Afghanistan, Mexico, Australia, or Japan. Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner written in 2003, could have been based out of any country around the world and the furthermost theme of humanity would not change. Humanity is the quality of being humane; kind and benevolent. As many others in a long list of themes, humanity is one that contains many subtopics within itself. The Kite Runner demonstrates that humanity is one of the most universal themes and proves that the effectiveness of the novel would remain unchanged even if the country or setting had changed. Hosseini manifest’s this through three subtopics; love and sacrifice in the relationship between Amir and Hassan, Amir’s consistent sin and redemption throughout his journeys in the
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Sin is when an individual, or group of individuals with the same motive, cause misbehaviours whether it be self-inflicted or communal. Redemption is the act of redeeming oneself through revenge or forgiveness. These moral actions are shown greatly through Amir, the main character of the novel. Amir was in no way a perfect little Pashtun boy; Amir lived his life around many sinful people people, the only difference being that Amir could redeem himself in the many times he had sinned. One great example of Amir’s sin and redemption would be after his birthday, where Amir is having difficulty coping with what he had seen the day of Hassan’s rape. His guilt for not doing anything about these events push Amir to frame Hassan as a “thief”. This is important because Baba had always told Amir that the worst sin of all was to be a thief and that all crimes were variations of theft. Amir places some of his birthday money under Hassan’s mattress to make it seem as if the Hazara servant had stolen from his master's son. Twenty-six years late, Amir redeems himself when he returns to Afghanistan. In the country of his youth, he stays with Wahid, Farid’s older brother, and realizes the impoverishment in the country has worsened due to invasions and such. The morning that Amir leaves for Kabul, he vindicates himself, “When I was certain no one was looking, I did something I had done twenty-six years earlier: I planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress” (254). Hassan’s rape is one of the most valuable events within the novel as it proves the many topics within the theme of humanity. This event demonstrates sin and redemption as Amir watches it happen and does nothing about it. Being a silent bystander is at times worse than being the offender, and either would be considered a sin. Many years
Sin is when an individual, or group of individuals with the same motive, cause misbehaviours whether it be self-inflicted or communal. Redemption is the act of redeeming oneself through revenge or forgiveness. These moral actions are shown greatly through Amir, the main character of the novel. Amir was in no way a perfect little Pashtun boy; Amir lived his life around many sinful people people, the only difference being that Amir could redeem himself in the many times he had sinned. One great example of Amir’s sin and redemption would be after his birthday, where Amir is having difficulty coping with what he had seen the day of Hassan’s rape. His guilt for not doing anything about these events push Amir to frame Hassan as a “thief”. This is important because Baba had always told Amir that the worst sin of all was to be a thief and that all crimes were variations of theft. Amir places some of his birthday money under Hassan’s mattress to make it seem as if the Hazara servant had stolen from his master's son. Twenty-six years late, Amir redeems himself when he returns to Afghanistan. In the country of his youth, he stays with Wahid, Farid’s older brother, and realizes the impoverishment in the country has worsened due to invasions and such. The morning that Amir leaves for Kabul, he vindicates himself, “When I was certain no one was looking, I did something I had done twenty-six years earlier: I planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress” (254). Hassan’s rape is one of the most valuable events within the novel as it proves the many topics within the theme of humanity. This event demonstrates sin and redemption as Amir watches it happen and does nothing about it. Being a silent bystander is at times worse than being the offender, and either would be considered a sin. Many years