Amir and Odysseus both ultimately attempt to return home and achieve a goal. In Amir's case he had to return to his childhood village to retrieve his half-brother's son and in Odysseus' case he had to return home after being at sea for twenty years. The two maintained family values ​​and had people at home who loved them very much. Amir owed it to Hassan and Odysseus needed to return to his faithful wife and son in Ithaca. In a certain sense they both undertook these dangerous journeys and endured them for their family: “For you, a thousand times” (Hosseini