Archetypes In The Kite Runner

90% of adults regret their decisions in the past either as a teenager or a young adult (Saybrook.edu). The novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini mentions plenty about the central protagonist Amir Jan’s life in the past back in Afghanistan, and how much he regrets it after he’s moved to America. The Kite Runner is a book under the archetypal quest category, and Amir is introduced into the novel as a hero to make up for his wrong doings in the past and become a better person in general. The author uses Amir’s character archetype to reveal the underlying message to the reader. The overall theme of The Kite Runner is that no matter what happens there is always a way to be good again, and there will always be ways to redeem yourself for your

Insert context + quote + citation + explaination and analysis + connect back to thesis Finally, Amir stands the ground that he did as a child, when he watched his friend get sexually assaulted, he did not allow the same to happen to the child, and he stood up for him and took a beating for him in result of him reaching his goal of becoming a better man. Insert context + quote + citation + explaination and analysis + connect back to thesis In summary, in the novel The Kite Runner Amir was portrayed as the hero and he had a rough start, however when he was ready to set out his goal he was able to overcome the hardship and the obstacles he was faced with, and with a little help he was able to achieve his goal which was to become a better man in debt of the man he had betrayed. He was able to achieve this goal even how he stumbled so low in the beginning of the novel. Hosseini uses Amir as a central character to convey the idea that no matter what happens there is always a way to be good again, and there will always be ways to redeem yourself for your past mistakes showing how he started at a low point and he still managed to change and become better with a little assistant from his elder Rahim