Darkness serves a purpose: to show that there is redemption through tribes and tribulations. In the book The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini tells a spacious story of family, love, and friendship against the Afghan history. In Afghanistan, Amir’s earliest memories of life in Kabul are blessed with a cultural heritage that lacked the values tradition, blood ties and knowledge of a cultural identity. The plot is developed by Amir seeking redemption from his wrong doings, whereas his redemption can never seem surreal.
Throughout The Kite Runner, Amir allows his setbacks in the past to determine his future. Amir’s desire to win his father’s heart causes him to sacrifice his childhood playmate, Hassan. Hosseini states, “I didn’t want to sacrifice for Baba anymore. The last time I had done that, I had damned myself”(135). This shows that Amir’s sacrifice is affecting his future because he felt guilty about his wrong doings in the past. Amir did not know his little sacrifice would affect him; on the other hand, his past did open his eyes to the future.
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Amir allows Hassan to get assaulted by Assef in exchange for the blue kite as a trophy for his father. Hosseini states, “maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I to pay, to win Baba”(77). This shows that Amir’s thought of just a harmless sacrifice turns into his deepest darkest secret. Amir’s desire for Baba’s approval and love allows him to express his cowardice toward Assef and for him to take advantage of Hassan’s loyalty. Selvi Bunce quotes in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner that, “there is always a way to be good again”(573). This show that when you make a mistakes, that there is always a way to go back and change it. This is the first step to