In The Kite Runner, what would be some good quotes on redemption? I'm doing a Literary Analysis on The Kite Runner. I decided to do it on the...

Well, you have certainly picked a vital theme that is
important to understand the novel, and in particular, the character of Amir. The whole
novel, in a sense, marks his journey from his foolish childhood where he commits a
terrible mistake that goes on to haunt him for the rest of his life, to him attempting
to right that mistake and redeeming himself.

For me, a key
part of the novel to focus on is actually the end, when we are told of Amir and Sohrab
and their success in the Kite Flying competition they take part in. This echo of the
past is of course intentional, and as Amir runs to get the kite, he takes on the role of
Hassan in his service to Sohrab and expresses his desire of being to Sohrab was Hassan
was to him. Note how this parallel is reinforced by what Amir says to
Sohrab:

"For
you, a thousand times over," I heard myself
say.

This is of course
another intentional echo of the past, as these are the words that Hassan used to
describe his devotion to Amir. Note how Amir responds to the faint smile of
Sohrab:

It
was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make
anything all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake
of a startled bird's flight.

But I'll take it. With open
arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just
witnessed the first flake
melting.

The novel ends with
the "first flake melting" that allows Amir to gain the redemption he so desperately
craves. Although he has taken Sohrab to the United States, it is only when he is able to
begin to breakthrough to him emotionally and build a relationship with him that he is
able to gain that redemption.