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A main thing that is constant throughout the book is that, due to Amir not being able to get over his past, now that he’s older he's dealing with the persistence of his past.
Amir feels a lot a guilt throughout his whole life and can’t get over the situations he had gotten himself into and tried getting “out of” even though when he did he felt even worse. His older self is still cautious about the situations as if it had just happened just yesterday. You know this is true because in the book on page 1, 2nd sentence it quotes “it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.” (“Full text of "The Kite Runner PDF"”)
In this quote the sentence “Because the past claws its way out” means like no matter …show more content…

This conflict is a little of both because what happened previously with Hassan getting raped was external, but now that Amir wants redemption its more internal cause hes dealing with his emotions and the little voices in his head.Amir wants to find a way to stop feeling guilty. Once Amir got the call from rahim Khan and he said “theres a way to be good again” Amir knew this was his opportunity to gain redemption and get over what happened in his past, just Amir doesn’t quiet know what hes getting himself into.This passage is significant in the novel because its the part where finally even after so many year Amir is finally gonna get over what happened plenty of years ago, because he knows its the right thing to do. This part of the book is the 2nd part where Amir takes a big step in his life and his life starts changing for

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