Throughout the Kite Runner, various themes are present, ranging from the symbolic message of kite running, to changing relationships, and even bloody violence. However, all of these themes are tied together in the single concept of circularity. Amir, Baba, Hassan, Ali, and Sohrab all have a role in the delicately crafted story. Hosseini depicts beautifully and painfully the vicious cycle of deception after deception, betrayal towards loved ones, and finally, redemption from past sins and freedmen from circularity.
The rape of Hassan by Assef begins all the cycles. Amir sits and does nothing while the lamb-eyed Hassan is sexually abused, ruining the once friendly bond between master and slave. Assef had constantly made fun of the Hazara before …show more content…
Amir betrayed Hassan twice, first by witnessing and not stopping his rape out of shock, and then by coercing Ali and Hassan to leave. Hassan gets killed, and Amir has no real way to redeem himself until Sohrab's existence is brought into light. It is then revealed that Baba was Hassan's father as well, explaining the satisfaction of Baba when he got the surgery done for Hassan's harelip. This only strengthens the feeling of regret for Amir, because not only was Hassan his blood, but he often hated his father and envied his brother for his own lack of affection, not knowing his father had betrayed all of them and was trying to make up for it. When Amir and Sohrab beat up Assef, Hassan's rapist, it still isn't enough to forgive Amir's ignorance and actions. Amir even received a scar upon his lip similar to Hassan's after the surgery by Doctor Kumar. Amir feels like the physical damage heals him, saying, “My body was broken—just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later—but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed” (Hosseini 289). Only by taking in Hassan's son, and acting like a servant to him by repeating, " "For you, a thousand times over," I heard myself say," (Hosseini 371) can Amir truly experience Hassan's point of view of sacrifice towards loved ones and end the circulation of
The rape of Hassan by Assef begins all the cycles. Amir sits and does nothing while the lamb-eyed Hassan is sexually abused, ruining the once friendly bond between master and slave. Assef had constantly made fun of the Hazara before …show more content…
Amir betrayed Hassan twice, first by witnessing and not stopping his rape out of shock, and then by coercing Ali and Hassan to leave. Hassan gets killed, and Amir has no real way to redeem himself until Sohrab's existence is brought into light. It is then revealed that Baba was Hassan's father as well, explaining the satisfaction of Baba when he got the surgery done for Hassan's harelip. This only strengthens the feeling of regret for Amir, because not only was Hassan his blood, but he often hated his father and envied his brother for his own lack of affection, not knowing his father had betrayed all of them and was trying to make up for it. When Amir and Sohrab beat up Assef, Hassan's rapist, it still isn't enough to forgive Amir's ignorance and actions. Amir even received a scar upon his lip similar to Hassan's after the surgery by Doctor Kumar. Amir feels like the physical damage heals him, saying, “My body was broken—just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later—but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed” (Hosseini 289). Only by taking in Hassan's son, and acting like a servant to him by repeating, " "For you, a thousand times over," I heard myself say," (Hosseini 371) can Amir truly experience Hassan's point of view of sacrifice towards loved ones and end the circulation of