Rising once Again The theme of redemption stands as the underlying storyline in both ESPN’s Unguarded and The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. Amir in The Kite Runner, and Chris Herren in Unguarded exemplify torrid stories in which they initially rise up, come crashing down, and in the end reestablish themselves as they rise again. Amir in The Kite Runner and Chris Herren in Unguarded exemplify torrid stories in which they initially rise up, come crashing down, and in the end reestablish themselves as they rise again. The novel The Kite Runner and the short film Unguarded draw significant similarities in their stories towards redemption, but also express key differences.
To begin with, Chris Herren and Amir have similarities in their …show more content…
In Amir’s journey, his life takes a hit due to his actions of trying to take advantage of someone to ultimately gain for himself. Amir realizes that taking Hassan out of the equation stands as the only way to draw closer to his father Baba. Amir’s jealousy towards Baba’s affection toward Hassan drives him to the edge and he eventually throws Hassan under the bus by placing money under his pillow, with the goal of showing that Hassan has “stolen it” even though everyone knows he did not. His actions backfire since the acts create an everlasting thought and image he thinks about throughout every moment in his life. The thought haunts him that he single-handedly pushed Hassan away and sabotaged him for his own selfish reasons. “Sometimes, I think everything he did, feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.” (Hosseini 316). This quote by Rahim Khan grasps the idea of redemption and why Amir came to rise once more. His overbearing guilt drove him to eventually redeem himself. In Unguarded there stands an opposing situation. Chris’s Herren ultimately could not control his addiction. Unlike Amir, Chris’s drug habits overpower his own will and take control of rather than him trying to gain for his personal benefit in life. His demise occurs from the fact that drugs rule his life. Chris did not take drugs to take advantage of a situation, it more so came into his life and there stopping the addiction took immense effort. Chris’s rise back did not establish itself from his guilt. The fact that he got assistance to control his mind and body to escape his drug addiction aids him to rise once more. Moreover, in The Kite Runner, the decisions made by Amir caused his guilt and downfall. Amir made the choice to
To begin with, Chris Herren and Amir have similarities in their …show more content…
In Amir’s journey, his life takes a hit due to his actions of trying to take advantage of someone to ultimately gain for himself. Amir realizes that taking Hassan out of the equation stands as the only way to draw closer to his father Baba. Amir’s jealousy towards Baba’s affection toward Hassan drives him to the edge and he eventually throws Hassan under the bus by placing money under his pillow, with the goal of showing that Hassan has “stolen it” even though everyone knows he did not. His actions backfire since the acts create an everlasting thought and image he thinks about throughout every moment in his life. The thought haunts him that he single-handedly pushed Hassan away and sabotaged him for his own selfish reasons. “Sometimes, I think everything he did, feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.” (Hosseini 316). This quote by Rahim Khan grasps the idea of redemption and why Amir came to rise once more. His overbearing guilt drove him to eventually redeem himself. In Unguarded there stands an opposing situation. Chris’s Herren ultimately could not control his addiction. Unlike Amir, Chris’s drug habits overpower his own will and take control of rather than him trying to gain for his personal benefit in life. His demise occurs from the fact that drugs rule his life. Chris did not take drugs to take advantage of a situation, it more so came into his life and there stopping the addiction took immense effort. Chris’s rise back did not establish itself from his guilt. The fact that he got assistance to control his mind and body to escape his drug addiction aids him to rise once more. Moreover, in The Kite Runner, the decisions made by Amir caused his guilt and downfall. Amir made the choice to