The Kite Runner Amir Sacrifice Analysis

Do to specific events that had happened earlier in the book that dealt with sacrifice did indeed play a part in the way that Amir's life played out. Amir's ability to stand up for himself and his abilities to make decisions was also affected by the way that he considers of his actions before making a decision. Sacrifices that happened at a young stage of Amir life did play a role in the outcome of his life. The first sacrifices that played a big part in Amir's life is when hassan sacrificed himself to assaf to save to flag for Amir. This sacrifice pretty much traumatized Amir for a while because he know that he should have help hassan when he was getting raped. He knew that it was wrong for him to run instead of helping him. He should have …show more content…
When amir and Baba move to america Baba sacrifices everything he had in afghanistan for Amir. Baba gave up everything he had back in Afghanistan to go to america so that Amir could fulfil his dream of becoming a writer. Baba went from a very well known and wealthy person to a poor very unknow person in america. “Besides I didn't bring us here for me, did I?” (Hosseini, 2003, Pg 130) This is saying that if Amir didn't want to pursue a job in writing they would most likely have never came to America. Baba brought AMir to America for his own good. To keep him safe and also for his writing. With Baba being a rich and known man in Afghanistan he would have had no desire to move to america where he would be very unknown and poor person. This sacrifice changed Amir's future because he learned that baba did care about him and that he would have to make sacrifices for his family in the future. So based on what his dad did which was sacrifice his life back home Amir decided to sacrifice himself to go and find his nephew Sohrab. He had sacrificed his life and everything he had back in america to go and save this little boy. “I remember he said to me, ‘Rahim, a boy who can’t stand up for himself becomes an man who can't stand up for anything.” (Hosseini, 2003, Pg 221) This quote also explains this claim because able to do something to stand up for what he believer and that he is able to do thing for people besides himself. In the end of the book Amir ended up standin standin up for Sohrab and saving him from Assaf to prove to people that he is able to defend for himself and others. He also saved Sohrab to try to get redemption for all the people who sacrificed things for him. Like Baba, Hassan, Rahim, and many

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