Essay On The Butterfly Effect Of Girus Ax By Oedipus Rex

A guilty conscience can haunt a person for their entire life; even ruining a future for them or for someone else. The guilt can eat someone alive and nag and nag and nag until bam†¦ they snap. However, they can subside the guilt by revealing what they saw, what they did, or whatever it may be that they are hiding. Every decision has a consequence or effect, which will continue to affect other things, down a web of actions. This is called the Butterfly Effect and this relates to every decision anyone makes. Amir, from The Kite Runner, and Oedipus, from the play Oedipus Rex, helps prove this and have experienced this effect, without even knowing it, from their life decisions. Amir and Oedipus will have to deal with the consequences and†¦show more content†¦This I did, for he was worthy, although a slave, to take even greater grace than this† (Oedipus Rex 37). They both cannot admit they did wrong right away. Amir knows in the back of his mind but will not say it; while Oedipus is not getting the hint that he did it, even after all the clues so he wants to talk to the only survivor of that night. To hide from their mistakes and shame, people like to pretend some things just never happened, or push it aside to deal with later. Either way, it is avoiding the issue at hand that should be solved. Amir chose to do nothing to help Hassan, so Amir got to pretend he did not see any of it happen. Whether Hassan knew that Amir saw, or not, the description of Hassan in the book practically told you what happened: â€Å"â€Å"Where were you? I looked for you,† I said. Speaking those words was like chewing on a rock. Hassan dragged a sleeve across his face, wiped snot and tears. I waited for him to say something, but we just stood there in silence, in the fading light. I was grateful for the early-evening shadows that fell on Hassan’s face and concealed mine. I was glad I didn’t have to return his gaze. Did he know I knew?† (The Kite Runner 78). Oedipus tries to end up pushing the idea of him possibly being the murderer of Laius out of the way