Taking the opportunity to revisit a great book that I read last semester, The Kite Runner. In this book, Amir was the protagonist. The whole book centered around his friendship with a poor boy named Hassan; who later he found out was his brother.
In the story, Amir witnessed Hassan being raped. The guilt of not going to Hassan's rescue was more than Amir could handle. He set Hassan up to look like a thief and ultimately Hassan and his father moved away. Amir lived with this guilt all his life and never could find happiness. One day Amir was confronted by his father's best friend, Rahil Khan. Khan wanted Amir to go and look for Hassan's son. Amir struggled with this request, as he did not want to bring those bad memories back to life. He wanted so much to forget about Hassan and all that happened that day. The thought of going back to Kabul, finding Hassan's kid, and reliving those horrible memories that took place so long ago. This was an internal conflict for Amir to consider. Did he want to make things right? Did he want to cause himself more pain?
Eventually, Amir went looking for Sohrab and found him. Amir brought Sohrab back to America to live with him and his wife. This was possibly a healing process for Amir to release some of the guilt he has carried on his shoulders. Raising Sohrab was part of making things right between Hassan and Amir.
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