“No matter what a waste one has made of one’s life, it is ever possible to find some path to redemption, however partial.” If it is possible to achieve redemption at any point in one’s life, then how does one achieve redemption? One way of achieving redemption is atonement. Atonement is the reparation of a sin and redemption is becoming free from a sin. Atonement leads to redemption.
‘The Kite Runner’ is the story of Amir, a young boy from Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan, his father's young Hazara servant. Amir committed many sins in his life. He never embraced Hassan as his friend even though they played and spent the whole day together. In order to win over his father, Amir did not rescue Hassan when Assef was raping him even though he could. He thought that maybe Hassan was the price he had to pay in order to win over his father. Finally, Amir planted his new watch and a handful of money under Hassan’s mattress and blamed him for stealing them. Amir then suffered remorse and inescapable guilt over his sins. Amir said, “I wanted to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake. I wasn’t worthy of this sacrifice; I was a liar, a cheat, and a thief.” Amir thought there was a need of redemption.
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According to this book, redemption is the temporary condition that follows upon purification of guilt. Guilt is inherent in the human nature and redemption is the result of the process of purification. The main rhetoric challenge is achieving symbolic purification. There are two ways by which one can achieve redemption: victimage and mortification. Victimage is the purification by vicarious atonement, i.e. it absolves guilt homicidally whereas mortification absolver guilt suicidally, i.e. in self-punishment and
‘The Kite Runner’ is the story of Amir, a young boy from Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan, his father's young Hazara servant. Amir committed many sins in his life. He never embraced Hassan as his friend even though they played and spent the whole day together. In order to win over his father, Amir did not rescue Hassan when Assef was raping him even though he could. He thought that maybe Hassan was the price he had to pay in order to win over his father. Finally, Amir planted his new watch and a handful of money under Hassan’s mattress and blamed him for stealing them. Amir then suffered remorse and inescapable guilt over his sins. Amir said, “I wanted to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake. I wasn’t worthy of this sacrifice; I was a liar, a cheat, and a thief.” Amir thought there was a need of redemption.
Amir tried …show more content…
According to this book, redemption is the temporary condition that follows upon purification of guilt. Guilt is inherent in the human nature and redemption is the result of the process of purification. The main rhetoric challenge is achieving symbolic purification. There are two ways by which one can achieve redemption: victimage and mortification. Victimage is the purification by vicarious atonement, i.e. it absolves guilt homicidally whereas mortification absolver guilt suicidally, i.e. in self-punishment and