“Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption” (Paulo Coelho, author). According to the dictionary, redemption is an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake. It is a way to bury agony and sorrow while accepting, forgiving and moving forward from catastrophe. Novelist, Khaled Hosseini, delved into this idea of redemption in his debut novel, The Kite Runner with much success. Protagonist Amir, his father, Baba, and Saunaubar, Hassan’s mother, all led a path to redemption through personal sacrifice while ultimately benefitting the lives of others around them. Amir is the first character with defective traits that consequently led him to making several errors through
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In chapter seventeen, after Baba’s death, Rahim Khan revealed that Baba had slept with the wife of Ali, his best friend, by indicating that “Ali was sterile” (234), acknowledging the fact that Hassan was not Ali’s biological son, but Amir’s half-brother. Baba had hid this information from everyone due to his own honour. According to Amir, Baba had hypocritically “stolen [what] had been sacred: from me the right to know I had a brother, from Hassan his identity, and from Ali his honour” (237). These shameful actions can justify Baba’s sympathetic attitude towards Hassan during Amir’s childhood and the determination to building an orphanage in Kabul to benefit the poor in his community. Baba had to indirectly show his love for Hassan without exposing his true identity so that his reputation would not be degraded, even if it meant to belittle a close friend’s honour. However, once Hassan was out of the picture due to Amir’s immoral actions, Baba knew that he had been a bad father to both his sons, thus needing to make up by being as best of a father possible to the one son who was socially considered legitimate, Amir. Baba sacrificed his wealth and high-class reputation in Afghanistan to ensure the best possible future for Amir by immigrating to the United States during the Soviet Invasion. For Baba, due to cultural traditions and his age, adapting to the foreign country was difficult as he was never truly content with the American lifestyle. To add to his suffering, Baba was even diagnosed with cancer, taking him from being “Baba the Legend”, to “Baba the Man.” In spite of Baba’s hardships, the migration to America had benefitted Amir as he was able to temporarily bury his past while being given multiple opportunities towards a promising future. Even if Baba’s life had ended away
In chapter seventeen, after Baba’s death, Rahim Khan revealed that Baba had slept with the wife of Ali, his best friend, by indicating that “Ali was sterile” (234), acknowledging the fact that Hassan was not Ali’s biological son, but Amir’s half-brother. Baba had hid this information from everyone due to his own honour. According to Amir, Baba had hypocritically “stolen [what] had been sacred: from me the right to know I had a brother, from Hassan his identity, and from Ali his honour” (237). These shameful actions can justify Baba’s sympathetic attitude towards Hassan during Amir’s childhood and the determination to building an orphanage in Kabul to benefit the poor in his community. Baba had to indirectly show his love for Hassan without exposing his true identity so that his reputation would not be degraded, even if it meant to belittle a close friend’s honour. However, once Hassan was out of the picture due to Amir’s immoral actions, Baba knew that he had been a bad father to both his sons, thus needing to make up by being as best of a father possible to the one son who was socially considered legitimate, Amir. Baba sacrificed his wealth and high-class reputation in Afghanistan to ensure the best possible future for Amir by immigrating to the United States during the Soviet Invasion. For Baba, due to cultural traditions and his age, adapting to the foreign country was difficult as he was never truly content with the American lifestyle. To add to his suffering, Baba was even diagnosed with cancer, taking him from being “Baba the Legend”, to “Baba the Man.” In spite of Baba’s hardships, the migration to America had benefitted Amir as he was able to temporarily bury his past while being given multiple opportunities towards a promising future. Even if Baba’s life had ended away