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Kite Runner Redemption Quotes

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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is about friends, Amir and Hassan, who grow up in a rough environment. Amir regrets his past heavily and has to leave Hassan to try and find his dads trust before it becomes too late. Amir uses the search for redemption to prove that although a man cannot escape his past, he still needs to be responsible for his actions that come in the future. Amir overthinks everything that has happened in his past. When Amir talks about his “unatoned sins” he is alluding to the past stuff that he regrets. “It was my past of unatoned sins” (Hosseini 1). Amir was bringing up all of his past issues with no idea on how to confront or solve them to get the redemption he is searching for. Amir attempts to get redemption for his past mistakes, but in this quote he is only worried about them and because of that is letting them get worse. Everyone can relate to Amir in his pursuit of …show more content…

Amir witnessed a lot of bad things around him, but kept pushing to better himself. “I don't believe the world's a particularly beautiful place, but I do believe in redemption” (Colum McCann). Seeing hard things around your life often is tough to overcome, but Amir had to overcome these issues to find his redemption. In the end, he found redemption through the toughest of circumstances around him. Amir stood up for what’s right during his search for redemption. Amir stood up for people in tough situations because he felt that he had to do this to successfully fulfill his search for redemption. "Tell him I'll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place" (Hosseini 101). He shows true bravery in this quote when he speaks up against an armed soldier who is trying to assault a woman for no specific reason. It takes a ton of courage to stand up for people in tough times, but Amir felt he had to so he could complete his search for

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