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The Kite Runner Quote Analysis

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In the story of The Kite Runner Amir has to over some many obstacles in life to become good again after something horrible happends in the novel. Has Amir become good again? Amir has always been good he just wanted to reach his fathers (baba) expectations causing him to do things that hurt others without realizing it thinking it is okay and sacrificing everything including Hassan, he acted as if sacrificing Hassan didn't affect him, and he didn't want to accept the fact it affected him a lot because he did it to make his father proud. He does struggle with being able to stand up for himself, there's always someone doing all the work for him, he believed that having power ment you wouldn't have to face up with anyone because they will look …show more content…

Amir thinks that having power over little things would make him feel better about himself and feel that having control ment no need to be scared of anything such as when he threw walnuts at the neighbor's dog “shooting walnuts at the neighbor's dog was always my idea” The quote also shows Amir telling the truth that he was the one with idea, but he didn't want to tell Ali the truth because of what he would think about Amir after all horrible thing he's done especially since Hassan was always saying it was his idea and took the blame. After Amir had just watched Hasan get beat up he felt that Hassan was the sacrifice to be able to make Baba proud of him because Amir adored baba's attention a lot as it states“ Maybe Hasan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay to win …show more content…

Amir had framed Hassan by putting a wallet and his watch under hassan's bed he felt that he needed to do so, so that baba would give him more attention then he did to hassan. Ali decided to leave Kabul with Hassan, after they had left Amir and baba later on moved to America, Amir thought this was a good idea for a new fresh start Amir quotes “for me America a place to bury memories” moving to America was the best way for Amir to run away from the past now that Hassan is not near, and he isn't in Kabul, he was sure that he could get rid of the feeling of guilt he had felt in him after the incident. Later on in the years, Amir finds out that Hassan was his half brother, and he gets this horrible feeling that he felt back in Kabul but worse because knowing that Hassan was his half brother, and he did nothing to protect him he was blood, family. Rahim khan then broke more bad news to Amir about Hassan being dead, so Amir didn't know what to do anymore and how to pay for what he had done, there was one option, Hassan's nephew who was being held in an orphanage in Kabul with the Taliban. Amir decided he will not be going that he is not risking his new good life to save someone he doesn't know but as Amir thinks about it, he soon decides he will go so he tells rahim khan he is willing to risk it as he states“ Then I told him I was going to Kabul” this shows that Amir cares about Hassan and really

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Amir, when he was a child, was jealous of Hassan because of the amount of attention Hassan received from Baba. He wanted Baba to love him more than Hassan, but he never realized that Hassan was his brother as well. After he finally got to spend some alone time with Baba, he felt like he was missing something, or perhaps someone. Amir felt guilty about being horrible to Hassan and feels ashamed of his jealousy. Character Trait Note #5: Amir can also be seen as caring.

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Once Amir found Sohrab, he is not able to take him without a price, Assef wants to fight Amir for the boy. Assef became a leader of the Taliban and once he found that Hassan had a child, he wanted to take him. Amir fought Assef only because it was Assef’s way of keeping his promise and it was Amir’s way to gain redemption. Amir felt like it was time to redeem himself for his actions that night in the alley. In the alley Amir watched Hassan get raped by Assef, he did this because he wanted to show his power.

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Even now, after all of this time and enduring through his guilt, Amir still wasn’t sure what man he wanted to be when given the clear choice between a coward and a hero. Instead, Rahim Khan had to almost force the specific events of his past into his face to remind him what type of person he would be if he failed to

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After finding out Rahim was dying and going to Peshawar, Amir learns that Hassan and his wife had recently been executed. Hassan's son was left alone and orphaned, and when Rahim asking Amir to save the child Amir pleaded that “ Kabul is a dangerous place, you know that, and you'd have me risk everything..” (221) This is a direct example of Amir letting fear be in control of his life. Throughout his life the guilt from Hassan's assault has hung over his head, but saving Hassan's son would surely balance things.

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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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Amir makes hassan look like a thief by “planting [his] new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under [the mattress]” (Hosseini 104). Hassan knew of Amirs intentions that Amir wanted him to leave so Hassan lies and says that he stole it in order to remain loyal with his friend Amir. Thus, Hassan and his father Ali, feel like they can no longer serve Baba or Amir anymore and leave forever; Amir never sees him again. It was then that Amir realized how much of a horrible person he was and how undeserving he was to have Hassan. His father realized it was him and forgave him even though his father said “theft is unforgivable.”

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In the scene where Hassan gets raped, Amir is described as “a coward” who was “afraid of getting hurt” so he decided to turn his back “to the alley, to Hassan” (Hosseini 77). This clearly illustrates Amir’s true thoughts and how scared he was as a kid. Now he has been able to mature as he has been in America

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In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, Amir struggles to cope with his inaction during Hassan’s rape. Overwhelmed with guilt, Amir devises a plan to get Hassan and Ali dismissed so they would no longer be a constant reminder of all the times Hassan had protected him and his failure to do the same. The guilt of betraying Hassan burdens him for years, and even after he and Baba move to America, he carries the weight of his actions with him. However, after he accepts Rahim Khan’s request to rescue Sohrab and bring him to safety, Amir strives to leave behind the selfishness and cowardice he had previously succumbed to. Amir progressively begins to forgive himself for his injustices towards Hassan as he recognizes his evolution from a coward

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Amir earns redemption when he travels to rescue Sohrab, Hassan’s son, from Kabul. At first, when Rahim Khan, his father’s best friend, tells Amir of the task at hand, Amir is scared. He does not feel ready to face his mistakes and this causes him to not want to go back at first. He says, “‘Rahim Khan, I don’t want to go back to Kabul. I can’t!’”

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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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With the question of returning to America still lingering between the two of them, all Amir can think of is having to prove his worthiness to Sohrab. This quote from Amir shows how desperate he is for Sohrab to accept him and his promise to take him to America. “I had played a cruel game with Hassan that day, toyed with him, asked him if he would chew dirt to prove his loyalty to me. Now I was the one under the microscope, the one who had to prove my worthiness. I deserved this (355).”

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Amir finally did the worst possible thing to Hassan and his father Ali, trying to get them fired Amir, “lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghan bills under it” (104). He betrayed Hassan and Ali, the two people who cared about him the most, and the two people he himself cared about the most. Amir is a coward and even though one would feel bad for him, he did things that couldn't be forgiven. Although he just wants his father’s love which readers can understand, it gave him no right to do any of these things to Hassan and

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After receiving the information about Hassan’s dear son stuck in Kabul, Amir knew what he needed to do and that was to save Hassan’s son. It was about the redemption aspect of saving his son, but more about doing something to

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In his mind, he believes that Baba will send Ali and Hassan away, and, as a result, he will finally gain some peace. To Amir’s surprise, Hassan confesses to stealing his gifts without hesitation symbolizing “Hassan’s final sacrifice for [him]” (105). At that moment, Amir realizes that Hassan knew of his betrayal, which added to his already guilty conscience. Hassan could have easily told Baba the truth and he would have believed him because”[everyone] knew that Hassan never lied”, which, in turn, would ruin Amir’s relationship with his father (105). He probably knew that Amir was unworthy of his sacrifice, that he was the “snake in the grass, the monster in the lake”, but he lied for Amir’s own benefit

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Amir is very aware that what he is doing is morally wrong, but sees no other option. It seems that his plan works too, which proves that Amir planned this with care. By making it an act of stealing he makes Hassan unredeemable in Baba’s eyes. When Hassan lies for him out of loyalty, Amir still chooses not to confess. “‘Did you steal that money?

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