The Kite Runner Amir's Guilt

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When something really terrible happens to you, how does it affect your lifestyle? Will you always feel guilty and what will you have to do to redeem yourself? In the K ite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, when Amir didn’t help Hassan it affected his whole. For Amir to feel okay again he needs to relieve himself of any burden and for him to do that he must forgive and be forgiven, he needs to overcome his guilt and overcoming his fears. “The last time I had felt a rush like this was that day in the winter of 1975.”(370) He started enjoying his life in this moment and wasn’t afraid to feel. He wanted to feel again even though he is terrified of being vulnerable. Due to Amir helping out Sohrab his burden of guilt faded. He saved him from Assef making