Redemption is an altruistic and noble sacrifice to make up for one’s action. On the other hand, it is also a long and difficult journey for one to suffer. In the story, did the main character Amir Jan fully redeems himself at the end? The author has hinted a moral that regardless of what was done to make up for the past, the wound that was made is permanent. Thus, full redemption does not exist in reality. Moreover, there are many things that lead to redemption. Guilt, time and responsibility are some key qualities that impacts greatly on such concept. Redemption is a timely opportunity to atone for a previous wrong, thus redemption should be acted on if the chance presents itself.
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Even though actions could be done to make up the past, it will never be where it was before. So what Baba fed the poor and gave money away? So what Amir brought back Hassan’s child to America? It will not stop the illegitimate birth of Baba’s second child Hassan, nor will it bring Hassan back alive. People often think if a person has compensated for his or her mistake, it will get better. But in reality, the initial victim is still hurt regardless of what redemption restores. Time gives opportunities, but it also takes them. The book indicated this through a scene, “I opened my mouth, almost said something. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had…One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be… Or I could run. In the end, I ran” (Hosseini, 82). Many reality conflicts are shown through different scenarios and this is only one of them, choices and decisions. There are many decisions in life but there are not many second chances. The consequences of that choice will mark one’s destiny. In other words, the most important moral the author advises is to try to ‘do the right things the first time round’. That way, redemption is no longer a necessary path for one to suffer. After the secrets and lies about Baba’s past are exposed, Amir thought deeply through his own actions, “I had driven Hassan and Ali out of the house. Was it too farfetched to imagine that things might have turned out differently if I hadn’t? Maybe Baba would have brought them along to America… A life in a county where no one cared that he was a Hazara.” (Hosseini, 238) Fate does not have the power to change one’s thoughts and actions, people do. Thus, it makes many choices that are made as important as another. The journey of one’s life is long, yet it is also very short. Hence, when decisions present in a course of one’s journey, it is never wrong to have a
Guilt is like a two-edged sword, it comes from someone else’s …show more content…
Even though actions could be done to make up the past, it will never be where it was before. So what Baba fed the poor and gave money away? So what Amir brought back Hassan’s child to America? It will not stop the illegitimate birth of Baba’s second child Hassan, nor will it bring Hassan back alive. People often think if a person has compensated for his or her mistake, it will get better. But in reality, the initial victim is still hurt regardless of what redemption restores. Time gives opportunities, but it also takes them. The book indicated this through a scene, “I opened my mouth, almost said something. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had…One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be… Or I could run. In the end, I ran” (Hosseini, 82). Many reality conflicts are shown through different scenarios and this is only one of them, choices and decisions. There are many decisions in life but there are not many second chances. The consequences of that choice will mark one’s destiny. In other words, the most important moral the author advises is to try to ‘do the right things the first time round’. That way, redemption is no longer a necessary path for one to suffer. After the secrets and lies about Baba’s past are exposed, Amir thought deeply through his own actions, “I had driven Hassan and Ali out of the house. Was it too farfetched to imagine that things might have turned out differently if I hadn’t? Maybe Baba would have brought them along to America… A life in a county where no one cared that he was a Hazara.” (Hosseini, 238) Fate does not have the power to change one’s thoughts and actions, people do. Thus, it makes many choices that are made as important as another. The journey of one’s life is long, yet it is also very short. Hence, when decisions present in a course of one’s journey, it is never wrong to have a