Starting at the end

The conclusion of this novel gave me chills. on 371, when Amir repeats to Sohrab what Hassan had told Amir, i actually stopped breathing for a few seconds. "For you, a thousand times over." That line is one of the last things Amir ever heard Hassan say to him. there are many valid themes of this book, but one that really strikes home is pay your dues while you still can. Hassan was loyal til the end, and Amir was unable to return the friendship in life and in childhood. It haunted Amir for his entire life, up until Amir is able to repay the emotional damage not done to Hassan, but to Sohrab. Amir endures a tortureous emotional agony until he is able to bring Sohrab at least partly out of his depressio. He saved him from his devastated childhood and brought him to America, the land of oppurtunity, and a new start not only for Sohrab, but also for the family Amir always wanted.