Examples Of Guilt In The Kite Runner
In the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, showed the struggle with guilt that ruined Amir along with his childhood, but also showed he still could have the potential to make the right choice and turn his life around. Amir from a little boy was always suffering of guilt, of what he had not done to save Hassan. Amir had never been able to forgive himself until he started taking steps towards redemption. Amir faced the struggles to accept what he had done and the guilt that tortures him inside everyday of his life.
Amir had never been the same after the Kite Flying competition and felt the need to feel the pain Hassan felt. A few weeks after, Amir had taken Hassan up to the top of a hill, he wanted Hassan to get revenge on him;
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Ever since, the guilt inside him has taken over his entire life, and his mindset of who he was as a person. Amir needed Hassan to give him pain because he could not bear it himself. Hassan being the loyal friend he was to Amir, did not understand what Amir wanted from him. Hassan once again punished himself for Amir’s actions, which ruined him even more.
Another example of Amir’s guilt was when Amir went back to Afghanistan to visit Rahim Khan when he was very ill, Rahim Khan asked a favor of Amir. He asked Amir to go back and get Sohrab, Hassan’s son, and to get him from the orphanage back in Kabul. Amir told Rahim Khan over and over he could not be the one to do it. Amir then said “You have always thought to too highly of me” and Rahim responded “And you’ve always been too hard on yourself” (Hosseini, 2003, p. 222). This is the moment when Amir knew the guilt had taken over him ever since he was a boy. He was not the only one to notice what has been going on with him. Other people saw it as well and and how much he blamed himself for what had happened to Hassan, for what is keeping him from being a man to this
Amir had never been the same after the Kite Flying competition and felt the need to feel the pain Hassan felt. A few weeks after, Amir had taken Hassan up to the top of a hill, he wanted Hassan to get revenge on him;
“What would …show more content…
92).
Ever since, the guilt inside him has taken over his entire life, and his mindset of who he was as a person. Amir needed Hassan to give him pain because he could not bear it himself. Hassan being the loyal friend he was to Amir, did not understand what Amir wanted from him. Hassan once again punished himself for Amir’s actions, which ruined him even more.
Another example of Amir’s guilt was when Amir went back to Afghanistan to visit Rahim Khan when he was very ill, Rahim Khan asked a favor of Amir. He asked Amir to go back and get Sohrab, Hassan’s son, and to get him from the orphanage back in Kabul. Amir told Rahim Khan over and over he could not be the one to do it. Amir then said “You have always thought to too highly of me” and Rahim responded “And you’ve always been too hard on yourself” (Hosseini, 2003, p. 222). This is the moment when Amir knew the guilt had taken over him ever since he was a boy. He was not the only one to notice what has been going on with him. Other people saw it as well and and how much he blamed himself for what had happened to Hassan, for what is keeping him from being a man to this