Thursday, December 12, 2013

Amir Free Will 4

"I stepped out of the car and walked to the tall, wooden front gates of the house. I rang the bell but no buzz came -- still no electricity-- and i had to pound on the doors. A moment later, i heard terse voices from the other side and a pair of men toting Kalashnikovs answered the door." - Amir , The Kite Runner 




Free will affects Amir with this quote because he decides to go to the house, where Sohrab is being held.  To the house that is the nest of the merciless Taliban. He is going into the house to the people who he had just seen stone two people to death for their "horrible sin against god." Amir had knew that there could be a possible chance he was not coming out alive, but he chose to have courage to go right in no matter what. Amir is the  showing true qualities of a hero, when he does this selfless act for Sohrab because he is risking everything to  do this. He is putting all of his cowardice aside and finally deciding to take action for something he knew was wrong. He is deciding that he will not make the mistake of just doing nothing again. When he went and faced Assef  he came out healed. The pain that Assef  had caused, each hit on Amir, had ironically healed Amir at the same time. Choosing to walk in this house had saved Amir's soul.

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