Guilt and Redemption
Miguel, Samantha, Joel
Thesis
• In “The Kite Runner, guilt and the pursuit of
redemption are what drive Amir to go to such
extremes to find a “way to be good again.”.”
Passage 1
• “For you, a thousand times over.”
Passage 2
• “I had one last chance to make a decision. One
final opportunity to decide who I was going to
be. I could step into that alley, stand up for
Hassan – the way he’d stood up for me all
those times in the past – and accept whatever
would happen to me. Or I could run.
In the end, I ran.”
Passage 3
• “I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And
why not? After all, I had killed his beloved
wife, his beautiful princess, hadn't I? The least
I could have done was to have the decency to
have turned out a little more like him.”
Passage 4
• “I think that everything he did, feeding the
poor, giving money to friends in need, it was
all a way of redeeming himself. And that, I
believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan,
when guilt leads to good”
Passage 5
• “I didn’t want any of it – It was all blood
money; Baba would have never thrown me a
party like that if I hadn't won the tournament.
Guilt Event 1
• When Amir was born, his mother died, but
Amir thinks it’s his fault.
Guilt Event 2
• When Hassan stood up for Amir when Assef
was bullying them. Assef said that Hassan was
“nothing more than a servant
Guilt Event 3
• Hassan was raped by Assef, while Amir was
watching from afar. Amir could have
something, but he didn’t
Guilt Event 4
When Amir stashed the money and the watch
underneath Hassans bed. Baba then asked
Hassan if he stole from Amir, Hassan then took
blame for this and agreed that he stole
Guilt Event 5
• Baba had two sons, Hassan and Amir. He
wasn’t able to socially love both of them
equally.
Guilt Event 6
• As a final act of redemption, Amir goes back
to Afghanistan and rescues Sohrab from the
taliban. He ends up facing the leader of the
division in Kabul, who ends up being Assef.
Guilt Setting
• Amir and Hassan talked about how the alley
was a dark scary place to be around. Amir
feels guilty for watching Hassan get raped in
the dark alley and not standing up for him,
which represents "Guilt and Redemption". If
you hear somebody talking about a dark alley
way you don't think of unicorns and rainbows.
You automatically know it's a bad place where
people have gotten hurt before.
Amir
• This character is guilt driven, everything he
does is followed by guilt. And only by the end
of the book does he redeem himself.
(>^_^)> ASSIGNMENT! <(^_^<)
• Draw your best possible visual representation
of Guilt and Redemption.