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    The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini is a story about redemption through actions. Its protagonist, Amir, goes on a psychological journey in this bildungsroman type book despite being well into his adult life for part of the book. Amir goes from cowardice and suppression of his inner demons to being courageous and facing those inner demons. THe story in essence is how Amir’s brother Hassan was sexually abused by a future Taliban member, Assef, and how Amir must redeem himself from watching and doing

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    Redemption can lead people to make decisions that can affect people around them. Amir tries to redeem his wrongs by taking care of Hassan’s son. Redemption can clear your mind for the things you have done. Amir saw his best friend gets raped by Assef (one of the bullies in this novel). He later finds out Hassan is his half-brother from Baba when he is about to die. Amir has to redeem his reputation so he has to go on a adventure to Kabul. He finds out Hassan is dead and he had a son named

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    The Kite Runner: Forgiveness, Loyalty, and the Quest for Redemption Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is an award-winning novel and considered one of today’s most popular, contemporary classics. The story is one of familiar themes such as loyalty, forgiveness, betrayal, love, and redemption. It follows the tale of Amir and how he must atone for his sins and find a way to “be good again” (Hosseini 2). The quintessential message of this book relies on the idea of second chances. Themes of redemption

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    The themes of The Kite Runner and Oedipus Rex are free will and redemption. The author of each book shows how redemption is a major aspect in both stories by leading up to what each character did of their free will and showing the significance of how vile their mistakes were. Although the two authors thought the way to redemption was pain, the pain was very different in each book. In Oedipus rex, Oedipus took responsibility immediately and thought his redemption could only be fulfilled by exile and

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    The Kite Runner Part Two The theme of redemption and atonement of sins and misbehaviors is a strong one, this theme expressing regret within characters and strong character development .This theme is perfectly done by the author Khaled Hosseini in his novel The Kite Runner. He has many examples of redemption throughout. The first time we encounter redemption in this novel is when the main character Amir overheard a conversation his father had with Rahim Khan about how he wouldn't believe that

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    The kite runner is a book about unfortunate circumstances and upbringing of the main character Amir. Impacted greatly by the lack of affection from his father, Amir unintentionally traded his childhood friend’s innocence for a material object during a confrontation with a trio of bullies. He did this by not standing up to the bullies and by not telling Hassan to give them the object when they threatened him for it. The object was a kite, which he believed to be the tether for building a relationship

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    The search for Redemption In a lifetime one will face many battles and deal with guilt as said “nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character give him power” (Abraham Lincoln). Guilt from deceiving others or other immoral acts will result in one constantly searching for redemption. Khalid Hosseni’s novel Kite Runner and Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s novel Secret Daughter revolve around betrayal and redemption. Firstly, the search for personal redemption will strongly influence

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    Conflict between guilt and redemption has been one of the big themes of mankind, as it is described in many notable literary pieces and scriptures including the Bible. Similarly, The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini vividly depicts a young Afghan man, Amir, suffering between sin and guilt, realizing how he could’ve changed one’s destiny. This story is not merely about repentance, but also about the whole process of realization. Although Amir remains guilty by avoiding Hassan consistently after the

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    Author: Khaled Hosseini published The Kite Runner in 2003. By 2005 it became the number one New York Times Bestseller. Although this book was his first novel, people still couldn’t get enough of his story about the troubled friendship between two boys. Sylvester Stallone, an American actor, once said, “Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It is how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting”. From time to time mistakes are made every

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    When tasked with creating a project on redemption, one would think it would be a simple task to represent. After all, redemption seems to be quite simple. Someone commits some crime or some sin and every action from there-on is in the process to save them from their sins. However I think there is more to it. What caused the individual to sin in the first place? Why can’t there be forgiveness rather than hatred towards ourselves for making a mistake? No matter how terribly we have done wrong in the

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