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Kite Runner Redemption Quotes

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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is about friends, Amir and Hassan, who grow up in a rough environment. Amir regrets his past heavily and has to leave Hassan to try and find his dads trust before it becomes too late. Amir uses the search for redemption to prove that although a man cannot escape his past, he still needs to be responsible for his actions that come in the future. Amir overthinks everything that has happened in his past. When Amir talks about his “unatoned sins” he is alluding to the past stuff that he regrets. “It was my past of unatoned sins” (Hosseini 1). Amir was bringing up all of his past issues with no idea on how to confront or solve them to get the redemption he is searching for. Amir attempts to get redemption for his past mistakes, but in this quote he is only worried about them and because of that is letting them get worse. Everyone can relate to Amir in his pursuit of …show more content…

Amir witnessed a lot of bad things around him, but kept pushing to better himself. “I don't believe the world's a particularly beautiful place, but I do believe in redemption” (Colum McCann). Seeing hard things around your life often is tough to overcome, but Amir had to overcome these issues to find his redemption. In the end, he found redemption through the toughest of circumstances around him. Amir stood up for what’s right during his search for redemption. Amir stood up for people in tough situations because he felt that he had to do this to successfully fulfill his search for redemption. "Tell him I'll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place" (Hosseini 101). He shows true bravery in this quote when he speaks up against an armed soldier who is trying to assault a woman for no specific reason. It takes a ton of courage to stand up for people in tough times, but Amir felt he had to so he could complete his search for

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My honest opinion is that despite the familial relations, Amir would not have stopped Assef. Until he finally has his face-off with Assef, Amir lack the ability to stand up for anything. This is obvious to many of the characters and the readers. The social tensions between the Pashtuns and Hazaras and Amir’s need to feel like he belongs to something would out weight his guilt. He even wanted to to shout “But he’s not my friend . . .

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It is also indirectly emphasized throughout the story that Amir makes the decision to save Sohrab because it would have made Baba proud. Regardless of Amir’s intentions, the fact he sacrificed himself and paused his life greatly to do this also shows how he is a good person. In addition to this, Amir really went all-out to not only save, but also protect Sohrab with all his might. When Amir had the encounter with Assef and they began to fight, this showed Amir’s willingness to, without a second thought, potentially die for Sohrab. Most would have feared death in this case, especially when Assef stated, “When it’s all done, only one of us will walk out of this room alive” (Hosseini 287).

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The author provides the reader with mixed feeling about Amir. In his childhood in Kabul Amir comes off as heartless person. He is this because he has done evil stuff in his life. In the beginning of the story something bad happens to Hassan, Amir says,¨In the end, I ran.

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The novel, The Kite Runner, tells a story about two incredibly strong and courageous boys, who have to find their way back from a dreadful thing which they thought they could never forget. The two boys are guided by their father, Baba, who is also looking for forgivness in himself. In the end, all of the boys find redemption for their wrongdoings. One of the boys, Hassan, shows extreme courage from the very beginning of the book.

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“[Amir] could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan-the way [Hassan] stood up for [Amir] all those times in the past and accept whatever would happen to [Amir].” (Hosseini 77). Hassan would always stand up for his friend Amir in the past. “[Amir] had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who [Amir] was going to be.”

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Throughout the novel we see Amir grow in maturity, which eventually leads to him accepting the opportunity to atone. Through Rahim Khan we see that Amir must complete his journey to achieve redemption by confronting his past cowardice and at last feels a sense a healing by rescuing Sohrab. Early on, Amir strives to redeem himself in Baba’s eyes, primarily because his mother died giving birth to him, and he feels responsible. Baba says, “a boy who doesn’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything” (Khaled 123). In order to redeem himself to Baba, Amir

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After rescuing Sohrab from Assef, Amir feels like he is making up for not being there for Hassan. Amir did something that was truly brave and noble. By saving Sohrab and giving him a better life in America, Amir was able to find a way to be good again. Just like Rahim Khan said he would over the phone. Amir will never be able to fully forgive himself for what happened in the winter of 1975, however, by working to become a better person, he can slowly redeem himself and move forward with his life.

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Amir remembers the precise moment when the rape occurred tried to escape the guilt for years. What called him back was his past of unatoned sins. Hosseini writes, “That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.”

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A main thing that is constant throughout the book is that, due to Amir not being able to get over his past, now that he’s older he's dealing with the persistence of his past. Amir feels a lot a guilt throughout his whole life and can’t get over the situations he had gotten himself into and tried getting “out of” even though when he did he felt even worse. His older self is still cautious about the situations as if it had just happened just yesterday. You know this is true because in the book on page 1, 2nd sentence it quotes “it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.

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Amir decides to go save Sohrab who has been taken by Assef, Hassan’s attacker, in order to atone for his mistakes. Amir gets severely beaten by Assef during the altercation, yet he still managed to free Sohrab, showing how he put a loved one's welfare above his own. Because he was able to stand up to Assef for Sohrab when he was unable to do so for Hassan, Amir's ability to take care of Sohrab and get him away from Assef shows how much he has grown as a person. Amir's willingness to risk his life shows how committed he is to atone for his transgressions, finding closure, and experiencing redemption. The fact that he overcame his prior pain to make up for his errors illustrates that acts of bravery can stem from inner

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Being in the company of Assef and his cohorts, Amir was in the midst of peril and jeopardy. Nevertheless, he stood firm and demanded for Sohrab, claiming that “{He wanted} to take him to a better place (Hosseini, 245),”… “I didn't know what had emboldened me to be so curt, maybe the fact that I thought I was going to die anyway (Hosseini, 245),”. Knowing wholeheartedly that his circumstances may be fatal, Amir did not allow his confidence to waver nor did he flee from his predicament. Instead he displayed courage through the times of uncertainty, and fulfilled his ardor for redemption, as during his melee with Assef, “{He} hadn't been happy and {he} hadn't felt better, not at all. But {he} did now.

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When he returns to Afghanistan, Amir states, "I was trying to tell him there was still hope. That I was here, to atone" (Hosseini 291). This quote shows that Amir is willing to put himself in danger and make sacrifices to atone for his past wrongdoings and seek forgiveness. This act of sacrifice is an important step in Amir's journey toward redemption and serves as a reminder of the power of sacrifice in the pursuit of self-improvement.

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This quote establishes how Amir has become a changed man through his self-reflection and positive contributions outside of his own benefit. This quote also is used to solidify the theme of guilt and redemption that is consistently hinted at throughout the novel. The decisions he made in the face of the adversity he experienced in the years after led him to make the selfless choice he

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It might be thought that Amir did not revert his wrong to Hassan and did not redeem himself. Amir was able to do this in various ways throughout the book, especially towards the end. The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini shows that Amir is able to redeem himself from the wrong he did to Hassan by putting himself in danger to rescue Sohrab, by receiving a scar from the fight with Assef signifying his redemption, and finally by bringing Sohrab back to United States with him. Amir is able to redeem himself by putting his life in danger to rescue Sohrab.

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For Amir, transformations in his life lead him away from the path of greed, jealousy and ignorance turning him into the type of man that would risk his life for someone else and stand up for himself and others. Throughout this brilliant

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