What Is Amir's Guilt In The Kite Runner

The character of Amir goes through drastic changes as he moves from adolescence to adulthood. As a child Amir begins his life in Kabul, where his character is shaped through conflicts with his father and Hassan. Later, when he moves to America he leaves these conflicts behind and is able to create a stronger relationship with his father. However, when Amir is an adult he is called back to Afghanistan by an old friend to confront these earlier conflicts. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, observable changes can be seen in Amir’s character as he moves from Kabul, Fremont, and later back to Kabul.

Have you ever experienced an event that you thought you have previously been through? This can be due to Déjà vu, or in Amir’s case, another chance at redemption. In The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, Amir redeems himself when he goes back to Afghanistan to make things right. The usage of cycles in The Kite Runner show the changes in Amir throughout the book by highlighting his changes when cycles repeat. This is shown in the cycles of Hassan’s family undergoing abuse, when Amir puts cash under mattresses, and how characters laugh when they are beat.

An individual tends to treat another inadequately when they believe they are more superior than the other. This is sometimes caused by the act of influence. In this book, Amir being a Pashtun makes him “superior” compared to Hassan as he is a Hazara; this causes Amir to do and say uncivil things. However despite all the bad behavior Amir has portrayed, throughout the book he has shown love and care for Hassan, Amir specifies that “history isn't easy to overcome -- “I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara,” (Hosseini C4) Prior to this Amir was talking about how Baba and his relationship with Ali.. He is implying that “history” is referring to Baba, as he never referred Ali as his friend. Amir may have gotten influenced to not consider Hassan a friend

Everyone has done something regrettable in their lives, something they wish they could take back or change. However, once the deed has been done, we are forced to live with the consequences unless we right our wrongs. In the novel The Kite Runner, Amir, the main character realizes the past is something that cannot be changed. Redemption is the only saving grace, meaning honor and sacrifice are two key concepts to being redeemed.

Christ figures in literature hold great significance and are portrayed in very symbolic roles throughout novels. This archetype can be used as a symbol to unlock more information about the book, characters, and meaning of the work as a whole by providing comparisons and foils for the reader which show character developments, coming of ages, and shifts in morals. In the novel, “The Kite Runner”, Sohrab, acts as a Christian figure towards Amir. Amir has a strong connection with Sohrab, which causes Sohrab to have a large impact on what Amir chooses to do with his life and his actions. This brings him to experience the redemption that he has been yearning for as well as the repossession of traits and ideologies that he has lost along the way, such as

Amir’s journey to Afghanistan actually begins in Pakistan because he had to visit Rahim for more information on Hassan and his whereabouts. During this conversation, Amir finds out that Hassan had a son named Sohrab and that the Taliban had killed Hassan. This new information gives Amir a new purpose for his trip to Afghanistan: to find Sohrab and give him a better life. On his journey to find Sohrab in Afghanistan, Amir proves that he has changed when he leaves money underneath a mattress for a family that allowed him to stay in their home (Hosseini 242). This action works as a callback and direct reference to a scene towards the beginning of the novel where Amir placed money underneath Hassan’s bed as a way to frame him for stealing and

Throughout the novel, “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini, Amir is haunted by memories of his past. The theme has been, betrayal, loyalty, guilt and honor. The tone throughout is confessional. Amir the main character, is constantly troubled by his memory of Hassan’s rape and believes “he became what [he] is today at the age of 12,” because of his own cowardice at not stopping Hassan from being raped. After Hassan’s rape, Amir spends the rest of his life trying to redeem himself for his betrayal of his loyal friend. The rape leads Amir to his final quest for redemption when he is told “there is a way to be good again.” The climax of “The Kite Runner” is when Amir seeks to rectify the wrong he did to Hassan and finally finds Hassan’s son, Sohrab.

Amir a young pashtun boy born into the wealth of his father Baba, living in Afghanistan during the 1970’s. Through Amir’s early life he went through traumatic instances, which have now shaped him into who he is know. Those choices he made haunt him from that moment on, and now as a adult he wants to atone for them. I fell that Amir has atoned for his sins almost completely up to his personal standards. As a whole he still has those sins sitting on his shoulder and just because he took in Hassan's child does not compensate for his sins.

(Hosseini 88). Amir feels guilty for not saving Hassan from sodomy and thinks that distancing himself from Hassan will make everything better in spite of blatant evidence suggesting that the opposite is true. He knows that avoiding Hassan would make himself feel better, so that is exactly what he does. Later in the novel, Amir hides a watch under Hassan’s bed, presumably to make it look like Hassan stole the watch from Amir, which would ideally cause Baba to exile Hassan and his father from his

Thomas Cozzie Ms. Liberman English 4 P.4 29 March 2024 Guilt Guilt can create negative consequences, enabling people to act on uncertain and negative feelings. In the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the main protagonist Amir deals with severe guilt for betraying the friendship between him, and his servant Hassan. Hosseini's exploration of guilt suggests that everyone experiences guilt at a point in their lives, which can consume individuals and impact their lives and relationships. Amir’s guilt stems from not helping Hassan while he was being sexually assaulted by a group of men. Amir’s inaction made him extremely guilty, and he continues to lie to Hassan's father, as well as distance himself from Hassan as a way to deal with the

There has always been an old question that remains unanswered, sparking interest and arguments: is a person’s nature or nurture more influential on their character? This debate can be directly tied to Amir, the main character of the novel The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. Amir is a perfect example of how a persons genetics affects their personality more than their environment. Along with several studies done, The Kite Runner shows how your genetic makeup effects the choices you make and the person you become.

The Kite Runner, a novel written by Khaled Hosseini, focuses on Amir’s journey in life, both physically and emotionally. During Amir’s childhood Afghanistan became very unsafe. He and his father, Baba, fled from the city of Kabul to Pakistan and then made their way to America in hope of a better life for Amir. "For me, America was a place to bury my memories. For Baba, it was a place to mourn his." The need for Amir to "become good again" is embedded in the idea of a physical for redemption of his dignity.

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

Amir stumbles upon an alley. In the alley, he sees the Hassan trap by three boys named Assef, Kamal, and Wali. All they asked of Hassan is to give up the blue kite. However, Hassan’s loyalty and friendship toward Amir prevented Hassan to give up the kite. As the tension built, Assef lets Hassan have the kite, but in-return he does unthinkable. Assef rapes Hassan as Amir watched unnoticeably from the alley (Hosseini 62-66). This was Amir’s chance to prove his true friendship by stepping in to save Hassan. Instead, Amir ran “because I was a coward. I was afraid of Assef and what he could do to me. I was afraid of getting hurt. That’s what I told myself as I turned my back to the alley, to Hassan” (Hosseini 68). According to Amir, “Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba” (Hosseini 68). “He was just a Hazara, wasn’t he?” (Hosseini 68).

Sometimes mindsets are messed up based on how they were raised. But people's psychological mindset may change throughout their life. This roughly explains what has happened to Amir in the novel. In the Kite Runner, Amir’s psychological turning point is when Assef beats him, showing the theme of redemption rids guilt. Explained by Amir letting Hassan get raped, Amir pelting pomegranates at Hassan , and Amir taking care of Hassan’s son Sohrab.