The Kite Runner Hero Quotes

Even a villain could transform into a hero. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, that was portrayed throughout the novel through a character named Amir. In Amir’s early life, he was painted out to be the villain, however made up for it in his adult life. He goes on an unexpected task to make up for the sins and show that he is a changed man. In the adventure to Pakistan to save his half-nephew, Amir shows courage, bravery and other admirable traits to prove that he is no longer an antihero.

For starters, while in his home of twenty-one years, Amir gets a call from a childhood friend, Rahim Khan, to tell that he has becomes incredibly ill, causing Amir to flee from Fremont, California. The quote states, “Fremont, California. 1980s…, “(Hosseini 125). Amir has been in California since he was seventeen it became his home. He left his fiancé and friends to go to his birthplace, …show more content…
Amir’s destruction was when he decides to know that Hassan was raped and harassed consistently for being a Hazara, but doing nothing about it. The text states, “Assef knelt behind Hassan, put his hands on Hassan's hips and lifted his bare buttock, “(Hosseini 74). But, to make up for his unatoned sins, Amir goes to his father’s orphanage to get Sohrab, but finds out that he is no longer there because Sohrab the General took him away. In that moment, Amir decides to go to Pakistan to get Sohrab. He goes in disguise as a Taliban member in order to see and rescue Sohrab. The text states, “I’m looking for a boy,” (Hosseini 278). Amir shows bravery and courage by facing a relentless, murderous group of people. The change in Amir through this atonement is very significant. He has gone from being a cowardly man, tied down by his past to a matured adult - finally free from the burden of his past, and willing to stand up to anyone that gets in the way of his moral

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