Redemption

Redemption is definable as the act of regaining virtue and morality from previous mistakes. In Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, The Kite Runner, the overarching theme is redemption. Because of lingering guilt from past actions, the protagonist, Amir, goes on a long, painful journey to find atonement for his childhood sins. While taking the road of redemption by storm in order to be good again, Amir encounters the ghost of Hassan through the shadows of Sohrab. The guilt that plagues Amir eventually…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter explores the nature of sin and redemption, especially through the character of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a beloved young minister in the seventeenth-century Puritan town of Boston. Contrary to his moral standing as a religious leader, Dimmesdale has secretly committed adultery with Hester Prynne, a young married woman who has come to Boston ahead of her husband. When she becomes pregnant, the Puritan officials discover her infidelity and brand her…

Salvation and redemption is a concept that typically concerns eternal, spiritual deliverance from our sin. In the two stories “Bartleby the Scrivener” and “Elephant”, the two narrators had led lives full of heinous wrongdoings and corruption and wished to redeem themselves, by “giving” to others. Instead of offering others true charity and sacrifice, they placed the highest value on items, and were overwhelmed by the hunger of gaining, instead of truly wanting to help those in need. By doing…

Khaled captivating novel The Kite Runner uses the recurring themes of betrayal and redemption throughout his book. Khaled conveys the themes of redemption and betrayal by using conflict, symbolism, and characterization. The kite that has hassan catches becomes the symbol of amir's betrayal. As evidence by Yardley, Jonathan, “Amir remains loyal to Hassan until the day of the kite tournament, when he remains silent about the horror he witnesses rather than dispel his father’s praise for his…

Redemption is defined merely by the action of saving or being saved from sin. Bob Marley states “If you're white and you're wrong, then you're wrong; if you're black and you're wrong, you're wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green - God make no rules about color; only society makes rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now”(Bob Marley). This Bob Marley quote relates to many people in the books we have read this year. People like Amir, Jung,…

comfort, people can be inspired to improve their works and lives physcially. Basically, why hope can drive people perform better is because it motivates people via offering mental comfort. In Shawshank Redemption, what Andy does is totally different from others. Andy succeeds in the self-redemption, but others don’t. Other prisoners have hope of freedom and humanity in first few years, however, almost every prisoner gets institutionalized as times goes by, that is they yield to the rules within…

Mercy Killing or Murder: Where Is The Line Drawn? In various situations, committing a crime can be seen as a necessary action to save a person’s life in the long run. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Lennie Smalls and George Milton are two migrant workers who have been together since they can last remember. George took Lennie under his wing because of the mental problems Lennie has. While working on a ranch together, Lennie and George run into a very unique situation that neither of them…

Stephen King is the author of novels and short stories with creepy settings admits that he even fears bugs to add to the list of things that freaks him out. One of his earlier short stories happening 1976, several women at New Sharon Teachers' College fall victim to a “Jack the Ripper” style character with a mysterious fog that weighs heavy over the campus. King, the narrator, also a student, leads us on a twisted tale of a foggy New England town to search who committed the horrifying acts.…

In Truman Capote’s novel In Cold Blood, Capote follows the stories of both a murdered family, the Clutters, and their murderers, Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Smith. Over the course of the novel, Capote reveals that Hickock and Smith met in prison and reconnected once they were both released (161). The pair’s target in invading the Clutter household was money in an alleged safe; murdering the Clutters would just ensure no witnesses could identify them as the killers (Capote 161). Eventually…

Arising the nineteenths century the English poet Lord Byron was the first model for a Byronic hero. He gains the status as a Byronic character throughout his life with the different characteristics due his personality. In general, a Byronic hero is a person who isolates either physically or emotionally from the world. Furthermore, a Byronic hero characterize himself for example as intelligent, arrogant and emotionally and intellectually tortured. A Byronic hero is also a person who just appears…