In Khaled Hosseini's novel "The Kite Runner," a young Afghanistan child named Amir ventures through struggles dealing with guilt due to his flaw of being courageous and making his dad proud. The only activity that relieves him from his burdens of guilt is kite flying; however, in this story the activity undermines his life and compels him to journey through life with a burden until he discovers his redemption. The guilt of his mother's death due to his birth and watching his friend suffering rape is overtaking Amir and he believes that redemption is the only way to solve this fiasco. But is redemption necessary? Most readers assume that forgiveness and love from the victims would vanquish any guilt he holds or, others assume that the guilt
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As a child, Amir believes that his father blames him for his mother's death and that his father restrains his love from him because of it. As shown in his reflecting, "Because the truth of it was, I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn't I? The least I could have done was to have had the decency to have turned out more like him. But I hadn't turned out like him. Not at all." (20) It is common for a boy to have a father as a role model and that was the same situation for Amir. Baba is strong and courageous, but has a generous heart as well, which inspires Amir; however, Amir never receives affection. Even Baba stated, "A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything" (22). Amir knows trust does not come without sacrifice as any other Afghanistan would believe. So he perseveres through masculine activities and still does not receive any love or pride from his father. Therefore, he tries to excel in the one hobby his father loves as much as him: kite fighting. Which is quite logical because Jamal uses his knowledge in a game show in order to see his one true love and redeem himself from the betrayal of Latika when his brother and him abandon her to escape from the "living hell." Thankfully, both continue their journey with success in their mission to …show more content…
Hassan and Amir grow up together and drink milk from the same breast; however, the secret of Hassan being Amir's brother never has been uttered. Hassan and Amir grow a desire of reading and storytelling, but the most significant hobby is kite running. This relationship runs parallel with Jamal and Salim, who are two brothers that grow up in the ambience of chaotic warfare. Furthermore, Salim and Jamal enjoy reading books as well, especially "The Three Musketeers." Salim eventually betrays his brother, like Amir betrays Hassan. However, Amir heaves the burden with him and Salim accepts his consequences and forgets about it. Most readers would agree that the burden of allowing a friend to undergo rape is quite distasteful and forgiveness would not allow a loyal friend to forgive himself. That is why Amir finds it necessary to gain redemption in order to forgive himself and not necessarily for anyone else. Consequently, Rahim Khan says, "There is a way to be good again" (192). Rahim Khan knows Amir more than anybody else, even the reader; furthermore, he continues to talk to Amir about Hassan's life and how he dies because of the Taliban and how Hassan is his brother. Most importantly, Rahim talks about how Baba never forgives himself and that is what makes him a harsh father and he tells Amir to save Sohrab not only to redeem his own
As a child, Amir believes that his father blames him for his mother's death and that his father restrains his love from him because of it. As shown in his reflecting, "Because the truth of it was, I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn't I? The least I could have done was to have had the decency to have turned out more like him. But I hadn't turned out like him. Not at all." (20) It is common for a boy to have a father as a role model and that was the same situation for Amir. Baba is strong and courageous, but has a generous heart as well, which inspires Amir; however, Amir never receives affection. Even Baba stated, "A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything" (22). Amir knows trust does not come without sacrifice as any other Afghanistan would believe. So he perseveres through masculine activities and still does not receive any love or pride from his father. Therefore, he tries to excel in the one hobby his father loves as much as him: kite fighting. Which is quite logical because Jamal uses his knowledge in a game show in order to see his one true love and redeem himself from the betrayal of Latika when his brother and him abandon her to escape from the "living hell." Thankfully, both continue their journey with success in their mission to …show more content…
Hassan and Amir grow up together and drink milk from the same breast; however, the secret of Hassan being Amir's brother never has been uttered. Hassan and Amir grow a desire of reading and storytelling, but the most significant hobby is kite running. This relationship runs parallel with Jamal and Salim, who are two brothers that grow up in the ambience of chaotic warfare. Furthermore, Salim and Jamal enjoy reading books as well, especially "The Three Musketeers." Salim eventually betrays his brother, like Amir betrays Hassan. However, Amir heaves the burden with him and Salim accepts his consequences and forgets about it. Most readers would agree that the burden of allowing a friend to undergo rape is quite distasteful and forgiveness would not allow a loyal friend to forgive himself. That is why Amir finds it necessary to gain redemption in order to forgive himself and not necessarily for anyone else. Consequently, Rahim Khan says, "There is a way to be good again" (192). Rahim Khan knows Amir more than anybody else, even the reader; furthermore, he continues to talk to Amir about Hassan's life and how he dies because of the Taliban and how Hassan is his brother. Most importantly, Rahim talks about how Baba never forgives himself and that is what makes him a harsh father and he tells Amir to save Sohrab not only to redeem his own