Redemption In The Kite Runner

The only way to have full redemption is to tell the truth. In The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, Amir is a boy living in Kabul, Afghanistan, as the son of Baba. Who is a wealthy businessman of great success. He is a very generous person, building an orphanage, giving to the poor, and lending money to friends in need. Baba has a very well acquainted business partner and a good friend Rahim Khan, who gives Amir great attention that Baba does not give to him. They have Ali and his son Hassan, who are servants to them. Amir and Baba flea Kabul when the Soviets invade Afghanistan, leaving everything behind. When they emigrated to America, Amir and Baba live in great poverty. Baba is a manager at a gas station, then gets lung cancer and dies. He has a lot of guilt, giving to people and doing good deeds is not a way to redeem one’s self.

“True redemption is when guilt leads to good,” Rahim Khan asserts. Khaled Hosseini compels the readers to think in the novel, The Kite Runner, by analyzing Amir’s quests. Additionally, readers must understand Amir’s journey to maturity throughout The Kite Runner, as a Bildungsroman novel. Amir’s journey to redemption ultimately accentuates his quest for adulthood.

“For you, a thousand times over.” In The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini, there is a recurring theme of redemption that is portrayed by various literary devices. Kahled excellently juxtaposes devices such as irony, symbolism, and foreshadowing to show redemption within his first novel.

The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini is a novel with multitudes of themes but the theme most integral to the story concerns friendship, guilt, and redemption. This theme was most important to the novel because the conflict in the book is intertwined with this theme, following the life of a man haunted by regrets. The book is told from the perspective of Amir and this is something he deals with for the entirety of the book after the incident with Hassan. Amir, even as a middle-aged man, is still haunted by what he hadn’t done for Hassan all those years ago. Amir’s entire life takes a certain path because of what he did or didn’t do during and after Hassan’s assault. Amir’s decision affected not only himself, but also Hassan. Their lives forever changed. Amir and Hassan were each other’s best friends and they grew together like brothers, though they didn’t know at the time. Amir feels as though he broke the sacred bond they had and he decided to make it right by finding Sohrab. This is the last thing he can do for Hassan. He cannot tell him he is sorry anymore. He doesn’t have any other paths of redemption.

Redemption is what the whole novel revolves around. Redemption occurs when Amir feels at peace when Assef tries to kill him. `What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter, of 1975 I felt at peace. I laughed because I saw that, in some hook in the corner of my mind, I had been looking forward to this. (303) The quotation portrays Amir`s sorrow towards all the things he did to Hassan. He believes being killed would repay himself. For all the wrong he did to him, all throughout the novel, Amir was dishonest, and disloyal to Hassan. Amir always took Hassan for granted, and believed that he was his directly leftovers, that he could throw around and demand anything from him. Furthermore, this is also adds to Hassan standing up for Amir, by psychically fighting

Kite Runner is a novel written by author Khaled Hosseini. The setting takes place in multiple cities and countries such as California, America specifically Fremont, but the main story is in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1975 through 2001. The story is about the protagonist and the narrator of the story Amir. Amir is a wealthy Pashtun boy who grows up in Kabul along with his father Baba. When Amir is nearly 12 years old along with his friend Hassan they spend their days trying to win the prizes in the tournament by kite-fighting in the hitherto peaceful city of Kabul. After several kites-fighting competition, the tournament is held in Amir’s neighborhood. Amir simply participate and wins that tournament, but he loses his kite, Hassan tells him he

In the Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini wrote that “true redemption is […] when guilt leads to good” (Hosseini 302). this connection between suffering and redemption develops throughout the whole story. Hosseini hints that sacrifice leads to redemption in the book the Kite Runner through the actions of Baba, Sanaubar’s return, and Amir’s journey to atone for his sins.

This view is carried out with the supportive character, Hassan, who plays a significant role in the novel by representing a Christ figure who is forever forgiving of Amir. Hassan is the, “harelipped kite runner” whose only friend is Amir (Hosseini 2). Hassan demonstrates the themes of second chances and forgiveness through his actions of kindness. For example, when Assef and his gang come to torment Amir, Hassan comes to the rescue with his slingshot. Although Amir never considers him to be his friend, Hassan proves to be a flawless servant to his half-brother, even after Amir betrays him. Throughout the story, Amir remembers Hassan by his kind-hearted phrase, “For you, a thousand times over,” which evidences how magnanimous and

The struggle of one man can often lead to the road of redemption for another, for he who saves the helpless may ultimately find healing himself. In the novel titled The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini offers an exceptional example of how the struggle and ultimate redemption of one character aids in the rescue of another. Hosseini does this by introducing Amir and Sohrab. Amir, a Pashtun Muslim, is the son of a wealthy Afghan father who often neglects him because of his introverted nature. Amir's only friend growing up is a Hazara servant named Hassan who he personally sees getting raped by a subversive neighborhood bully named Assef.

“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, is a novel written from a narrative viewpoint from the author. As the novel starts the narrator is an adult, this then transitions to him “flashing back: to his childhood. He is able to implement a number of literary devices in the language used in order to portray the importance and development of the protagonist. The novel starts by introducing the main character, Amir.

One of the most primary ways to achieve redemption is through the means of acceptance. At the same time, a majority of people who are not ready to accept their mistakes will either end up making another mistake or live their entire life in guilt. This situation can be observed in Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” when Amir attempts to achieve redemption by accusing Hassan for theft. Before Amir could accept his mistake, he attempts to redeem himself by intentionally tempting Hassan to fight back and speak up. However, this attempt backfires on Amir when Hassan and Ali decide to leave Baba’s house after accepting and apologizing for Hassan’s mistake. Therefore, acceptance plays a key role in redemption. Meanwhile, there are multiple variations of

“Come. There is a way to be good again (192).” Rahim Khan’s words spark a need in Amir to embark on his ultimate challenge to achieve redemption for his actions as a young child. He travels to Afghanistan to meet with Rahim Khan, and then sets out on a journey to find and retrieve Hassan’s son, Sohrab, from the taliban.

Khaled Hosseini's, The Kite Runner, is a flashback narrated by a 40 year old Afghan-American man named Amir, who is plagued by his childhood sins until he seeks redemption for his wrongdoing and figures out that redemption requires painful sacrifice. Amir is a kid who experinced someone so loyal to him be raped and Amir did nothing to stop the rapist. One sin led to another and before Amir knew it, he was destroying his life. After his father died, who was someone who he looked up to most, Amir started to go on the path to redeem himself and his guilt where is when he learns the true meaning of sacrifice. Hosseini uses Amir’s misguided notion of sacrifice and his long journey toward redemption in order to ultimately convey that true

“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.” - Sarah Dessen. The Kite Runner is a beautifully written novel which, at the same time, celebrates culture and frames tragedy in a way that is captivating, yet undoubtedly organic and real. This is not a book for those who seek the classic “happily ever after”. Throughout the novel lies numerous stories of individuals searching for redemption; never does it let on though, that by finding redemption the past is forgiven. Further, the theme of the novel is constant: Redemption is not easily won. The film based on the novel attempts to mirror this theme, but much of this tumultuous journey ends up lost in translation.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini tells the coming of age story of the main character Amir. Throughout the novel, many themes are apparent as Amir gets older and deals with the events of his past. One of the main themes is regardless of any action there is always a way to redeem yourself. There are many examples of this theme in The Kite Runner, like when Rahim Khan tells Amir that he can redeem himself, another would be when Assef beats up/hurts Amir but he feels healed, finally were Amir is flying a kite with Sohrab and he smiles. The theme of redemption is present throughout the events of the novel.