Kite Runner Betrayal Quotes

In the book The Kite Runner Amir feels guilty about the things that he has done to Hassan. What he let Assef do to him in the winter of 1975, and the way he let Hassan cover for him through everything he did so he wouldn’t get in trouble, no matter how little or small. In the book Hosseini shows Amir’s guilt in the book when Amir tried to fault Hassan with stealing his presents. Hosseini states,“Baba came right out and asked. “Did you steal that money ? Did you steal the Amir’s watch, Hassan?” Hassan’s reply was a single word, delivered in a thin, raspy voice: “Yes.” I flinched, like I’d been slapped. My heart sank and I almost blurted out the truth. Then I

In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the protagonist, Amir, his father Baba, Ali and his ex-wife Sanaubar are a few of the main characters in this story about Amir’s life. Keeping your self pride and doing what’s right for your family along with redemption are two large factors in decision making. Characters become completely different people when faced with these factors, doing things they never would’ve thought of.

Or I could run. In the end, I ran. I ran because I was a coward” (Hosseini 82). Amir openly admits that he is, in fact, a coward for leaving his best friend in the alley, and as a result, guilt taunts him throughout most of the novel. In order to escape from his guilt, he hides money and a watch under Hassan’s pillow framing him and Ali in order to get them thrown out of the house by Baba. Furthermore, Amir has always lacked courage whenever he was around Baba since he always felt insecure about whether Baba loved him or not, and this is witnessed when the annual kite tournament took place. Amir felt the need to make Baba proud by winning the kite tournament, but while he was there at the tournament he says, “What was I thinking? Why was I putting myself through this, when I already knew the outcome? Baba was on the roof, watching me. I felt his glare on me like the heat of a blistering sun. This would be failure on a grand scale, even for me” (Hosseini 65). Moreover, when Amir goes to save little Sohrab’s life from a head Taliban officer, who turns out to be Hassan’s and Amir’s childhood bully, Assef, he loses all the courage he had and gets saved by little Sohrab in the end. Another example of when Amir portrayed a lack of courage was when he was not able to tell his wife about his past mistakes, when she told him all her secrets before marriage on the phone by saying, “You need to know. I don’t want us to start with secrets. And I’d rather you hear it from me” (Hosseini 173). Amir is considered to be the least brave due to the reasons mentioned above, as well as for not admitting his past mistakes to people who he shared a close bond. He had

The biggest act of betrayal comes from the violent scene just after Amir’s big win of the kite flying game. Hassan goes off to capture the blue kite for Amir, as Hassan is running to capture the kite Amir calls out “come back with it” (Hosseini 67). Hassan then turns around and says the words “for you a thousand times over!” (Hosseini

Amir says this soon after witnessing Hassan’s rape. He realized that the real reason he ran wasn’t in fear of Assef and the other boys but simply because it was the easier way out. Amir allows the rape to happen in order to get the last kite, hoping that it would prove to Baba he was worthy of his affection. He then says that the price of the Kite was Hassan and then compares him to the lamb sacrificed on a Muslim holiday to represent Abraham’s near sacrifice of his son to God.

“Come. There is a way to be good again, Rahim Khan had said on the phone just before hanging up” (Hosseini 202). In this quotation, the words have been italicized to grab the reader’s attention. After receiving the phone call from Rahim Khan, Amir realizes that he is aware of everything that had occurred between Assef and Hassan in his childhood (Hassan’s rape).

“This was Hassan’s final sacrifice for me… He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again.” (Chapter 7) Betrayal in the novel Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, has many clips of betrayal between the characters. In this particular quote, it was Amir betraying Hassan. The main conflict of betrayal in the Kite Runner deals with the protagonist, Amir betraying his “best friend”, Hassan.

If one googles the definition of coward, many different definitions will pop up, because the word coward is a very broad term. However, with referring to Amir the definition that suits him best comes from Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford Dictionaries defines the term coward as “a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things”(Definition of Coward in English). I believe that this specific definition defines Amir, because throughout book Amir was always afraid to do something that might led to him getting hurt. He always found a way to keep himself safe. He is a coward because he always made excuses to not stand up, show up when needed.

