir, a character in The Kite Runner, “[...]it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out” (Hosseini 1). Not only do some of the past events in Amir’s adolescent life unfold before him in adulthood, but Amir is in many ways a person of the past. By the end of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Amir has become an unchanged man. Even after many years, Amir still possesses the qualities of selfishness, strength and determination. By the end of the book, Amir has become an unchanged man because he is still selfish.
Shortly after Amir witnesses his childhood companion, Hassan, being raped at the age of 12, Amir feels a tremendous amount of guilt for not stepping …show more content…
When Amir is 12, even though he runs from Hassan while he is being raped and does not help him, he still watches the horrific event. Amir watches arguably his best friend being harassed and raped to the point where it traumatizes Amir enough that he is “[...] biting down on [his] fist, hard enough to draw blood [...]” and “[...] weeping [...]” (Hosseini 77). Although Amir does run away from Hassan, it takes a great deal of strength to watch his best friend get hurt, and the fact that he is biting himself and crying reveal how hard it is for him to stand and watch the event. This strength that Amir possesses also stays with him into and throughout adulthood. Once Amir returns to Afghanistan, he meets Assef again, and he decides to fight him to save Sohrab. After the fight, Amir finds out that his “[...] spleen had ruptured [...]” (Hosseini 296), he has “[...] a punctured lung [...]” (Hosseini 296), and that he “[...] cut [his] upper lip in two[...]” (Hosseini 297), just to name a few injuries. It not only takes Amir a great deal of strength to fight Amir, the man who traumatizes him at such a young age, but to also defeat Assef and survive the horrendous injuries that came as a result of the fight. Amir strongly stands through many events that are thrown at him, and this undying strength that follows him to adulthood proves that he has become an …show more content…
Amir still possesses the qualities of selfishness, strength and determination that are seen in him in his childhood years. The world around Amir may continue to change, but he will always remain a man
Shortly after Amir witnesses his childhood companion, Hassan, being raped at the age of 12, Amir feels a tremendous amount of guilt for not stepping …show more content…
When Amir is 12, even though he runs from Hassan while he is being raped and does not help him, he still watches the horrific event. Amir watches arguably his best friend being harassed and raped to the point where it traumatizes Amir enough that he is “[...] biting down on [his] fist, hard enough to draw blood [...]” and “[...] weeping [...]” (Hosseini 77). Although Amir does run away from Hassan, it takes a great deal of strength to watch his best friend get hurt, and the fact that he is biting himself and crying reveal how hard it is for him to stand and watch the event. This strength that Amir possesses also stays with him into and throughout adulthood. Once Amir returns to Afghanistan, he meets Assef again, and he decides to fight him to save Sohrab. After the fight, Amir finds out that his “[...] spleen had ruptured [...]” (Hosseini 296), he has “[...] a punctured lung [...]” (Hosseini 296), and that he “[...] cut [his] upper lip in two[...]” (Hosseini 297), just to name a few injuries. It not only takes Amir a great deal of strength to fight Amir, the man who traumatizes him at such a young age, but to also defeat Assef and survive the horrendous injuries that came as a result of the fight. Amir strongly stands through many events that are thrown at him, and this undying strength that follows him to adulthood proves that he has become an …show more content…
Amir still possesses the qualities of selfishness, strength and determination that are seen in him in his childhood years. The world around Amir may continue to change, but he will always remain a man