Last "Kite Runner" Post

PROMPT: Also in Kite Runner, Sohrab saves Amir from Assef's brutality by using a slingshot. This scene mirrors the actions of Hassan earlier in the film. Is Amir's defense of Sohrab to General Taheri Amir's attempt to take a stand he didn't take earlier in the film? Or rather, does Amir redeem himself in the process of accepting Sohrab into his home?

This scene, the scene where Amir finally finds Sohrab and how Sohrab has to dance for the General, I believe was one of the more intense scenes in the movie. Of course it wasn’t as intense as the rape or the execution scene (where they were at the soccer game), but it definitely had a sense of “do I really want to watch this right now?” I say this because it kind of made me angry that General Taheri made Sohrab (Hassan’s son) dance. It seem like it was something that he wanted him to do to degrade him and make him feel like a lesser person, so when Sohrab threatened General Taheri after he attacked Amir I was like “yeah, you go dude!” Of course when he actually hit General Taheri in the eye with a rock from the slingshot I definitely felt a little queasy, and I thought that was weird because seeing blood doesn’t bug me, but that scene for some reason definitely bugged me. Anywho…I do believe that Amir’s defense of Sohrab was his version of trying to redeem himself for not taking a stand earlier in the movie when Hassan needed help, but I don’t think that was the point in time when he redeemed himself. No, I think that was just a way for him to feel better but I don’t think he redeemed himself until he took Sohrab into his home. That was a way for him to feel better about all the crap that he did to his friendship with Hassan.