The Kite Runner: Guilt and Redemption
Guilt and Redemption
What is Guilt?
Guilt is the overwhelming feeling of remorse that one experiences after committing a sin.
What is Redemption?
Redemption is compensating for one’s sins through actions that relieves one from guilt.
Thesis
When making choices that causes one to feel guilt, one tries to purge their guilt through the act of redemption. Hosseini exhibits this through the characters of Sanaubar, Baba and Amir.
Sanaubar’s Guilt and Redemption
Sanaubar elopes with a group of singers and dancers when Hassan was less than a week old. She also knew about the sin she committed when she slept with Baba and conceived Hassan. Eventually, Sanaubar returns to Kabul to seek forgiveness from Hassan.
“I have walked long and far to see you…..You smiled come out of me, did anyone ever tell you? And I wouldn’t even hold you. Allah forgive me, I wouldn’t even hold of you.”(Hosseini, 210)—Sanaubar exhibits regret when she sees Hassan as she admits to neglecting and leaving Hassan as a newborn baby. She has return to start a relationship with Hassan as a way to redeem her sin of leaving him in the first place.
“It was Sanaubar who delivered Hassan’s son that winter of 1990….You should have seen Sanaubar with that baby, Amir jan. He became the centre of her existence…When he caught a fever, she stayed up all night, and fasted for three days.( Hosseini, 211)—To make up for her lack of presence early on in Hassan’s life, Sanaubar takes on raising his son Sohrab. She gives Sohrab the attention and love that she knew that she should have given Hassan instead of running off with a group of dancers and singers.
Baba’s Guilt and Redemption
Baba’s primary guilt is that he sleeps with Ali’s wife, Sanaubar and she bares a son, Hassan. This guilt prompts Baba to build an orphanage and to strive to do what is right when he can.
“Your father was a man torn between two halves, Amir jan: you and Hassan. He loved you both, but her couldn’t love
What is Guilt?
Guilt is the overwhelming feeling of remorse that one experiences after committing a sin.
What is Redemption?
Redemption is compensating for one’s sins through actions that relieves one from guilt.
Thesis
When making choices that causes one to feel guilt, one tries to purge their guilt through the act of redemption. Hosseini exhibits this through the characters of Sanaubar, Baba and Amir.
Sanaubar’s Guilt and Redemption
Sanaubar elopes with a group of singers and dancers when Hassan was less than a week old. She also knew about the sin she committed when she slept with Baba and conceived Hassan. Eventually, Sanaubar returns to Kabul to seek forgiveness from Hassan.
“I have walked long and far to see you…..You smiled come out of me, did anyone ever tell you? And I wouldn’t even hold you. Allah forgive me, I wouldn’t even hold of you.”(Hosseini, 210)—Sanaubar exhibits regret when she sees Hassan as she admits to neglecting and leaving Hassan as a newborn baby. She has return to start a relationship with Hassan as a way to redeem her sin of leaving him in the first place.
“It was Sanaubar who delivered Hassan’s son that winter of 1990….You should have seen Sanaubar with that baby, Amir jan. He became the centre of her existence…When he caught a fever, she stayed up all night, and fasted for three days.( Hosseini, 211)—To make up for her lack of presence early on in Hassan’s life, Sanaubar takes on raising his son Sohrab. She gives Sohrab the attention and love that she knew that she should have given Hassan instead of running off with a group of dancers and singers.
Baba’s Guilt and Redemption
Baba’s primary guilt is that he sleeps with Ali’s wife, Sanaubar and she bares a son, Hassan. This guilt prompts Baba to build an orphanage and to strive to do what is right when he can.
“Your father was a man torn between two halves, Amir jan: you and Hassan. He loved you both, but her couldn’t love