Amir's Betrayal Of Hassan Character Analysis

One of the major differences between Amir and Baba is that Baba is seen as courageous, while Amir is more cowardly. Amir always seems to let hassan stand up for him, instead of standing up for himself. “‘Self-defense has nothing to do with meanness. You know what always happens when the neighborhood boys tease him? Hassan steps in and fends them off.’” When Amir sees that Hassan is being attacked, he has to make a decision on whether or not to save him. “I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan – the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past – and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran.” He was too scared to stand up for his closest friend. When Baba and Amir were escaping from Afghanistan, they were stopped by some russian soldiers and Baba was faced with a similar choice. “But the Russian soldier shouted something that made the other

The illegitimate son of Baba and Amir’s half-brother (which he didn’t knew until after Hassan’s death), Hassan was a truly good and beautiful person even though he's had his fair share of hard times. In my opinion, Hassan has it tougher than Amir from the beginning. Not only did Hassan lose his mother (like Amir), his mother flat-out rejected him But Hassan, unlike Amir, is a selfless and joy-filled creature. They spent most their childhood together playing games, reading books and flying kites until that fateful day where he was deprived of his pride. Hassan had a very good relation with Baba as it would later prove out to be his father as well. After the war stricken years, Rahim Khan asked him to come back to the house in Kabul and agrees after thinking about it. He felt that he was near Amir by living in that house and that he’s loyal. His loyalty and integrity are the essence of his character. He and his wife were slaughtered by the Talibans in the earlier part of 2000, thus ending the life on an inspiring individual.

Hassan is selfless and joy-filled person. Hassan is a bit more saintly. Amir had a relatively charmed life in Kabul and he changed a lot when he went to America.

Throughout the book we have seen the type of relationship that Amir and Hassan have and it is clear that Hassan has shown much more loyalty than Amir. In chapter 5 Amir and Hassan decided to climb a tree since they didn’t understand what wa being said on the news about the gunfire last night. As they were on their way to the tree Hassan had gotten a rock thrown at him by Assef. Assef was disgusted by Amir for being friends with Hassan who is a Hazara, taking out his brass knuckles to punch Amir but

some of hassans good character traits is that he is completely loyal to Amir even though Amir betrays him. I can tell u that...

He is very street smart and less book smart and that is because he is uneducated. Hassan is also a very good listener and he is always there to listen to Amir and or Baba. Even though he is a servant and not that wealthy Amir loves him for who is he and that is honestly what makes up a great friendship. Hassan lives to fly kites with Amir. When Amir won the kite flying contest he was very happy for him.

While Amir is seeking for redemption, he has been gradually becoming a hero. Initially, during the first half of the novel, there are countless displays of Hassan’s loyalty toward Amir. Standing up for him with their encounter with Assef, not wanting to hurt him, and taking the blame for actions Amir had committed. “‘Did you steal that money? Did you steal Amir’s watch, Hassan?’ Hassan’s reply was a single word, delivered in a thin, raspy voice: ‘Yes.’” (105) Hassan had captured my liking through these selfless acts toward Amir.

As a child, Amir struggled with jealousy and ultimately that ruined his friendship with Hassan. He had always assumed that Baba had loved Hassan more than him because of his brave personality. In the time period of this novel, Amir was more favoured societally because he was Pashtun and not Hazara like Hassan. This added to the reason why he was jealous that Baba had favoured Hassan more than him. He felt Baba should love him more because he was Pashtun and his son. This racial tension in the country led to Hassan getting beaten and raped by a group of boys. Amir watched his supposed friend get harassed and he did nothing about it because in the moment he was only thinking of himself. Though Hassan had always stood up for him, the one time

Amir and his childhood best friend, Hassan went through a whole lot together in The Kite Runner. Amir and Hassan basically grew up together and were each other's only friends. Together they carved and climbed trees, flew kites and played childhood games. Amir and Hassan had a model friendship. One day as the two boys won the kite tournament Hassan went to go fetch the last fallen kite for Amir.

Amir’s betrayal of Hassan causes him to feel guilt throughout the rest of his childhood, and into his adulthood, and he can’t get rid of that feeling no matter what he does. A little while after Hassan and Ali move out, Amir and Baba move to America to try and start a new life. Amir did this hoping it would help him move on from Hassan, but it didn’t. Once they got America, Amir did his best to forget about Hassan, and he was somewhat able to, until someone would mention his name. After living in America for a few years, Amir met his future wife Soraya, and Baba came down with a deadly disease. Before Baba died however, he granted Amir’s wish of getting the general’s (soraya’s dad) blessing for Amir to marry Soraya. Before they got married

I think Amir's response is some what appropriate considering his past. Though out his life he has felt as though he betrayed Hassan, also how Amir treated Hassan in their last moments together. Had he known that he and Hassan were half-brothers, he may have treated him different and maybe would have done anything for him. Since he had grown up with Hassan for most of his life, when Amir says his life had been a whole lie, he isn't wrong.

From reading chapters one to four, one of the main aspects of Amir and Hassan’s relationship is the sense of control Amir has over Hassan. It becomes apparent that Amir is the one with the most authority in their friendship when he ‘talked’ Hassan into firing walnuts at the neighbour’s one-eyed German shepherd, ‘Hassan never wanted to, but if I asked, really asked, he wouldn’t deny me’. This highlights the way Hassan looks up to Amir and obeys him due to their religious, cultural and social differences, ‘I was a Sunni and he was a Shi’a’. Nevertheless, Amir does express his sensitive side towards Hassan and feels protective over him, especially when he can see he’s upset, ‘I reached across my seat, slung my

Amir had great influences on him as a child; Baba was a brave person, generous to everyone, and should’ve influenced Amir to be the same. On the contrary, Amir was selfish and chose not to stand up for his friend, even when the situation desperately needs it. This is not because of how he grew up, of his environment. Amir’s genetics made him to be fearful and mean, as shown throughout the book. “I knew I was being cruel, like when I’d taunt him if he didn’t know some big word. But there was something fascinating - albeit in a sick way - about teasing Hassan.” (Hosseini 54). Even though Amir had great influences growing up, Hassan took the brunt of his attacks and neglect. Near the beginning of the book, Hassan is raped in the alleys running a kite for Amir. Going after Hassan, Amir finds Hassan while this is going on but does not stop the rapist or stand up for his friend. Instead, Amir ran away and proceeded to abandon Hassan emotionally after the event. Baba was a brave man and would’ve stood up for Hassan, regardless of the danger to him, but Amir was not influenced nearly as much by his positive environment rather than his negative cowardice, or

Though Hassan was his best friend, Amir feelt that Hassan, a Hazara servant, was beneath him. He passively attacked Hassan by mocking and taunting him. Amir never learned how to affirm himself against anyone because Hassan always defended him. All of these factors lead to Amir not being able to stand up for Hassan when he needed him most.

I feel bad for that poor kid Amir. I mean he has a good life and all but Baba thinks there is something wrong with his son. Yesterday Amir was pretty happy that he wrote his own story and wanted Baba to read it. Baba just gave Amir a neutral face and ignored him. I decided that I would read it to make the kid happy. It must have hurt Amir that his father didn’t even bother to touch the story Amir wrote. Amir’s face lit up with joy when I took his story into my hands and read it. I even left a little note for Amir letting him know how great of a writer he is. I treat Amir like he is my own son. His father thinks that it is weird that Amir prefers to have his face stuffed in a book than to fight with other boys. Baba considers Amir as a wimp