Unity

"I did something I had done twenty-six years earlier: I planted a fistful of crumpled money under a matress" (pg 242).

The importance of this scene is that it relates back to Amir's childhood when Amir framed Hassan and his father of stealing from him and thus trying to have Baba let them go. However, this time, instead of causing trouble for the sake of his own good, Amir leaves money for Farid in his family. Of course, they were too stubborn to accept it in person. So Amir does an act to symbolize reversing his old ways. The significance of this event plays two roles. 1. Much of the second half of the book focuses on Amir redeeming himself from the acts of his childhood. This is just one situation is which Amir tries to reverse what has occurred in the past. 2. The idea of a charitable cause only makes Amir more like his father than he believes. Not only do they share ugly secrets but also a sense of what is right and good. These two roles ultimately play into the unity of tying the events of this novel together.