Kite Runner Atonement

“There is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 2). In the historical fiction novel, The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, Rahim Khan, one of the significant characters, proposes this line as a way to inform the protagonist that there is always a way to seek forgiveness. Hosseini illustrates that relationships can be reestablished by atoning one’s mistake. This reflects back to society’s expectation on making amends.
After all these years, Baba is now atoning for mistreating Amir when he was young by acknowledging him. Baba performed two meaningful acts during his process of atonement.
For instance, Baba used to neglect Amir’s hobbies and traits. When Baba was young, he would be outside playing soccer all day. Contrasting, Amir prefers

To emphasize, when Amir was twelve years old he witnessed a traumatizing event that happened to his servant, Hassan. Hassan was brutally raped by an older neighborhood child, Assef. Rather than interfering and accepting the consequences he may have received, he ran away. Amir felt guilty for not preventing Hassan from being sexually assaulted and the memory haunted him throughout his life. Due to Amir’s cowardliness, he tries to seek redemption and forgiveness and when the opportunity presented itself. Amir knew that going to Kabul to find Hassan’s son, Sohrab, would be a challenge but, he went anyways in order ease the guilty feeling. Soon after Amir told Rahim Khan that he could not go to Kabul because it was dangerous, he immediately rethought his actions and “told [Rahim Khan] he was going to Kabul” (Hosseini 227). With the chance of losing his life, career, and family, Amir knew that this was the last opportunity he was going to get to atone for the poignant sins he created in the past. Additionally, the act of atonement manifest the high standards that people carry. People who atone for their actions are portrayed as brave and well respected. Not only did Amir risk his life by going to Kabul to save Sohrab, he also taught Sohrab to run a kite. Hassan was very interested in kite running and was passionate towards the sport. Even though Hassan taught Sohrab how to run kites, he was not there to help Sohrab learn to love it as much as he did. Amir knew that teaching Sohrab Hassan’s kite tricks would bring Hassan and Sohrab closer together, even if Hassan was no longer alive. When Sohrab’s kite was the last one standing, he “smiled, and nothing more” (Hosseini 371). By rekindling Sohrab’s memories of Hassan, Amir gained self-redemption. He gave Sohrab a memory of his father and used that memory to bond with Sohrab. Briefly, Amir finds Sohrab and