Amir’s Redemption Through Character Development In 2003, the story of an Afghan boy who lived a genuinely transformative life was published by Khaled Hosseini in a novel titled The Kite Runner. Hosseini explains the extraordinary story of Amir, the protagonist, as he finds a way to redeem himself from past guilt while also moving to America to escape persecution in his home country. The extreme details that are used to explain how the monarchy of Afghanistan fell to Russian leadership and the impact it had on Amir’s life are extremely riveting. Readers also get an inside view of Afghan culture and how strikingly different it is from others around the world as Amir grows older and becomes a husband. This story is extremely powerful as characters …show more content…
This affects Amir’s life by making him angrier at Hassan on a deeper level, which makes him feel worse about himself subconsciously. As Amir continues to remain in a constant state of guilt, he yearns to find a way to redeem himself. This is why after living in America for many years, getting married, and becoming a published author, he decided to go back to Afghanistan. His initial reason for traveling back to his homeland is to see an old friend of his dad who he was extremely close with in his childhood. When he arrives there, he finds out that Hassan and his wife have died by the hands of the Taliban and left behind their son Sohrab. Amir takes on the responsibility of saving Hassan’s orphan son, unknowing that it would be one of the final stops in his path to redemption. Throughout his journey of bringing Sohrab back to America, he has recurring nightmares about the death of Hassan by a man wearing a herringbone vest and explains, “I follow the barrel on its upward arc. I see the face behind the plume of smoke swirling from the