When Amir comes back to his home town, in Kabul, the audience can notice how reminiscent he feels. Everywhere he goes in his town he is reminded of his past memories with his father, family, and most of all his friend... Hassan. Basically anything that Amir sees, touches, eats, smells, or hears sparks memories of him in childhood doing that same activity or something alike it. For example, a simple jungle of a bell reminded him of the Monkey Man that he and Hassan would go after when they were younger. It says, "It reminded me of the Money Man that Hassan and I used to chase down in Shar-e-Nau. The bell on the monkey's neck had made the same jingle sound"(300). That is one example of how strong his memories are from the past that even the smallest things trigger some kind of reaction. When he thinks of these things he becomes very sad and longs to go back and fix his mistakes. However he knows he can't go back and fix those mistakes because it is too late and wouldn't really be able to face those people again even if he could.
However the audience can understand how Amir feels because everyone feels reminiscent when they go back to a place where they grew up in or the school they used to go to. So I personally believe that how Amir is feeling is completely justified and is right for him to do so.
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