Interpersonal Essay

While Amir is lying in the dark, with nothing but his own thoughts, he feels that his guilt is taking over his life. He realizes that he is going to get away with his betrayal and yet he feels terrible. He decides that the only way he is going to live with his remorse is to ignore Hassan, blot him out, so he does not have to think about his sin. Amir’s guilt is so great that he cannot bear to have Hassan under the same roof, so he commits another sin. He lies to his father and accuses Hassan of stealing. “…I took a couple of the envelopes of cash from the pile of gifts and my watch, and tiptoed out…I lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it…I knocked on Baba’s door and told what I hoped would be the last in a long

Eventually, Amir received a call from his old mentor, who told him to come back to Afghanistan because "there is a way to be good again." What Amir learned while he visited his mentor would lead him to what he considered redemption. Hassan had been killed, which Amir partially considered his fault, but Hassan's son, Sohrab, was still alive. With the idea of giving him to a good placement organization, Amir set out to save Sohrab. Amir found Sohrab in the possession of a Taliban member, the same man who had raped Hassan when they were children. In order to save Sohrab, Amir had to fight the man, and he was injured very badly in doing so. Despite his injuries, he felt better about himself. He felt free, at peace. He finally had the courage to tell his wife about what he had done, and that took a weight off of his shoulders, as well. Even though Hassan had forgiven him long ago, Amir refused anything less than Hassan's fate.

Once back in Kabul, Amir takes steps he would never have imagined, which truly define his character. On his venture back to Afghanistan he learns the truth about Hassan’s connection with Baba. After hearing this Amir feels robbed of the truth and is angry at how his own father could hold this back from him. Despite his feelings, Amir realizes he must not only pay for his betrayal of Hassan but for Baba’s betrayal of Ali too. Amir knows he must face his fears and he understands this when he reveals, “I remembered Baba saying that my problem was that someone had always done my fighting for me" (Hosseini 239). Following this he undertakes a personal mission to find Sohrab and finds the courage to stand up to the Taliban, nearly dying in the process. During his quest Amir comes face to face with the disturbing Assef and fights him for Sorab, the ultimate sacrifice for his dead half-brother. While he is beaten he begins to laugh, which angers Assef even more. Amir explains that, “What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace" (Hosseini 303). After successfully bringing Sohrab back to California, Amir defends his Hazara nephew when General Taheri insults him. Over the dinner

Hassan is hurt and frustrated by the way Amir treats him after the betrayal, but he never blames Amir for the way he acted. He never forgets about Amir and remains his faithful servant and loving friend until his he is killed by Taliban soldiers, even though Amir and Hassan's paths

In order to win his father's approval, Amir chooses to betray Hassan's loyalty and let Assef rape him. CD1Amir decides to sacrifice Hassan as "the price [he] had to pay... to win Baba", his father, even though he is betraying his most loyal friend (77). Amir lost his most loyal friend after thinking only of himself. CD2Amir voluntarily tries to "[forget] what [he]'d done", he chooses to ignore that he hurt his best friend to try to free himself from the guilt he is feeling(79). CD3 Hassan chooses to sacrifice for "[Amir] once again" even though Amir betrayed him and became "the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake"(105).

Amir and Hassan enjoy each other's company and spend their days playing together, but their friendship is one sided majority of the time. Hassan is constantly sacrificing himself to please Amir, yet Amir never expenses himself in Hassan’s favor until after Hassan’s passing. The relationship between Amir and Hassan is difficult by the fact that Hassan is a Hazara, which is a lesser status in Afghan society. Although Hassan is loyal and faithful, Amir is torn between his love for Hassan and his sense of shame at being friends with someone who his society views as below him. Amir is faced with a constant battle within himself to love Hassan as Hassan loves him.

