Kite Runner

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was a thought-provoking book.  The protagonist, Amir, is faced with emence guilt after not stopping his friend, Hassan, from being raped.  Amir tries several different methods of overcoming his guilt.  At first, he runs from the guilt by getting Hassan and his father, Ali, to stop being their servants, so Amir can try and forget what happened.  When Amir and his father flee to America, Amir sees it as another way to run from his troubles.  In the end Amir is presented an opportunity to redeem himself by resucing Hassan's son from Afghanistan which has turned into a war zone.  In Afghanistan, Amir must confront the person who is responsible for what happened to Hassan.  Only with the help of Hassan's son is Amir able to overcome his fear.  At the end of the book, Amir saves the boy and is finally at peace with himself.  As much as Amir tried to run from his past, it found a way back into his life, and he was forced to confront it.