Flashback

"Baba marinating lamb for my thirteenth birthday party. Soraya and I making love for the first time, the sun rising in the east, our ears still ringing r\from the wedding music, her henna-painted hands laced in mine....How dark, almost black Hassan's blood had looked in the snow, dropping from the seat of his pants..." (pg.310) This paragraph of flashbacks is a progression of all the happy things that Amir is remembering to the bad things. He is dreaming this things because they have had such a huge impact on his life. The author puts these flashbacks in to show the reader how Amir is reminiscing on them and is moving on in his life. Amir is redeeming his sin against Hassan as a child by adopting his child. He is finally forgiving himself for the wrong he has done. This transition begins a new life for both Amir and his nephew.