The Fact or Meaning of Forgiveness in The Kite Runner by...

Before I begin to even attempt to write this paper I just want to start off by covering the fact or meaning of forgiveness or being forgiven. In my life personally there have been numerous occasions on which I have either been forgiven or I have either been forgiven or I have had to forgive someone else. I am here to tell you that it is not easy to be in either of those positions. I say this because whether you are the one who is being forgiven or you are the one who is forgiving someone else despite of who it is you are always in the spot light. I know that you are probably saying that it is good to be in the spotlight but just because it is shining it does not mean it is glistening and just because it is good does not mean that it is†¦show more content†¦In the place that the story takes place family is most important. They have a tradition where if you have no respect for your family then your code of honor is destroyed. Just like all the other cultures if you have no ho nor then you are basically considered as an outcast. Amir and his father went through some very difficult times but as individuals Amirs father was basically disappointed to have Amir as his son so their relationship was kind of fractured. They did not get along very well. Amir tried his best but his whole life to fix something that was not even his fault. He was looked at as being a failure and his father even at a point in time considered him as a murderer. When Amir was born, his mother passed away while she was giving birth to him. So it changed his life forever. He did not have a mother all of his life. â€Å"It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...† This quote matches perfectly with what happened with the characters in the book. One thing which is his mother died while giving birth to him changed his life forever. â€Å"It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.† If he had lost his mother when he got older it would have hurt him way more than it hurts him when he did not even know his mother. Amir’s main goal and issue