Dear Reader,

In this section of the book The Kite Runner, one quote that I found very interesting is  when Amir was going to Islamabad and he was thinking of his happy memories from the past. The last one that came into his head was, “Rahim Khan on the phone, telling me there was a way to be good again. A way to be good again...” (Hosseini 310) After all the years he had suffered with his regret and then hearing that there was a way to make up for letting Hassan get raped and be good again, was one of the happiest memories he could think of while on this long four hour ride away from the hospital. This part of the story I personally enjoyed and consider very important to the world.  I believe there is always a way to make tings better, a way to right what you have wronged. Everyone has done something they wish they could make up for, and once given the chance they know to take it and can then become happy. That call was Amir’s chance to be free from his guilt, and he immediately took the chance.  He was overjoyed in hearing he could finally fix his biggest mistake. Would you have felt the same way if you were Amir?

Another quote in this story I found very interesting was when Amir was standing over Sohrab’s bed looking at the Polaroid photo of Hassan.  Amir began thinking about  the letter that Rahim Khan sent him along with the photo.  In the letter Rahim Khan stated that Baba was a man torn between two worlds, Hassan’s poor, unaccepted world, and Amir’s, rich sociable world, but he then thought that since Baba felt more sympathy for Hassan that he considered him his true son. Then he also thought, “Closing Sohrabs door, I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with the pain gathering  its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night”(Hosseini 359). In that moment he had realized that his guilt and sadness with his relationship with his father was gone, he had made peace with Baba and finally was able to stand up for himself like Baba had taught him, so the thought that he was not considered Baba’s “real son” did not bother him. I personally consider what this metaphor is stating is very important to the world. This quote is explaining that forgiveness doesn’t really come with a big bang, but it comes when the pain quietly slips away. Which I think also shows that forgiveness was there all along, just covered up by pain, but once that is gone, you are free to be happy and any thoughts of uncertainty can not affect you, as in what happened to Amir. Would you agree that Amir is not bothered by the thought Baba might have considered Hassan his real son?

Another quote that stood out to me was at the very end of the book, when Amir was just getting Sohrab to fly the kite and seeing him smile he said to himself, “For you, a thousand times over”(Hosseini 371).This quote was also the last thing that Hassan said to Amir right before he went to run the kite for him, and got raped. So Amir saying that to Hassan’s son and running the kite for him, was like him repaying Hassan. Just like Hassan ran the kite for Amir, Amir ran the kite for Sohrab, Hassa’s son. I feel like this really shows Ami’s final stage of making up for letting Hasan get raoed so many years ago. Now it appears that Amirs regret is finally gone and he can live with himself, knowing that he made up form what happened to Hassan, through his son. The view of how someone can do things to overcome their regret is something I would agree with, and what I see happened here. This view of the world is something I would agree with and believe in. If someone strongly regrets what they did, and finds ways to make it better, then I would agree that that person should be forgiven, and be able to live happily again.  Just like Amir can now finally do. Do you agree that Amir is now happy and no longer feels regret?

Alexandra Amaral

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