Obstacles Confronted In The Kite Runner

Amir’s mother, Sofia, dies in childbirth; Amir inherits her love of literature and probably her looks to some extent, but, her being dead, never receives any motherly love or guidance, which could have helped him out of the cowardly hole he later digs himself into. Amir’s father’s best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, tries to give Amir the motherly love he clearly needs, fostering Amir’s love of writing and steadfastly standing up for him when Amir’s father, Baba, criticizes him, but Rahim Khan does not do enough to instill honesty, courage, and strength of conviction in young Amir. Amir’s best friend, Hassan, a servant a year younger than Amir, is everything Amir is not: athletic, brave, loyal, honest, and kind, inciting jealousy in Amir. Assef, a local bully, poses a real threat to Amir, hating Amir for the crime of befriending a Hazara (oppressed ethnic minority), but Amir is protected by Hassan, allowing young Amir to freeze and not stand up for himself in Assef’s presence. Last, but most importantly, is Amir’s father, Baba, and his views on Amir: he blames Amir for Sofia’s death,

In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini tells a notable coming-of-age story portraying the actions and thoughts of Amir, a penitent adult living in the United States and his reminiscence of his affluent childhood in the unstable political environment of Afghanistan. Throughout the novel Khaled Hosseini uses character description to display his thoughts on sin and redemption.

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.

One experience that provoked Amir’s internal conflict is his mother dying at his birth. Amir feels responsible for the death of his mother because he knows that if it was not for him, she would still be alive. Amir’s father, Baba, always says to him “it’s not your fault” but Amir knows that he is the reason for his mother’s death. Amir feels that he needs to make it up to Baba for killing his wife and se he wins the local kite fighting tournament in Kabul. Bringing home the last cut kite impresses Baba and Amir feels as if he has redeemed himself for causing the death of his mother. This experience makes him feel guilty and, with this guilt travelling with his all his life, he knows he must redeem himself. This causes an internal conflict for Amir which helps the reader to understand the key theme of redemption.

The Kite Runner is a powerful book contrasting selfishness and selflessness. The book follows the life of Amir, a character who experiences guilt and tragedy throughout his life. While growing up in Kabul, Amir witnesses the imperfect and prejudice society in his country. Within an imperfect society, there are many who are self-invested, and among those, there are those who are selfless. Characters Amir and Hassan possess selfish and selfless traits. The traits that these characters possess are influenced by fear, victimization, and loyalty, ultimately leading them to inaction and action.

The relationship between a father and son is not always to be seen through love, but through hardships and understanding. One of the main themes in The Kite Runner is filled with the agony and struggle within a father-son relationship. In the novel, the characters of Baba and Amir portray this relationship through their contrasting backgrounds and interests as father and son. Amir’s constant notion to impress his father with his writing pulls him through sorrow and regret while Baba’s constant fear of keeping his second Hazaran son in secret leaves him full of guilt. However, their relationship resolves soon after moving to America, the land of which they believe cleans out their guilt and sorrow. Through the characters of Baba and Amir in The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini juxtaposes the lifestyles in the countries of Afghanistan and America in order to depict that social and economic differences based on setting can make changes in a father-son relationship.

In the novel The Kite Runner, the protagonist, Amir, is a young boy growing up in a well off family in Kabul, Afghanistan. Amir’s closest friend is Hassan, the son of his family’s beloved servant. Amir’s self image at the beginning of the novel is one in which he views himself as a coward, worthless and selfish.

Nobody within The Kite Runner can escape the past, or the hand they were dealt from birth. At the end of his journey, Amir recollects on his biggest failing as a kid. He “remembered the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into an alley near the frozen creek” stating that he “[has] been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years” (Hosseini, 1). The internal monologue at the start of The Kite Runner is powerful and truly encapsulates the extent of Amir’s all-consuming guilt and remorse about his mistake on that devastating day in the

Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel of The Kite Runner, follows the journey of refugee and protagonist, Amir; who suffers with anguish and the inability to self-forgive. Consequently, Amir is confronted by the subconscious guilt and self-condemnation of repressed and concealed past mistakes. Hosseini explores imagery, foreshadowing, dialogue, juxtaposition, symbolism and motifs, to depict the significance of accepting and confronting the past, to forbid eternal repentance, and to empower and enable one's acceptance of previous faults, allowing for a fulfilled and content life.

