Chapter 23-25

Chapter 23

• Amir is in hospital, but cannot do, see or remember much.
• He sees a blur of images as he slips in and out of conciousness; A lady called Aisha, a man with a moustache and someone he recognizes.
• He has strange dreams, he imagines Baba wrestling a bear, then looks up to see that it is actually himself wrestling the bear. 
• When he wakes up he realises that the people he saw blurs of are doctors, and that he is in a hospital in Peshawar. The man that he recognized was actually Farid.
• His mouth is wired shut, the doctors tell him that he has split his top lip, broken the bone in his left eye socket, cracked several ribs and ruptured his spleen. 
• Farid lets Amir know that Rahim Khan has gone and left a note behind
• In the note Rahim Khan says that he knew about what had happened to Hassan, and thought what Amir did was wrong but Amir had been too hard on himself. He said he knew Amir suffered because of the way Baba treated him, but there was a reason; Baba could not love Hassan openly and so felt guilty, taking it out on Amir who Baba felt was socially legitimate. However, Rahim Khan says that good came out of Baba's remorse, the orphanage that he built and the poor he fed were his way of redeeming himself and making up for his sin. It also says that Rahim Khan has left some money in a safe to cover Amir's expenses. He says he has very little time left and that he does not want Amir to look for him.
• The next morning Amir tells Farid the names of the people who run the orphanage, and spends the day with Sohrab playing cards, althoug Sohrab hardly speaks.
• Farid tells Amir that there is not such couple or orphanage, and Amir decided Peshawar is not safe. He leaves with Sohrab to Islamabad.

Chapter 24

• Amir and Sohrab arrive at a hotel in Islamabad.
• Amir takes a nap and waked up to find that he is gone. He remembers Sohrabs fascination with the  mosque they had passed on the way, and finds him there. 
• The two talk about their parents, and Sohrab asks Amir if God will send him to hell for hurting Assef, to which Amir replies that Assef deserved more than he got and Hassan would have been proud of Sohrab for saving Amir's life.
• Sohrab admits to Amir that what Assef did to him makes him feel dirty and sinful, and Amir reassures him that he is not, and it was not his fault at all.
• Amir asks Sohrab to come with him to America to live with him and Soraya. Sohrab does not answer.
• One afternoon a week later Sohrab asks Amir what San Francisco is like. Amir tells him all about it, then Sohrab admits to him that he is worried Amir and Soraya will get bored of him. He says he never wants to go back to an orphanage, and Amir promises he won't let him go back.
• Sohrab says yes to going back to America, and Amir calls to tell Soraya to explain the whole story. She is happy for him to bring back Sohrab.
• The next day they go to the American embassy, where Amir is told the adoption is almost impossible. He is told that without the death certificates there is not proof that Sohrab is an orphan. The man tells him to speak to an immigration attorney, Omar Faisal.
• They talk to Faisal the next day, who says it will be difficult and that they should consider other options; Amir could put Sohrab into an orphanage for 2 years until the government approve the adoption.
• That night Amir breaks the news to Sohrab, who screams and cries until he falls asleep in Amir's arms. 
• While Sohrab sleeps Amir tells Soraya the bad news. She tells him that Sharif, a family member who works for the INS, says that once they have gotten Sohrab into the country there are ways to keep him in.
• Amir goes to Sohrab to tell him the good news, but finds that he is bleeding in the bathtub. He had run a bath and cut his wrists in an attempt to kill himself.

Chapter 25

• Sohrab is rushed to the emergency room.
• In the waiting room Amir uses a sheet as a prayer rug and prays for Sohrab to survive. It is the first time he has prayed for over 15 years.
• Eventually he falls asleep on a chair, dreaming of Sohrab in the bloody bath.
• When he wakes up a doctor comes to tell him that Sohrab has lost a lot of blood, but he will live.
• For several days Sohrab sleeps and Amir waits in the hospital for him. When he finally wakes up Amir asks how he is feeling, but he doesn't reply. Amir reads to him, but he does not pay attention. When he finally speaks he tells Amir he is tired of everything and wanted to be left in the water. Amir tells Sohrab why he came to find him, to tell him that he can go to America, but Sohrab stops speaking entirely.
• The story skips forward to when Amir and Sohrab arrive in San Francisco, in August 2001. 
• General Taheri and Jamila come round for dinner. They discuss the Taliban and what Kabul has become.
• When General Taheri finally asks about Sohrab in a derogatory way Amir calmly explains the story to him, telling him never to call Sohrab 'Hazara boy' again. 
• After September 11th, and the bombing of Afghanistan after that, there is a lot of talk about the places Amir group up all over America. 
• Amir and Soraya take it upon themselves to run and raise money for a hospital on the Afghan-Pakistan border. 
• General Taheri is called to Afghanistan for a ministry position, which Jamila worries about.
• Sohrab still doesn't speak. 
• In March 2002 Amir, Soraya, Sohrab and Jamila go to an Afghan gathering at the park. There is a tent full of people cooking traditional Afghan food.
• Sohrab still doesn't speak, and stands out in the rain away from everyone. Eventually the weather clears up.
• Soraya points out lots of kites in the sky. Amir goes to find a kite seller, buying one and taking to Sohrab. Amir offers him the string but he does not accept. When Amir runs with the kite flying up into the air Sohrab follows him and takes the string. 
• Amir and Sohrab battle with another kite, which is green. They use Hassan's old trick and manage to beat the other kite. People cheer for them.
• Sohrab smiles a little, and Amir asks is he should run the kite Sohrab nods. Amir tells Sohrab "For you, a thousand times over", and begins running after the kite with all the other kids.