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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If I was Amir I would feel extremely happy and excited about the opportunity to free myself from the guilt. This guilt would have traveled with me for almost my entire life and now I will finally be free of it. It would have been one of the only things holding me back from pure happiness. Also, I don't agree with Amir not having a problem with Hassan being his real son. I think Amir feels better about it but he will never be fully satisfied becasue Baba didn't tell him this. He learned it from Rahim Kahn. I do agree that Amir no longer feels guilty for what he did to Hassan. The entire story is a coming of age story about how Amir deals with his guilt as a young child to how he overcomes it as an adult. There is a peom that I found that is at http://www.livingvalues.net/images/posters/Happiness8-14.jpg. This peom showed to me basically what Amir went through to finally find his happiness at the end of the book.
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