Moving Forward

From chapter sixteen to twenty i believe is a breaking point and is the climax of the book. For once we finally see the Hero in Amir, we see him shine and his "true colors". Amir receives a phone call that brings him back to his once homeland, as he goes to visit his dying friend Rahim Khan he is faced with a challenge. Not only is it hard to see his once "father like" figure dying a similar death like Baba did, he is faced with news that will change him forever. Amir's childhood servant whom he picked on mercilessly was in fact his brother. Baba was forced by society and for his family’s safety and reputation to keep this secret from everyone, he was known as a high society man and would be ridiculed and maybe killed for having a child with a Hazara. We see with this news Amir now looked back on every single thing and realized why he was so different and how Hassan was what Baba looked at for a son. Without being angry at Hassan he then found out the horrible news that Hassan had been shot and killed trying to protect a place that Amir once called home. Rahim Khan then asks that Amir grant his dying wish, which is to find Hassans son Sohrab, Amir relentlessly, and finally decieds he will embark on this journey. When Amir decides to leave and to help Rahim Khan is the distinct part in this book where i think that Amirs "good" part of his character out ways the "bad", even though he knows that he has been lied to by Rahim Khan his whole life he helps him and even though he is treated as a spoiled America he still proceeds to find Sohrab. Amir's love for Hassan and regret for not helping him in his desperate time for need shows through his decision to risk his life and his wife’s sense of security. Through these chapters I can know look at Amir and realize that he made a mistake, a human mistake but he try’s to make those mistakes right, and do something for his brother. I believe these four chapters change the whole perspective on the book, the whole outlook I had upon the main character. Not only is the secret finally revealed Amir chooses to do the right thing, which I believe leaves readers satisfied and waiting in anticipation to see if Amir finds Hassans child, and his reaction to finding him. Will he want to adopt him or will he be able to leave him in poverty when he knows he can easily provide for a brothers son, and an old best friend.