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Amir's Call to Adventure is when Rahim Khan calls Amir asking him to go back to Pakistan. This is so that he can tell Amir of the truth with Hassan and what he must do.
""I have to go to Pakistan."
She stood up now. "Pakistan?"
"Rahim Khan is very sick." A fist clenched inside me with those words." (164).

This is Amir's Call to Adventure because this begins his journey of redeeming himself to Hassan, in saving his son.

Archetypes:
Herald- The Herald of this Call to Adventure is the truth behind Hassan, that he and Amir are brothers. As well as Hassan's death, leaving his child an orphan in need of saving.

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Amir's Refusal of Call is when he initially says no to Rahim Khan about traveling to Kabul to save Sohrab.

""I have a wife in America, a home, a career, and a family. Kabul is a

dangerous place, you know that, and you'd have me risk everything for..." (188).

This quote shows Amir's initial refusal and Hesitation. Although ultimately he decides to grant Rahim his dying wish and to save Hassan's son.

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A mentor to Amir is Rahim Khan. Ever since he was young, he acted as a father figure to Amir, always inspiring him and nurturing his creativity.
"As always, it was Rahim Khan who rescued me. He held out his hand and

favored me with a smile that had nothing feigned about it. "May I have it, Amir Jan? I would very much like to read it." (25).

Rahim Khan always encouraged Amir in all his endeavors, including writing, which would later become his career. Rahim Khan always played an important role in Amir's development. Which makes him a good mentor to Amir. For these reasons, Rahim Khan is the archetype of the mentor.

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Through his Journey there are many trials and failures
He tries to rescue Sohrab from the Orphanage, to only find that he has been taken by the Taliban.

"But if something

can be done for Sohrab... I'll tell you because I believe you. You have the look of a desperate man." He was quiet for a long time. "There is a Talib official," he

muttered. "He visits once every month or two. He brings cash with him, not a lot,

but better than nothing at all." His shifty eyes fell on me, rolled away. "Usually

he'll take a girl. But not always."... "He took Sohrab a month ago,"  Zaman finally croaked, hands still shielding his face." (219-220).

This is one of the major failures in Amir's journey, that he would have to put himself in even more danger to find Sohrab. He tried to rescue Sohrab from the orphanage, but he failed because he had already been taken by the Taliban.

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"Next to me, Sohrab was breathing rapidly through his nose. The spool rolled in his palms,the tendons in his scarred wrists like rubab strings".(326)
this quote explains the absense that someone taken hassans life. And it was the end.

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The change in Amir’s character we see in the novel centers on his growth from a selfish child to a selfless adult. After allowing Hassan to be raped, Amir is not any happier. On the contrary, his guilt is relentless, and he recognizes his selfishness cost him his happiness rather than increasing it.
“A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything." (20).
Baba says these words to Rahim Khan while he is talking about Amir at the end of Chapter 3, and the quotation reveals important traits in Amir. Baba sums up one of Amir’s major character flaws—his cowardice—and Baba shows how much value he places in standing up for what is right.

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Amir understood that he must risk his own life in order to free him and his father from their sins. Amir desired rebirth of a new life, but he was unsure of how to live a life free of sin. He also  compares America to his own rebirth. America is a place of hope and freedom, things Amir desperately needs. In America, Amir can be whomever, go wherever, and do whatever he wants.

"America was different. America was a river roaring along, unmindful of the past. I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far." (144).

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"San Fransiscos panhandlers sitting beneath the awnings of small art galleries"(320)
This quote describes him coming home back to san fransisco

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Amir takes a pivotal turn in the last chapters of the novel. He becomes a loving and compassionate man who sacrifices everything for friendship. Amir develops a deep, enduring love for Hassan's orphaned son Sohrab. He rescues him from a horrible situation -- Sohrab is mentally and sexually abused by the same man who raped Hassan years ago. Amir learns the true meaning of love and loyalty and adopts Sohrab, treating him as a son.

‘For you, a thousand times over,’ I heard myself say." (391).

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"Because the truth of it was, I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn't I? The least I could have done was to have had the decency to have turned out a little more like him. But I hadn't turned out like him. Not at all." [19]

This quote shows that Amir feels that hes responsible for his mothers death and desires for atonment from baba

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Amir realizes his life has been a lie all along. Baba favored Hassan in the past -Amir realizes this as a sign that Hassan is his half-brother. He also realizes he must leave to help Sohrab right away before he talks himself out of going.

"Baba and I were more alike than I’d ever known. We had both betrayed the people who would have given their lives for us. And with that came this realization: that Rahim Khan had summoned me here to atone not just for my sins but for Baba’s too." (226).

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"I reached across the table and put my hand on his. My student hand, clean and soft, on his laborer's hand, grubby and calloused. I thought of all the trucks, train sets, and bikes he'd bought me in Kabul. Now America. One last gift for Amir" (Hosseini, 145).

Amir was thiking about all the times baba bought him a gift like the rain sets,bikes,and trucks.