Towards the beginning of the novel, Amir is a timid adolescent boy who witnesses his best friend, Hassan, get raped by Assef and does not intervene. After witnessing the incident, Amir is filled with an enormous sense of guilt. Amir attempts to hide from Hassan and becomes distant. He eventually succeeds in making Hassan leave his home and Amir moves to America with his father. As time passes, Amir represses his feelings of guilt. In...
Towards the beginning of the novel, Amir is a timid adolescent boy who witnesses his best friend, Hassan, get raped by Assef and does not intervene. After witnessing the incident, Amir is filled with an enormous sense of guilt. Amir attempts to hide from Hassan and becomes distant. He eventually succeeds in making Hassan leave his home and Amir moves to America with his father. As time passes, Amir represses his feelings of guilt. In America, Amir matures into a successful writer who lives a comfortable life in California. However, Amir's guilty conscience continually reminds him of his past. When Rahim Khan calls Amir, he tells Amir that there is a way to be good again. Amir then travels to Pakistan where Rahim tells him about Hassan's son, Sohrab. Upon hearing Sohrab's story, Amir realizes that he has a chance to redeem himself. He ends up traveling back to Kabul and saves Sohrab from a life of abuse. Twenty-five years since Amir refused to intervene while his friend was being raped, he finally redeems himself by saving Sohrab. Hosseini suggests that opportunities will arise when least expected and it is never too late to redeem yourself. Although it took Amir a quarter of a century to redeem himself, he finally atones for his past sins by rescuing Sohrab from Assef.
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