How Does Amir Redeemed

Eventually, Amir received a call from his old mentor, who told him to come back to Afghanistan because "there is a way to be good again." What Amir learned while he visited his mentor would lead him to what he considered redemption. Hassan had been killed, which Amir partially considered his fault, but Hassan's son, Sohrab, was still alive. With the idea of giving him to a good placement organization, Amir set out to save Sohrab. Amir found Sohrab in the possession of a Taliban member, the same man who had raped Hassan when they were children. In order to save Sohrab, Amir had to fight the man, and he was injured very badly in doing so. Despite his injuries, he felt better about himself. He felt free, at peace. He finally had the courage to tell his wife about what he had done, and that took a weight off of his shoulders, as well. Even though Hassan had forgiven him long ago, Amir refused anything less than Hassan's fate.

As a boy Amir fails to stand for himself, as an adult he can only atone himself by proving he has the courage to stand up for what is right. When Amir decides to fight Assef who was a part of Taliban to save his nephew, Sohrab ,is the time when he achieved atonement because he feels that finally he was punished for never stepping in and trying to protect Hassan because of his cowardice. “What was so funny that for the first time since in winter of 1975 I felt peace. I laughed because I saw in some hidden, nook in a corner of my mind, I ‘d even been looking forward to this... But I did now know my body was broken badly, I wouldn’t find out until later- but I felt healed at last, I laughed.” (Hosseni Khaled

Moreover, Amir tries to redeem himself to Sohrab. Sohrab had one request, and that request was to never go back to an orphanage. When a lawyer tells Amir that sending Sohrab back to an orphanage is their best bet, Soharb tries to kill himself by slitting his wrists. Amir was always “... met by silence” (352) whenever he tried to talk to Soharb. Soharb went silent when they moved to America, and Amir did everything in his power to give Sohrab a good life. He wanted to make up for the pain he had caused Sohrab, Amir couldn’t live knowing that Sohrab tried to kill himself because of what he had done. Sohrab had also saved Amir’s life. When Amir unexpectedly confronted Assef, the man who raped Hassan, he almost beat him to death. but Sohrab stepped in and shot Assef’s eye with a slingshot, saving Amir’s life. Amir owed his whole life to Sohrab. Amir tried everyday to redeem himself to Sohrab subconsciously speaking, Amir was trying to give him a better life than Hassan, to be the man he should have been all those years

While Amir defeats his final obstacle to win Baba’s approval, he reciprocally falls down and fails to show courage in Hassan’s rape. Amir assumes that Hassan “was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba” as he watches Assef sodomize Hassan, and he “actually aspired to cowardice” (77). The atonement of Amir’s sins to Baba sparks the commencement of Amir’s betrayal to Hassan. Furthermore, Amir runs away and hides from his sins in Amerca knowing that he cannot gain the courage to redeem himself and completely fulfill his quest to adulthood. Nonetheless, Rahim Khan provides Amir an opportunity to accomplish his redemption. After decades of hiding, Rahim Khan calls Amir to tell him to “come” back to Kabul since “there is a way to be good again” (192). Amir must successfully accomplish his final obligation to complete his quest to maturity. In addition, Amir must stop hiding like a boy and begin to stand up like a man. As Amir returns to Kabul to save Sohrab, and ultimately redeem himself, he must fight Assef one last time, which results in Amir’s “body being broken – just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later – but I felt healed. Healed at last” (289). Amir now receives his deserved punishment and, most importantly, he learns to stand up and finally matures into a man. Although Amir completes his quest to adulthood, readers must realize that Amir must ultimately grant Sohrab a

Upon hearing the news of this Amir feels hurt that Baba had never told him his secret and the fact that the man he had so looked up too had done this. But he also respects the fact that his father had flaws of his own and how hard it must have been having Hassan in the house without him knowing the truth. After all of this and all Amir had been through with his father over the years, Amir knows he wants to be there for his adopted son, Sohrab more than his father had been for him, at first Sohrab is very shy and quite due to what he has recently been through, but Amir does what he can to help him warm up to his new family, home and life. This gives Amir a chance to change his own father’s wrongs, into rights to be a better parent to Sohrab. “For you, a thousand times over,' I heard myself say.”(Chapter 25) Amir says this at the end of the book as he is flying a kite for Sohrab. This is the very same sentence Hassan had said to Amir when Amir had won his own kite competition many years before. This shows how much has changed over the course of Amir’s life and how he is who he is today. It brings the book to end on a good note as it shows Amir in a very shameful moment, to a moment of great joy that Sohrab has finally come out of his

Rahim Khan’s phone call might not have been what Amir wanted to hear at the time, but it was exactly what he needed and what thankful for it later. Rahim Khan reminded Amir that there truly is a way to be good again, and by going back to the unsafe Afghanistan to retrieve Hassan’s tortured son from the Taliban, Amir was able to redeem himself and free all the guilt he had carried for years. Amir states “because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting” (Hosseini 371). Amir might not have been capable of going back and apologizing to Hassan for his actions in the past, but he could at least redeem himself by making sure Sohrab lives a happy and safe life with him in

Amir gets fully redeemed for his sins against Hassan, but when he breaks his promise to Sohrab, he has to start all over again. Amir promised Sorab that he would never have go back to another Orphanage again, but when Sohrab couldn't go back to America with Amir right away and might have had to go to an orphanage, it took a turn for the worst. Amir then has to start all over on the path to redemption with Sohrab. At the end of the book it leaves Amir and Sohrab flying kites in America, after over a year of Sohrab not speaking to Amir, he shows Amir a slight smile which foreshadows Amirs next path to

