Heroism In The Kite Runner

In life people change over time, at one point you can be very self centered and at other times you can become a hero, throughout the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Amir demonstrates how people can change over maturity. In the novel Amir is at first portrayed as a negative and jealous person who treats his servant Hassan unfairly. Amir is very jealous how Baba behaves with Hassan, because he feels that he is getting less attention. Throughout the novel Amir comes around and becomes a contemporary hero by going back to Kabul and showing everyone he cares about that he has changes for the better throughout his maturity. In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini illustrates how Amir overcomes his past to become a contemporary hero …show more content…
Amir goes back to Kabul and finds out Hassan and his wife have been killed and feels as if he has to save Sohrab to become a better person. An example from the text is, “You know… one time, when you weren’t around, your father and I were talking… I remember he said to me, ‘Rahim, a boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.’ I wonder, is that what you’ve become?” (Hosseini, 221). Rahim says this to Amir because he feels that Amir can not stand up for anything and by Rahim saying this, it Amir want to prove him wrong and go save Sohrab. At this point in the novel Amir still feels guilty for everything that he has done in his past and wants to make up for all the troubles he has went through. This makes Amir feel as if he is obligated to go save Sohrab to make up for his and Babas terrible pasts. Through the journey of finding Sohrab, Amir must face many challenges-the hardest being fighting Assef to free Sohrab. Amir feels he has to save Sohrab and to do so he must fight his childhood enemy to the death and in doing so this makes him a contemporary hero. Amir is willing to put his life on the line in order to save Sohrab. An example from the text is,
“Another rib snapped, this time lower. What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace. I laughed …show more content…
Amir demonstrates he is a contemporary hero by the end of the novel when at first he helps save Sohrab, also when he fights Assef when he comes back to Kabul, in the end he demonstrates being a contemporary hero by providing for Hassan by taking care of Sohrab. From the beginning till the end Amir is changing for the better he starts to realize this from moving to America and then going back to Kabul and talking to Rahim. These points explain how Amir has changed and how he became a contemporary hero as could you one