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The ending of, 'The Kite Runner', is significant because Amir and Sohrab are flying kites together. Once Amir and Sohrab defeat a kite, Amir tells Sohrab that he will run the kite for him, just as Hassan had done for him. As he flies the kite, memories of Kabul come flooding back in a beautiful and moving passage. For most of the book, memory has literally been a nauseating affair, but now it brings joy to Amir. This event reflects back to the beginning of the book when Amir and Hassan use to run kites together and that it was the strongest bond they shared. The significance of Amir now taking the role of running the kite for Sohrab is that it is now Amir’s turn to do good and this means putting Sohrab first, as Hassan always did for Amir. Sohrab has been utterly silent for a year and the smallest form of communication suddenly seems really, really important. Sohrab's smile hints at confession and peace after years and years of silence and guilt. Sohrab's gestures are so small and so slight that it takes years to get anything more than a smile out of him. This shows that it will take a lifetime, Sohrab’s lifetime, for Amir to repay Hassan for what he has done because Sohrab will not give in to Amir that easily, Amir will have to work hard for it. Amir speaks highly of Hassan to Sohrab in the end, a change from when they were younger and Amir had to hide the fact Hassan was his best friend because he was a Hazara. He speaks to tell Sohrab how proud he was to have Hassan as a friend. I think the way the novel ended created a lasting effect in which Amir and Sohrab’s relationship has just begun. Sohrab’s smile symbolizes how it is the beginning of Amir being redeemed in a way that Sohrab finally gives Amir the reassurances that everything might just be okay.