Metacognition: Evidence Plan

I decided on my essay topic, the importance to Amir that THE KITE RUNNER is written as his own memoir, because I had a TON of opinions, thoughts, and speculations as to why this was. I essentially thought it was because Amir needed to come clean about all the things he had been hiding and all his regrets: not being good enough for Baba, not being there when Hassan needed him, not being honest with Soraya, or not being good enough for Sohrab. When i started flipping through the pages of my book, i thought, "How am i ever gonna find TE to support this? I picked a way too 'big-idea-ish' thesis, and now there's nothing in the book that can solidly support that." That went on for a good 15 minutes. Then I realized that there WAS SOOO MUCH to support my idea. Amir told us everything. He told us, the readers, everything: the things he confessed to the people in his life, but more importantly, the things he didn't. I got it. Amir redeems Baba's pride in him, is there for Hassan by saving his son, confesses his dark past to Soraya, and never gives up on Sohrab. But there are still things he hasn't told a person in his life. And even though he fixed so many of his wrongs, he needed the memoir to fully heal his flawed being. All the little things he tells us but not even his closest loved one. There's my TE.