The act of betrayal that haunted Amir though is life is his betrayal towards Hassan. There were small acts of meanness towards Hassan such as only playing with him when no one else was around and hiding money and a watch underneath Hassan's pillow. The biggest act of betrayal towards Hassan was the cowardice act of leaving him there in the alley to fend for himself against Assef. Amir admits that he had a chance to help but instead ran saying, "I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan … and accept whatever happened to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran." (77) Hassan would eat dirt for Amir and stood up for Amir when Amir would not do it himself whereas Amir did not care for him the same way. Amir decided he would try and make his previous mistakes right by saving Hassan's son, Sohrab, from a life of his body being bought and sold. Though his intentions were good, Amir ended up hurting yet another person. Amir promised Sohrab that he would never have to be in a children's home again and momentarily went back on his promise telling Sohrab that, " Mr. Faisal thinks that it would really help if we could … if we could ask you to stay in a home for kids for a while." (341) Children take promises to heart, especially children

“Sometimes, the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being the one behind the gun” (Picture quotes). People are not what they seem; selfishness and greed can play a huge part in betrayal. Betrayal often comes with great consequences of guilt or a need for forgiveness. Most often, it is driven by selfish desire, greed, hatred or lust. In most cases, the act of trying to redeem oneself becomes a prolonging guilt stuck for the rest of one’s life. Learning to forgive oneself becomes the passage to gaining the desired redemption. In the novel The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, Hosseini displays the theme of forgiveness and redemption. After Amir and Baba’s betrayal toward those most loyal to them, they realize that one must forgive themself

It is in human’s nature to make mistakes, but what is important is how we solve those mistakes. The novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini explores the theme of redemption. Khaled Hosseini conveys the theme of redemption through the character by when sins are made redemption can be found. This is first demonstrated when Amir betrays Hassan by not standing up for him when he was getting raped but later makes peace with Hassan. Secondly, when Baba cannot accept Amir for who he is, later he then redeems himself by making him a new life.

In the kite runner loyalty is displayed all throughout the book. Amir and Hassan are the main characters and have the most important relationship. In the book Kite Runner, In the relationship of Hassan and Amir, Hassan is really loyal to Amir. Amir says," Hassan would mumble, looking down at his feet.

In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir craves his father's approval. Amir becomes jealous of Hassan and turns to cowardliness to hide his guilt for what he saw in the winter of 1975. The author develops the theme of betrayal and redemption throughout the novel by Amir’s experiences of betrayal from his father and by betraying others in return. Amir goes through his life wanting redemption for the sins he has committed.

Betrayal is a selfish action where one puts themselves before others which can result in painful difficulties amongst individuals. Most individuals choose their actions based on the situation and what the best possible outcome is for themselves. These selfish decisions of betrayal can cause lasting negative effects, damaging relationships and trust. Throughout the book, The Kite Runner, author Khaled Hosseini portrays the theme of betrayal in various ways through the actions of Amir, Baba, and Assef.

Betrayal is the action of disloyalty towards one’s country, a group or a person. Sometimes betrayal can be considered a form of sin and this ends up occurring in The Kite Runner. During majority of the novel, Amir attempts to deal with his guilt by avoiding it. As time goes by this clearly does nothing towards him redeeming himself and therefore his guilt remains. This is why Amir crouches in fear every time he hears Hassan’s name being mentioned. “That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years” (Hosseini 1). This quote from the novel hints at the main point of the story and the reason he is telling it. To anyone as a reader the quotation is almost a teaser. It triggers a spark in the reader’s mind of what it could be without telling exactly what Amir is talking about. Later on in the story it then explains that the deserted alley Amir refers to is the place where Hassan was raped and Amir has not stop thinking about it since. This is what metaphor Amir used means how the past tries to claw its way out, because Amir had so much guilt the whole time. He kept trying