Today, redemption is spelled: A-M-I-R

In the book The Kite Runner, the character, Amir, lives extravagantly with his dad in Afghanistan. They have servants, one who grew up with Amir's dad, and the other a good friend of Amir. The servants a very much a part of the family. But when Hassan, the younger servant, gets raped and Amir witnesses it without doing anything, Amir feels awful. Amir can't live with himself and every time he sees Hassan, he remembers what he saw. So, he does the selfish thing; he frames Hassan for stealing in order to rid the servants of the household. Amir and his father flee to America after the Russians invade Afghanistan. In America, Amir erases the thought of Hassan from his memory. Years later, a friend of his father called and asked him to return to Afghanistan. He told him he could be good again. He tells Amir he has to rescue Hassan's son. He must because Hassan was Amir's half-brother, therefore Sohrab (Hassan's son) is his nephew. He rescues Sohrab, but not without trouble. He gets beaten within an inch of death by the man who has Sohrab. He then adopts Sohrab and takes him to America. The author is arguing that anyone can be redeemed. He described Amir's conflict and how he was tearing himself apart after not helping Hassan. Amir had the chance to save Hassan andpossible get beaten to a pulp But in his adulthood, he is redeemed by saving Sohrab and getting beaten.