In the book The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini writes about the life of a boy in Afghanistan named Amir. Throughout the book Amir experiences unfortunate events that causes the reader to question whether he is a moral person. Driven by his guilt, he longs to redeem himself leading him to do selfish things. Although Amir may begin a self-centered person he is still a good person. Amir always feels regretful when hurting others and also soothes people when he recognizes they are upset.

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

In the beginning of the novel, Amir explains his relationship with Baba as “[living] in the same house but in different spheres of existence” and he “always [feels] like Baba hate[s] [him] a little” (Hosseini 14-52). Amir feels this to be true about their relationship because his “mother die[s]... during childbirth” (Hosseini 5). He feels as though he has “brought shame… to [their] family” by “kill[ing] [Baba’s] beloved wife, his beautiful princess” (Hosseini 15-95). Their relationship changes throughout the story as they encounter several different situations. The kite flying contest was Amir’s “chance to become someone who [is] looked [up] at” and respected by Baba. When he wins the contest he looks to see his father “hollering and clapping… proud of him at last” (Hosseini 55). Baba gains respect for Amir and Amir learns to appreciate and love his father because fatherly love can guide one to happiness and

The conflict seen in Hassan and Amir’s relationship of based, sadly, on unilateral love and exploitation which leads to the terrible crime committed against Hassan. The childhood of both boys is incomplete without the inclusion of the other. From their nativity, their lives have been defined by the presence of the other. “Fed from the same breast” Amir and Hassan share a

Kite flying was a passion of both Hassan and Amir shared in their childhoods. It was one of the many activities that brought both characters together and symbolised their everlasting friendship and an inseparable, intrinsic connection. In the end of the novel, Amir discovered that Sohrab too possessed a liking for kite flying. Amir spoke of how Sohrab’s eyes were ‘suddenly alert. Awake. Alive,’ as they flew their kite together. Kites were a pathway between Amir, Sohrab, and Hassan and a means for each to feel reconnected with the other. Sohrab was able to connect with his late father, which was thought impossible, through this bonding of kite flying. Amir recounted stories for Sohrab of Hassan and him flying kites when they were younger, and how Sohrab’s ‘father was the best kite runner in Wazir Akbar Khan’. This link between Sohrab, Hassan, and Amir is particularly satisfying because Sohrab had lost the entirety of his past and childhood: the people, places and all that was familiar. This link of kites between Sohrab and Hassan however, united him once again to his father whom he missed profoundly. For Amir kite flying was a way to break through Sohrab’s remoteness and solitude, as well as a method for him to be transferred back to past with Hassan and remind himself of his childhood best friend. For him, ‘ for just a moment… the hands holding

Similar to how the ripples in a pond oscillate when a stone is dropped into it, the actions of one person can alter and influence not only themselves, but those who are closely connected to them. Khaled Hosseini, in his historical fiction novel The Kite Runner, depicts the charmed life of a young boy named Amir and the decisions he makes during his adolescence in Afghanistan, which affect him as an adult in America. At the beginning of the novel, Amir lives an opulent yet simplistic lifestyle with his father Baba and his servants Ali and Hassan. This quickly changes when an eventful confrontation during the annual kite-fighting tournament causes Amir to betray Hassan’s loyalty and to forsake their relationship permanently. This incident considerably burdens Amir’s conscience during his adulthood and is the sole reason why he returns to Afghanistan, to make amends for his actions. Amir’s journey of atonement as he walks a path towards redemption demonstrates how one’s actions can impact themselves and many others significantly, conveying the importance of betrayal and redemption originating from personal decisions.