Theme Of Redemption In The Kite Runner
To what extent is the novel, ‘The Kite Runner’ a story of redemption?
In the novel, ‘The Kite Runner’, written by Khaled Hosseini, is a story of a twelve year old Afghan boy, Amir seeking acceptance and approval from his father by entering a kite-fighting tournament along with his servant and friend, Hassan, the tragedy on that fateful day that tears the two boys apart forever. The Russian invasion forces amir and his father to flee to America where amir realizes that one day he will have to return to find peace within him.
The novel is a story of redemption with the tale of Amir’s life which comes in full circle and redeeming himself for all the sins he had committed and had to live with, Amir learns stand up for himself and accept Hassan’s tragedy. Baba also redeems himself and helps Amir not to make the same mistakes he made. “Your …show more content…
They found out from the orphanage director that he had sold him to a Talib official. Amir and Farid went to sports field the next day to find the Talib wearing sunglasses to arrange a meeting. At the meeting the next day Amir finally stood up for himself for the first time in his life. He stood up to the man that in his childhood Amir got Hassan to fight his fights for. “For the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace.” amir returned to America with Sohrab which wasn’t speaking a word.
Amir redeemed himself by saving a boy in need and adopting his half brother’s son.
Baba showed redemption in a different way. He showed it in the way he treats people and the way he presents himself. “That good, real good, was born out of your father’s remorse… and that is what true redemption is, Amir Jam, when guilt leads to good.”
Rahim Khan believed that if Baba didn’t betray his loyal friend, Ali, the way he did he wouldn’t have changed to the person amir sees him as, “do you have to always be the hero? Can’t you just let it go for
In the novel, ‘The Kite Runner’, written by Khaled Hosseini, is a story of a twelve year old Afghan boy, Amir seeking acceptance and approval from his father by entering a kite-fighting tournament along with his servant and friend, Hassan, the tragedy on that fateful day that tears the two boys apart forever. The Russian invasion forces amir and his father to flee to America where amir realizes that one day he will have to return to find peace within him.
The novel is a story of redemption with the tale of Amir’s life which comes in full circle and redeeming himself for all the sins he had committed and had to live with, Amir learns stand up for himself and accept Hassan’s tragedy. Baba also redeems himself and helps Amir not to make the same mistakes he made. “Your …show more content…
They found out from the orphanage director that he had sold him to a Talib official. Amir and Farid went to sports field the next day to find the Talib wearing sunglasses to arrange a meeting. At the meeting the next day Amir finally stood up for himself for the first time in his life. He stood up to the man that in his childhood Amir got Hassan to fight his fights for. “For the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace.” amir returned to America with Sohrab which wasn’t speaking a word.
Amir redeemed himself by saving a boy in need and adopting his half brother’s son.
Baba showed redemption in a different way. He showed it in the way he treats people and the way he presents himself. “That good, real good, was born out of your father’s remorse… and that is what true redemption is, Amir Jam, when guilt leads to good.”
Rahim Khan believed that if Baba didn’t betray his loyal friend, Ali, the way he did he wouldn’t have changed to the person amir sees him as, “do you have to always be the hero? Can’t you just let it go for