He first has difficulty finding Sohrab, but when he finally meets him, he notices a disconnect in his behavior and he can see how being institutionalized affected him. One day, Sohrab goes into a bathroom and tries to take his own life. Amir recalls his emotions felt when he states, “Later, they said I was still screaming when the ambulance arrived”(Amir 343). The moment Amir decided to take this journey, he mentally accepted the fact that he is now responsible for Sohrab's life. He wanted to bring him to America in order to give him a life that Hassan couldn't, and to make up for his past sins. He felt a great deal of responsibility to protect Sohrab, so it’s not surprising when he instantly feels guilty and betrayed. If Sohrab had been successful in his attempt, Amir feels like he would never be able to forgive himself and that he would have betrayed Hassan once again. This tragic event was yet another emotional and mental scar for Amir to put into his mind as Sohrab thought that it would be better to not live, than to go on with Amir. During the journey, Amir encounters his childhood bully and they get into a fight. He ends up badly injured and says “My body was broken-just how bad i wouldn’t find out until

When Amir is confronted by Assef, who has possession of Hassan’s son, he challenges him to a fight. When Assef brutally abuses him, “[Amir] for the first time since the winter of 1975 felt at peace” (Hosseini 303). This portrays a pivotal moment in Amir’s life as it proves that Amir is willing to sacrifice his life for Sohrab just as Hassan sacrificed his life for him. Also, the guilt that has haunted him since his childhood is finally lifted, and his mind is at peace. On top of that, Amir has redeemed himself as he has compensated for the pain he caused Hassan. On his arrival back to America, General Sahib asks Amir, why he has brought this Hazara boy back with him. Amir responds by telling him “that he should never again refer to him as a Hazara in [his] presence” (Hosseini 380). This displays that Amir is once again redeeming himself to Hassan by finally standing up for Sohrab. For Amir, he believes that he is proving his loyalty and faithfulness to Hassan. Furthermore, this displays that Amir is once again redeeming himself to Hassan by finally standing up for

He lives his entire life with the heavy burden of guilt, knowing he should have helped Hassan in the alley. He feels as though he needs to be punished to atone for his sins, causing him to lash out at Hassan. Amir keeps his guilt a secret for decades, even from his own wife. When Amir and Soraya cannot have a child, Amir thinks he might be being punished for his past, thinking to himself "perhaps something, someone, somewhere, had decided to deny me fatherhood for the things I had done. Maybe this was my punishment, and perhaps justly so" (188). Amir lives and thinks this way until he gets a letter from Rahim Khan, telling him there may be a way to right his wrongdoings. Amir goes to Afghanistan to rescue his illegitimate nephew, knowing he must do so alone for the sake of his personal redemption. After being beaten by Assef, saving Sohrab, and admitting his past to Soraya, Amir finally feels as though he has been redeemed. He finally is able to forgive

Amir felt very guilty throughout the book starting when he witnessed Hassan's rape, and proceeded to keep it a secret. In the end of the book after Amir brought sohrab back to america he felt like he redeemed himself. So he forgave himself for all his shortcomings through life. Lastly Amir forgave soraya for not being a

As the roles reverse, under Assef’s beating hands, Amir suffers the punishment that he believed he should have received when he was younger for not defending Hassan. Amongst the pain of the blows he is dealt, he feels a sense of redemption. He feels he has finally been given atonement for the sins of his childhood. Even though Amir was to save Sohrab, ironically Hassan’s own son is the one to save him just like Hassan always did before, to give him that true redemption he so

When Amir and his wife, Soraya, can’t seem to have a child, Amir believes that it is because of his wrongdoings in the past. Right up until Amir is in his 30’s does he confront his mistakes. It takes a call from Rahim Khan to persuade him that there is ‘a way to be good again’ (Pg. 2). Amir knows that he needs to make up to Hassan for the wrong that he did all those years ago, and so by confronting his mistake and trying to redeem himself by rescuing Sohrab, Hassan’s son. Amir’s confrontation with Assef when he is getting back Sohrab made him feel like he was confronting his mistakes and gaining redemption ‘For the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace… In some nook in a corner of my mind, I’d even been looking forward to this.’ (Pg. 265). This is the punishment and redemption that he has been waiting all these years for, because Hassan wouldn’t punish him all those years ago when they were under the pomegranate tree.

Hosseini shows that it is Amirs immense guilt that drives him to want to make things right and to earn redemption. We learn the basis Amir's guilt through his memories. It is caused by a lack of response at a time when his loyal servant and close friend Hassan is in trouble. Amir makes a conscious decision to hide in the distance and just watch, not because he was afraid. He sacrifices Hassan in order to earn his fathers attention and affection. This decision results in Hassan suffering though a traumatic experience and is the root of Amir's lasting regret.

Right after the Hassan’s rape, Amir cannot confront Hassan due to his inability to save him: “I didn’t speak to Hassan until the middle of the next week” (Hosseini 86). It is absolutely not Amir’s fault that Hassan was raped, however it is Amir’s fault that he is ignorant to rectify the situation by judging what is right or wrong. His sense of responsibility towards his action is where guilt comes from, and it is inevitable to remain ignorant from it. Even after years moving to America, he feels hesitant whenever people mention about Hassan. Baba mentions about Hassan that he wants to share the happiness and Amir’s growth with Hassan in the United States: “I wish Hassan had been with us today” (Hosseini 131). Amir’s reaction shows how remorseful he still is, as he claims that guilt is harming him: “A pair of steel hands closed around my windpipe at the sound of Hassan’s name”(Hosseini 134). The steel hands represent the stiffness of his guilt suffocating himself every second, and whenever people brings up topic about Hassan, his guilty conscience suffocates him. Likewise, Amir is not completely feeling free about Hassan even though he is miles away from him. Lastly, he is too late to learn from mistakes when he is told that Hassan passed away, thus he adopts Hassan’s son, Sohrab. Sohrab serves a huge role in this