How would you release the guilt that has taken over you, of something you did morally wrong in the past? This question arises in the book The Kite Runner and greatly affects the main character. In the beginning of the book Amir sees something happen that he does nothing about. He continually after lies and betrays the ones he love. The feeling of guilt and regret of that one moment of the past takes over his life. He has to figure out how to forgive himself for what he did and try to feel forgiven by the ones he hurt. The answer of this question is answered later on in the book when Amir can find a way to fix the past. In the beginning of the book, Amir lives with his Baba and is best friends with their servants Hassan and Ali. Amir and Hassan …show more content…
Amir has to find ways to cope, and undo what he did. Throughout the rest of the book Amir goes through some major changes in his life. He loses so many people in his life because of the Taliban, including Hassan. How could Amir redeem himself when the one person he truly hurt was dead. How could Amir live life knowing he couldn’t make up for what he did to someone he loved. Now Amir has to face the guilt of what actually happened and now has to deal with the guilt of not forgiving himself. “ ‘Hassan protested again. So they took him to the street----’... ‘-----and shot him in the back of the head.’” (Hosseini). Even though Amir hasn’t quite forgiven himself, he doesn't find one way to some what relieve the guilt that has bottled up. Amir goes and fights endlessly to retrieve Hassan’s son Sohrab. He gets beaten up by Assef, struggles to even get Sohrab back to the US with Amir, but eventually, Amir succeeds and gets to try to build back up the relationship he had with Sohrab. Amir almost feels like he got his punishment for what he did to Hassan. Amir felt that him getting severely beaten up by Assef was his way of Hassan forgiving him. Amir also gets to live the life he wants with his dear friends son. “ ‘For you a thousand times over,’ I heard myself say. Then I turned and ran.”