Risin' Action

"Once, over those mountains, I had made a choice. And now, a quarter of a century later, that choice has landed me right back on this soil." page 241

I think that this point in the novel serves as a major challenge for Amir to overcome. We really have no idea how at this point, so I think it can be seen as a complication. A definite feeling of suspense is also created here. How will he resolve his and Baba's sins? I feel like that decision he made as a child had such an impact on Hassan's life that there is no real way to make up for it. Even if he does save Sohrab from the orphanage.. the kid still will always be an orphan.

I think this quote can also be didactic. Every decision you make in your life will affect something someway, even if that thing is small or big. That decision he made 25 years ago caused his most loyal friend to die and for his son to become orphaned.