Betrayal and Redemption: A nostalgic study of Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

It is true that nature is universal but it is surely undeniable that surroundings have a deeper impact on our minds. One's behaviour is a direct outcome of one's social scenario. No matter how hard we try to reconcile with our past a wishful yearning for happiness is always there. The more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes. You can go other places, you can live on the other side of the world, but you cannot ever leave home. It takes a lot to free yourself from the burden of past. Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner deals with deeper struggle to reconcile with the past. The protagonist in the novel tries constantly to come to terms with his past actions. Amir struggles to find his place in the world because of the aftereffects and fallout from a series of traumatic childhood events. Amir’s unending struggle to forge his relationship with his father and to free himself from the guilt of his act of cowardliness for not protecting his dear friend Hassan. Apart from dealing with inner conflicts the book also deal with the issues of ethnic and religious divisions. Reminiscent of the past incidents which keep haunting Amir, the whole story is replete with events that show how his conscious is awake of the nostalgia to coming to terms with his past and in a way redeem himself.