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__Baba's death__ (Amir's path to becoming independent) the event of Baba's death was a very important part of Amir's life and a key event in the book //The Kite Runner.// this was a huge change in Amir's life due to the fact that his fathers death had forced him to become independent and no longer devoting his life to impressing his father. such an event altered the way Amir lived his life and in a way making his goals meaningless. When Amir was young he over heard his father speaking to Rakhim about him Baba had said "A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything"(Hosseini 22). this quote may have been what had set off Amir's ambitions, but in the end Baba was right and now Amir must stand up for himself, and finally prove that he no longer need to be dependant on his father and no longer needs to try to impress his father.

-Ricky Orozco, Joel Wright

__Amir's infertility__ (Amir's punishment for his past actions) Amir and his wife have tried so hard to have a child but cannot. doctors have said there is no reason for them not to be able to have children. Amir begins to believe that the reason for this is because of his sin and he stresses to pass his name along the generations. His wife explains to him what her mother had always told him "One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples."(Hosseini 269). this qoute shows how in a metaphor how Amir must be paitent for his path of virture or it will come back at him in a bad way. Now Amir must wait to be redeemed. his infertility is a sign of his bad karma.

-Ricky Orozco, Joel Wright

__"there is a way to be good again"__ (Amirs redemption from his sins) Throughout //Kite Runner// the quote “There is a way to be good again” is pressed into the minds of the readers to show its significance to the book. the characters though out the book are always presented with issues and they always find a way to be good again. Amir has had events in his past that had continued to haunt him throughout the book, because he always sseeks redemption “//There is a way to be good again,// he’d said. A way to end the cycle. With a little boy. An orphan. Hassan’s son. Somewhere in Kabul” (Hosseini 226). through this Amir could abide by his sins that where commited agianst his dear friend Hassan to gain his fathers respect. the only way for Amir to repent for his sins and keep his blood line flowing throught the generations if for him to go back home and save his friends son and his nefew from the poverty, thus releaving Hassans spirt and his own sins. the message this qoute presents is that even in a persons downfall theres always hope to climb back to the top.

-Ricky Orozco, Joel Wright