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Kite Runner Redemption Quotes

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Coco Chanel once stated, “Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death” (Coco Chanel). Redemption and death go hand in hand with each other. Many people feel the need to redeem themselves and be forgiven when they are near death. People always have an ulterior motive in every action they make, and that is no different when talking about somebody near death. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini the concept that only when near death do people feel the need for redemption is shown numerous times throughout the whole novel. This concept can be seen when looking at the characters Sanaubar, Rahim Khan, and Baba, and their actions. In The Kite Runner the character Sanaubar is a prime example of the concept that only near death do people feel the need for redemption. Sanaubar …show more content…

Rahim Khan is dying and very sick when he calls Amir to come back to Afghanistan. Rahim Khan states, “‘I don’t think I’ll see the end of this summer’” (Hosseini 201). Because Rahim Khan is dying this is affecting how he is living his life. Death can majorly affect how somebody lives their life and can even affect the choices that they make (“Death”). The significance of death in this case is shown throughout how Rahim Khan acts, and ultimately affects his actions that he makes. Rahim Khan calls Amir to come back to Afghanistan to tell him the truth about all the things that Baba had kept a secret, and also to persuade Amir to get Sohrab back. Rahim Khan states, “‘I want to tell you about him. I want to tell you everything’” (Hosseini 202). Rahim Khan couldn’t die with the knowledge that Amir didn’t know that Hassan is his brother, so he ends up telling Amir the truth because he couldn’t deal with the guilt of him not ever knowing. Within these examples, it is clear that Rahim Khan feels the need to redeem himself and to be forgiven when he is near

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The letter to Amir from Rahim Khan made Amir’s life better. Although it may outwardly seem that Amir was put into another series of difficult decisions and misery, the end result that Amir was desperately struggling to look for is worth it all in the end and Rahim Khan was just there to give him a little push. Rahim knows Amir very well and what he wrote was made with good intentions. Amir is a cowardly person; it’s just who he is, and that he just needed reassuring.

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After Amir meets with Rahim Khan and knows the fact that Hassan’s son, Sohrab, was in the orphanage, it is time for him to seek redemption. Amir decision of bring Sohrab to Pakistan is because of not only Rahim Khan’s request but also a way to be good again. It is his first active step he takes towards atoning for his past and it demonstrates Amir’s first conscious decision to think of another before himself, even it means risking everything he has, including his life and the welfare of his family. Amir now understands that he can endeavour to gain redemption by sacrificing himself to rescue Sohrab. As Amir continues to find Sohrab and tries to save him from Assef, he is willing to sacrifice himself for a chance to get Sohrab back.

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He tries to redeem himself from what he did to Hassan. Amir doesn't know why he needs to go against, all he knows is that Rahim Khan needs him to come. ¨ I lay in the dark of the night Rahim Khan called and traced with my eyes the parallel silver lines on the wall made by the moonlight pouring through the blinds¨ (Hosseini 194). Amir's Moral ambiguity comes in when he decides to come back to Afghanistan. He decides to come so he can redeem himself from all the evil things he did while he was there.

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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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Accused, outcast, alone, and afraid. You might associate it with The Crucible if I told you those simple adjectives, but they also correlate with the Red Scare; the sole basis of inspiration for The Crucible. The Crucible is a play that was created to enact change in the American society. The author, Arthur Miller did this by taking a historic event such as the Salem witch trials which now are perceived as terrible and wrong. Then, the author connected it into their modern society for them to realize the obvious wrongdoings of the past were happening in front of their very own eyes, just in an unusual way, the red scare and effects of McCarthyism.

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Therefore I think Hassan knew he had let Amir know that he would always find a friend in Kabul. In doing that Hassan showed Amir that forgiving is important and never too late. The last character to influence Amir was Baba because he shaped Amir into the man he is. In the letter that Rahim Khan left for Amir when he arrived back in Pakistan in the hospital, he reads, “When he saw you , he saw himself.”

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When Amir went back to Afghanistan because of Rahim Khan’s letter, he went to redeem himself for his past mistakes. He needed to get rid of the guilt that has been haunting him for years. "What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975 I felt at peace. I laughed because I saw that, in some nook in the corner of my mind, I had been looking forward to this." (Hosseini 289).

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However, Amir’s selfish ambition of proving his worth to this dad resisted his urge to try to help Hassan as he wants to able to take the kite home safely. Moreover, Amir presumes that his betrayal towards Hassan is like a curse in his life since he will not be able to forgive himself for this deception or free himself from the guilt that has taken over his

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After making this realization, Amir is livid and expresses such emotion very vocally. Amir is quoted calling both Rahim Khan and Baba “lying g***amn bastards” (222) and in a final fit of rage before leaving Rahim Khan, he says “[there is nothing Rahim Khan] can possibly say to make things better” (223). Needless to say, Amir was by no means understanding of such deceit. This also displays the idea of pain being amplified through manifestation. As Amir put it, “[he was] thirty-eight years old and [he’d] just found out [his] whole life [was] one big f***ing lie!

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A Brazilian author named Paulo Coelho once said “Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption.” This quote demonstrates how your actions can affect your future, but they can also redeem you from your past. Author Khaled Hosseini writes about how one action can change your future, and the journey through seeking redemption. In his novel The Kite Runner, Hosseini uses the character Amir to show how jealousy can result in actions of betrayal which causes guilt and the need to redeem the past in order to feel peace at last.

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Redemption in Family and Friends Holding a terrible truth that can lead to so much guilt can tear a person apart. Not only from themselves, but from others too. In the novel, The Kite Runner, there are many characters with many secrets that the others don’t know about. Two characters of many others are Amir and Rahim Khan.

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In the fiction novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, happiness and redemption are two separate occurrences in life that are achieved in different ways. A critic of the novel writes that The Kite Runner is a “thoughtful book in which redemption and happiness are not necessarily the same thing,” The happiness and redeeming qualities of the characters in the novel are not one and the same; sometimes, one is without the other. This leads to a disconnection between these two aspects. When Amir was a young boy in Afghanistan, the one thing that brought him true happiness was when Baba was proud of him.

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The intensity of the conversation begins to rise when Rahim Khan told to Amir about Hassan and what he did before the Taliban killed him and his wife, leaving a kid orphan. However, the conversation reaches the intensity when Rahim Khan reveals to Amir the real

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Amir’s Redemption in The Kite Runner In The Kite Runner, Khalid Hosseini writes that Amir makes mistakes, and because of that, it takes his entire life to redeem himself. Throughout The Kite Runner, Amir is looking for redemption. One of the reasons why Amir redeems himself was to fix the wrong he did to Hassan in his childhood. On the other hand, many may believe that Amir didn’t earn anything and rather wasted his time in Afghanistan.

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Redemption, the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, the theme of redemption is evident throughout the book. Hosseini himself explained redemption in his own way, stating “true redemption is… when guilt leads to good”, and this “fiction is inspired by his memories of growing up in pre-Soviet-controlled Afghanistan and Iran, and of the people who influenced him as a child.” (768 Gale) The theme is shown through each and every character, whether it be Amir the protagonist or Sanaubar, the mother of Hassan.

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