Mistakes In The Kite Runner

In the novel The Kite Runner, the author Khaled Hosseini explains how low you would go for your family and how if you need to redeem your mistakes there is always a way but there will still be consequences. The main character Amir attempts to redeem his mistakes. The mistakes the characters make all throughout the novel come bad not only to affecting them but others. Although seeking redemption may be difficult it doesn't mean it’s impossible.

Chapter 7 Amir watched Hassan get raped and didn't do anything about it. “I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley,” (77 ) this quote shows how Amir had the choice to help Hassan, But he didn't which lead to the other part. “ “I watched Hassan get raped,” I said to no one. Baba stirred in his sleep. Kaka homayoun grunted. A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore.” (86) In this quote, amir is confessing out loud to himself, but hoping someone will hear so he would no longer have to live with the guilt. The quote shows the consequences amir had to go through after making the choice to not Hassan. …show more content…
“I felt like a man sliding down a steep cliff, clutching at shrubs and tangles of brambles and coming up empty-handed” (222) Amir is reacting to the news that Rahim Khan told him, which that Hassan is his half-brother. Amir is mad because he was lied to. “I’m thirty-eight years old and I've just found out my whole life is one big fucking lie! What can you possible say to make things better?” this quote shows amir was mad with the decision his father made because he felt like if he knew since the beginning, things would've gone differently with