. In the end, I was Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi’a, and nothing was going to ever change that”(Hosseini 27). Amir struggles to be a good friend and truly loyal to Hassan even though their relationship basically makes them best friends. He is unable to admit he is friends with Hassan because he is from the upper social class and is taught by his Afghan tradition and history that Pashtuns are too pure to have relationships with Hazaras because they are below them. Hassan is treated as a friend and a enemy by Amir because he wants to follow what he has always been taught as the principles of Afghan society while he wants to challenge the societal norms by staying true as a friend to

Friendship, tested by war and savagery, is change into betrayal. Although both characters betray their friends, both grieve for them back. Amir deceives Hassan, his only friend, when he watches and does nothing as Hassan, who would always stand up to him, gets raped by Assef. Later, he convinces Baba that Hassan has stolen money and his watch that makes Ali and Hassan leave their household. Although, the betrayal leads him on a journey of redemption that will bring good as he rescues Sohrab, Hassan’s son. He learns that Hassan has been shot dead, married to a beautiful woman Farzana, and has a handsome son Sohrab. Amir goes to lengths to save Sohrab from Assef and the Taliban, his drowning-suicide attempt, and bringing him back to California with him, adopting him. From the journey, he finds

Amir’s misadventures begin as a boy living in an affluent Afghanistan world. On the day of his birth, his mother hemorrhages to death. Robbed of any feminine influence or comfort, he goes to his overshadowing Baba for love and acceptance. His father denies his only son the tenderness he desires, leading Amir to believe his father despises him. After all, Amir’s

After the excitement of winning, Amir went looking for Hassan because he was gone for a long time. As Amir was looking for him in the alley he find Hassan but as with three other boys, Wali, Kamal, and Assef. Earlier in the novel, Amir and Hassan had run into with these three boys, where Assef was embarrassed, and this at this point was the perfect opportunity for revenge. Assef wanted to teach Hassan a lesson, therefore Assef rapes Hassan in an alleyway while Wali and Kamal watch. But to make situations worse, as Amir arrives, but Amir doesn 't have the guts to step forward for Hassan, so instead Amir watched in horror, along with Wali Kamal. During this scene, Hosseini uses a lot of imagery to portray the violence-taking place in the alley. He uses animals as an example to explain the moment between Assef and Hassan. Also Hosseini illustrates that the tension begins in the alley. It has been described as 'blind ', to show to the reader that there is no way for Hassan to escape, so Hassan is trapped. Also in other ways describing the situation just like prey being trapped by its predator. This part of the book leads to the whole book with guilt that Amir did not do anything with Hassan needed him the most, and betrayal.

Hassan protested” (218). Hassan perishes trying to protect his brother’s home, and this is the last time that Hassan can prove himself to Amir, even as the years go by, he continues to sacrifice himself for Amir.

This theory help understand interpersonal factors such as knowledge, attributed, beliefs, motivation, self-concept and self-efficacy.

As of today I would describe my Impersonal Competence as a 3 because I am good at communicating with people and majority of the time when I speak to people, I am appropriate and ethical. However, I do feel at times I don’t always feel effective when I try to get my point across because the people I usually come in contact with don’t always agree with the things I say. For example, While I was growing up, my parents taught me be respectful to other peoples values and as well as their beliefs in addition to being respectful towards their attitudes towards life. In most situations, I find myself always being neutral in any situation whether it’s with my friends or even with family. However, when it comes to my family and family or anyone that means something to me, usually I try to speak ethically as well as listen for the good and the bad parts of the situation because I’ve learned that every part of the story needs to be heard.

In conclusion, Khaled Hosseini uses Idris’s trait of kindness and love as well as the relationship Idris has with Timur and Roshana to show qualities that illustrate Idris’s heroism. Throughout the novel, the jealousy Idris had towards Timur stopped him for being content with what he had and led his life to destruction. The heroic act of Idris helping Roshana with her surgical needs backfires as he was unable to keep his promise which led him to suffer from guilt and distress. Idris idea of traveling to Afghanistan to reconnect with his heritage and support Afghan charities also fail as he returns to America overwhelmed by his guilt. In the novel, the heroic trait works against Idris as he constantly suffers and leads to his defeats each time

I left the car and opened the door for my most faithful companion, my brother, and my son. I held them so close to me, as I knew that this would be the last time I would see them, and I wept. I cried so much that even the torrential rain couldn’t compete with the tears rolling down my checks. I kissed them both on their cheeks and whispered to them both “Go now, with peace.” I took their luggage and placed it under the cover of the bus stop, I looked back onto the ones that I hold dear to me and I cried. On the way back to Amir I realized that I can’t tell him so much, I can’t tell him about the terrible fate that happened to Hassan on the day of his most proudest achievement, and I can’t tell him that his brother is Hassan. I must become secretive in order to protect him. I would rather leave my home, I would rather die than letting Amir know what terrible fate fell upon his