After leaving Afghanistan at the age of eighteen. Escaping inside the tank of a gas trunk, after the attack of Russians on Afghanistan. Amir had no reason to go back, until one day when Rahim Khan tells him about Hassan’s death. However the most shocking part of the letter concerns Hassan’s real father, which is Baba. Amir stands up for Sohrab by fighting Assef for him.
Sentence Outline Introduction and Thesis In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini presents the internal desire for redemption and forgiveness that Amir dedicates himself to getting. The need for redemption and forgiveness starts right at the beginning of the book when he is born and his mother dies, making Amir feel as if his father Baba holds him accountable. As the story progresses Amir witnesses a horrific event occur to his best friend Hassan that he could have prevented but chose not to due to his inability to deal with a foe. The ways Amir attains the forgiveness ad redemption from his family and peers throughout the book vary in ways due to the unique situations. In the end he finds that by attempting to make peace with his past and peers allows himself to regain peace with himself.
Billy wants to find peace within him and the only way he can have it is to have revenge on the Indians who killed his parents. Revenge is not a good thing and it is not the way to go. His brother falls in love with a young girl and leaves Billy. Billy is left alone once more, first with the wolf and now with his brother. When he returns to Mexico to find his brother he only finds his remains he had been killed.
Amir drives Hassan and Ali away, which causes a separation between their families. Also, Amir is forced to flee Afghanistan to go to America with Baba, leaving their home in the hands of Rahim Khan, one of Baba's closest friends. Amir caused Hassan's death because
Later down the road, Amir decides to redeem himself as a person and make everything right again. Amir believes that his next action will led him to redemption. He adopts Hassan’s son, Sohrab, after discovering Hassan’s death. Amir seeks redemption through Sohrab as an effort for trying to gain Hassan’s forgiveness. Amir discovers how badly he treated Hassan in their past, that he wants to make up for it.
Further in the novel, Amir, after moving to America, travels back to Afghanistan to save Hassan’s son, Sohrab, from the eccentric Assef, who is a higher member of the Taliban. Assef has sexually abused, beaten and forced Sohrab to belly dance, all because Sohrab is just a “Hazara boy” (p294). To another extent of ethnic discrimination, Baba is Hassan’s biological father but he will never admit to it for the sake of “his honour,” (p235) and “his name” (p235). For if people would find out about this, Baba would be socially casterized. The discrimination of ethnicity throughout Afghanistan is contributing to the decaying class system.
At heart, Jack is kind, caring and very compassionate to his mother. His relationship with her is intimate and it is not unusual for him to sometimes act as her parent, comforting her and “soothing her” after her date with Gil. In this way, Jack is more mature than most and has to grow up faster even though he could not control the events. Another event out of his hand is his father’s abandonment of the family. He therefore adopts the role his father has left him and wants to provide for his mother.
Chapter 2 Amir talks about how he and his father Baba lived in a beautiful house in Kabul while Hassan and his father Ali lived in a small hut nearby. One thing Amir and Hassan have in common is no mother figure. Amir’s mother died while giving birth to him and Hassan’s mother left him a week after he was born for the circus to be a dancer. Ali and Sanaubar were first cousins which makes the perfect match for marriage but Ali was devoted to his religion and Sanaubar was devoted to her men. The chapter ends by a group of soldiers harassing Hassan about his mother and calling him a Hazara.
Later, when the Taliban took control of his hometown of Mazar-e-Sharif, both his cousin and uncle are burnt to death in their own house. The conflict continues to impact upon Najaf’s adulthood. In 1998, the Taliban invaded Mazar-e-Sharif again and kidnapped Najaf and any other survivors. “I was tortured usually whipped by cables, but beyond mine and my family’s belief I was released.” He explained. Najaf knew he wouldn’t be as lucky a second time so he was left with only one choice, to escape the country and find a safe place for his family.
He was also close to his two brothers Ronald and Stan. Life seemed perfect in the boys’ eyes. David’s relationship with his mother was warm and loving in the beginning. But his mother’s love and affection suddenly changed overnight. David went from being a part of a warm, caring family to daily abuse that almost killed him.