Pomegranate Tree In The Kite Runner

In the novel, The Kite Runner, the innocent and unaware youth experience the harsh realities of adulthood. Their loyalty and friendship is tested and the scars of betrayal heavily impair their childhood, adulthood and as well as their brotherhood. The kite runner uses the motif of the pomegranate tree to illustrate the complexities of friendship and self redemption, to highlight the theme of guilt and its potential for redemption from past wrongdoings. The pomegranate tree in the novel The Kite Runner is such a significant motif in the novel as the tree illustrates the complexities between Amir and Hassan's friendship. As well as the potential for redemption through childhood and adulthood. “There was a pomegranate tree near the entrance of the cemetery. One summer day, I

After witnessing the terrible tragedy of Hassan being raped, Amir feels guilty for running away and for allowing that to happen to Hassan. Amir then takes Hassan to their tree where he believes by going there the horrible incident will be forgotten. “Neither of us said anything. We sat under our pomegranate tree, and I knew I’d made a mistake. I shouldn’t have come up the hill. The words I’d carved on the tree trunk with Ali’s kitchen knife, Amir and Hassan: The sultans of Kabul.I couldn’t stand looking at them now().” Amir realizes and is aware that he made a mistake by coming to the pomegranate tree. His guilt for betraying Hassan is very heavy and now the words that he once carved, are now just a painful reminder of his wrongdoings. The pomegranate tree was not only symbolic and meaningful during their childhood, but as well as during their adulthood. The tree was still in ones life and the significance was still there as well. “...Do you remember how we used to sit under the pomegranate tree there and read from the