Let me start off saying that I thoroughly enjoyed “The Kite Runner.” I wasn’t sure how I felt after the first day because that was intense and Amir just ran away, despite the fact that his friend was being hurt defending him. Then he tried to have the family fired! I wanted to hate Amir but at the same time you know he’s just a scared little kid that didn’t know what to do. And when he wanted to fire the friend he was just acting out because he didn’t know how to deal with the guilt. He just wanted to remove all reminders of the horrifying incident.
What made it even worse was when Hassan died while still remaining loyal to Amir before Amir could make amends. It didn’t help that you find out Hassan is Amir’s brother. But in the end, Amir does the right thing and the fixes everything as best as he can by helping Hassan’s son escape the harsh land.
When Amir met the man who was in charge of Kabol I expected there to be a connection between his past and that man, but I have to admit that I did not expect the connection to be with the ruler’s right hand man.
I thought it was kind of ironic that at the climax of the movie Hassan’s son saved Amir with the sling shot like Hassan did so many other times when Amir was a kid. After everything, Amir is still being saved, but at least he was also saving the kid at the same time. I think that by the end of this movie Amir has redeemed himself.
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I agree, I think that by risking his life and everything he's done to build a home for himself in America, he has definitely redeemed himself by the end of the movie. It was heartbreaking at the same time though, knowing that he turned his back on his brother and was never able to show him how much he really did care about him before it was too late.
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