Redemption in the Kite Runner. Throughout “The Kite Runner” Amir is portrayed as a boy who is always trying to make up or redeem himself for the mistakes he couldn’t control, or made. By Amir winning the tournament he tries to redeem himself since he believes he caused his mother’s death, but by redeeming himself for that he witnessed the mistake for not standing up for Hassan. After winning the tournament with the help of Hassan he redeems himself for his father. Amir is weak in Baba’s eyes, and thinks everything his son does is incorrect.
Amir, however, does not possess these qualities until later into adulthood after suffering major internal strife and guilt over a childhood event. This moving story takes the reader on Amir’s journey towards discovering how loyalty and devotion can heal old wounds. No matter the circumstances, Hassan stays true to his loyalty and devotion towards Amir doing whatever it takes to keep Amir happy and in Hassan’s life as his companion. The day of the kite contest, Hassan reassures Amir that he will triumph and win the prize of the last kite flying as well as Baba’s long sought after admiration. He promises Amir that he will run down the last kite, saying, “For you a thousand times over.” (Hosseini pg.
One night while Baba and Amir were sitting in his study, Baba casually tells Amir how he thinks Amir might win the kite flying tournament this year causing Amir to question if that was all it would take to win his father’s approval. While Amir pretended to listen to Baba talk, he couldn’t stop thinking about Baba’s casual comment, making him become determined to win the winter tournament; “I was going to win…Show Baba once and for all that his son was worthy” (56). Since Baba has little compassion towards Amir, he doesn’t understand how much Amir dreams for his father’s approval. When the day of the tournament finally arrived, Amir kept catching himself looking over at Baba sitting on their roof with Rahim. Amir wondered what Baba was thinking; “Was he cheering for me?
The next morning, Ally did as if nothing had happened but her friend, Renee, knows that it will be hard for Ally to work with his old college-love, Billy. Later in the day, Billy will announce her that he’s now married. She hides her disappointment and surprise, but on her way, her anger explodes when someone push her accidentally. To everyone's surprise, Ally loses the case that Fish had given her. She admits her failure to Fish, and Billy takes her defense.
The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t” Amir’s actions show his gutless cowardice in the face of this moral challenge. Amir cannot accept Hassan as a true friend in front of his peers, and this is shamefully exposed as Hassan endures Assef’s inhumane cruelty Amir kite running for Sohrab: The conclusive scene in the text shows Amir assuming the role of servant, running a kite for Hassan’s orphaned son Sohrab: “Do you want me to run that kite for you?...For you, a thousand times over” It is only when Amir is a grown man that he is able to fully recognise the guilt he has harboured ever since he witnessed Hassan’s rape as a young boy. He finally takes responsibility for his actions and takes in Hassan’s son Sohrab in a bid to repent his past sins
The Kite Runner – Psychological Approach Family as Matrix of Identity: Not a single event is the cause for a problem in growing up, but the emotional process, which a person or a frienship live trough. In “The Kite Runner” the important event for Amir’s emotional process is the rape of Hassan. Amir sees, that Assef and his friends want to take the kite away from Hassan, but he refuses, because he ran the kite for Amir and he wants to give it to him. As punishment, Assef rapes Hassan in front of the others. Amir follows the hole situation from his hiding place, but he is paralized and disabled to intefere, because he’s afraid of getting hurt by Assef.
7. “I wanted to be just like Baba and I wanted to be nothing like him.” Does Amir ever resolve this dilemma? 8. “… better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” ‘The Kite Runner shows how destructive secrets can be, especially to family relationships.’ Discuss. 9.
Terry Malloy gravely resents being so used in the murder but is still willing to remain D&D (Deaf and Dumb). Some years earlier, Terry had been a promising boxer until Friendly had Charley instruct him to deliberately lose a fight that he could have won, so that Friendly could win money betting on the weaker opponent. However Terry Malloy still finds the justification to work for Jonny Friendly. The theme of redemption is greatly evident in the first few scenes in the film. His action in setting up Joey Doyle is the first step towards Terry Malloy’s road of redemption, as he is left with confusion and
Things seem to be going pretty well but a secret Travis has been keeping from Hawaii causes him to struggle with himself. He gets the same nightmare almost every night and feels like the only thing that helps him is by doing drugs and being back together with Laura. While Travis keeps his secret about Hawaii to himself, he finds out Laura has been keeping one too, one that will ruin their relationship for good. Throughout the book, Travis tries to build his life back up only to find it crashing down in the end. Just when you think something may turn for the better, it goes downhill and you think of the two phrases in the foreword that “this is not a love story” and “There are no happy endings.” To find out what Travis is hiding, and what his friends
But I hadn’t turned out like him. (3) | Heartbroken- He thinks his father hates him and it makes it hard for him to do anything because he always looks for his approval and he can’t stop what he things because he had no control over what happen to his mother. | I was going to win, and I was going to run that last kite. Then I’d bring it home and show it to Baba. Show him once and for all that his son was worthy.