The Truth That Breaks Us
Relationships between two people can have very different meanings, like the relationship between a father and his son or the relationship between a husband and wife. A father plays an important role in a child’s life because he provides for them, and he puts a roof over their head. He doesn’t lie to his child because he knows that there may be consequences, and he’ll feel guilty no matter how big of a lie it is. In his novel, “The Kite Runner”, Khaled Hosseini indicates that the only way to escape the sins you have committed in the past is to confront them. Amir, now a man, tries to confront his sins, and doing so allows him to forgive himself for the sins he committed as a young boy and overcome the guilt he’d been feeling his whole life. Therefore, Hosseini demonstrates how one mistake can impact a whole life.
Throughout “The Kite Runner” novel, Khaled Hosseini exemplifies the unhealthy relationship between a father and his son. A young boy seeks his father’s approval, but it causes him to do unethical things that hurt the people he loves. Later in life he realizes that the choices he made when he was a kid weren’t right, and so he tries, in many ways, to right his wrong doings.
In the beginning of the novel, Hosseini shows us how Baba, Amir’s father, doesn’t treat him like an equal, but instead he looks down on son. “Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your …show more content…
Amir is finally able to forgive himself and his father through returning to Kabul and looking for Sohrab. The only way to completely forgive someone else is to forgive yourself first and attempt to atone for the mistakes you
Relationships between two people can have very different meanings, like the relationship between a father and his son or the relationship between a husband and wife. A father plays an important role in a child’s life because he provides for them, and he puts a roof over their head. He doesn’t lie to his child because he knows that there may be consequences, and he’ll feel guilty no matter how big of a lie it is. In his novel, “The Kite Runner”, Khaled Hosseini indicates that the only way to escape the sins you have committed in the past is to confront them. Amir, now a man, tries to confront his sins, and doing so allows him to forgive himself for the sins he committed as a young boy and overcome the guilt he’d been feeling his whole life. Therefore, Hosseini demonstrates how one mistake can impact a whole life.
Throughout “The Kite Runner” novel, Khaled Hosseini exemplifies the unhealthy relationship between a father and his son. A young boy seeks his father’s approval, but it causes him to do unethical things that hurt the people he loves. Later in life he realizes that the choices he made when he was a kid weren’t right, and so he tries, in many ways, to right his wrong doings.
In the beginning of the novel, Hosseini shows us how Baba, Amir’s father, doesn’t treat him like an equal, but instead he looks down on son. “Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your …show more content…
Amir is finally able to forgive himself and his father through returning to Kabul and looking for Sohrab. The only way to completely forgive someone else is to forgive yourself first and attempt to atone for the mistakes you