Journal entry #1: The Kite Runner

“There is a way to be good again” pg. 2 and 202

I think this is a very important quote from the novel it appears at the very beginning and throughout the story. This one sentence means many things Throughout the story. It brings back many old and forgotten memories some good and some bad like those that have been locked away in Pandora’s Box for many years and have just been set free. But with it there is also a message of hope. A message that past sins can be corrected and forgiven and that “all can be good again”. In this story Amir must make a very tough decision. In order to make up for his sins he must travel back to Kabul a province in Afghanistan. Which has just under gone a war and is now under the control of the Taliban. If Amir decides to go back to Kabul he will most certainly be risking his life. This makes me think about what some people will do out of guilt and how far I would go to right my own wrongs.