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-** Forgiveness/Redemption - The Adoption of Sohrab Neither feelings of betrayal or punishment are enough to redeem Amir. Rescuing Sohrab from Assef is not enough either. Only when Amir decides to take Sohrab to the United States and give his nephew a chance at happiness and prosperity that was denied to his half-brother does Amir start on his path to redemption. Hosseini on page 371 states "But I'll Take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting". This quote shows redenption because the snowflakes represent all the bad that Amir has done. Once the snoflakes melt all the 'bad' will be gone, and he will be able to live his life how he wants. Hosseini, Khaled. //The Kite Runner.// New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. Print
 * Cort Nations and Eric Rizk
 * Theme**

Hassans Death/ Secrete One of the biggest, main events in the chapters 13-19, Amir learns about two events, both shocking and important about Hassan and his life. Amir gets a rude awaking in these chapters, when he goes back to visit Rahim Khan. Amir reads a letter Hassan wrote for him. Curious asking about Hassan Amir learns that Hassan was killed. That he was shot in the streets by the Taliban. Amir is shocked about this event that accrued. He has lost his childhood friend. A friend who was alway there and stood up for Amir. However before Amir has time to deal with the fact that Hassan was dead, Rahim explains that him and Hassan were half brothers. "Im thirty-eight years old i just found out my whole like is one big f lie" (Hosseini 198). Amir is more then shocked, but is angered by this. He is mad that he was never told that he and Hassan were more then just friends, that they were related. However Amir also discovers that he was similar to Baba. "Baba and i were more alike than id ever known. We had both betrayed the peeple who would have given their lives to us" (Hosseini 200). He figures out that they are father like son, because they both lied about something big.
 * Event**

Hosseini, Khaled. //The Kite Runner.// New York: Riverhead Books, 2003.Print

The Wedding The wedding symbolizes the theme of Chapters 13-19 perfectly. The Wedding is between Amir and Soraya, but is set around Amir and his father Baba. Baba is dying around the time of Amir's wedding and he feels bad due to the fact that he has lied to Amir his entire life. Baba never told Amir that Hassan was his half brother, the half that was not acceptable in society. Now that Baba knows hes dying he wants to redeem himself by paying for the wedding. "Baba spent $35,000, nearly the balance of his life savings, on the //awroussi,// the wedding ceremony" (Hosseini 169). This goes to show that Baba felt terrible about the way he had treated his son Amir. He wanted to redeem himself by spending all he had on the wedding ceremony.
 * Symbol**

Hosseini, Khaled. //The Kite Runner.// New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. Print