Discuss Amir's motives for his decision to go to Pakistan to see Rahim in The Kite Runner.

Interestingly, the telephone conversation that Rahim Khan
has with Amir is never fully quoted. Instead, in Chapter Fourteen, the action begins as
Amir puts down the phone after this conversation that has made him so sure that he must
go back to Pakistan. However, the one line of the conversation that is shared with us
reveals the mixed motives that Amir has for going to
Pakistan:

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Come. There is a way to be good
again, Rahim Khan had said on the phone just before hanging up. Said it in
passing, almost as an
afterthought.

Clearly, Rahim
Khan, as an old family friend, is an important figure to Amir, but what this throwaway
line signifies for Amir is that Rahim Khan new about his betrayal of Hassan all those
years ago and also recognises the unbearable burden of guilt that Amir even now bears.
Thus, Amir is tantalised and tempted by this "way to be good again," which is the real
reason why he returns to Pakistan. He is desperate to make right what he did wrong so
long ago.