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betrays Hassan by watching and doing nothing when Hassan is abused by Assef“I ran because i was a coward”(pg82).“But before you sacrifice yourself for him think of this would he do the same for you”(pg77). Secondly Amir is betrayed by Rahim Khan when he learns that Hassan is his half brother“How could you hide this from me from him”(pg235).“i’m 38 years old and i’ve just found out whole life is one big lie”(pg235). In the book the kite runner Amir betrays Hassan when he watches Hassan being abused

Amir, and his servent Hassan who live in Afghanistan. Amir and Hassan grew up together and everything was fine until one day when the kite running tournament was taking place. When Hassan ran to get a kite that was cut off its string, Hassan was cornered in an alley and the town's bully, Asssef, raped him. Amir watched as Asef raped Hassan and yet he did nothing. Because of this, Assef could deal with what he did, or what he did not do, and wanted Hassan to punish him, but Hassan refused to hurt Amir

named Ali, and his son Hassan. These two were Hazaran, the minority in where they lived in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because of this they were not treated as well as the others. Hassan ends up becoming Amir’s best friend, but whenever Hassan gets attention from Baba, Amir becomes jealous of him. Hassan would always stand up and protect Amir in any situation. At one point, three boys named Kamal, Wali, and Assef threatened to beat up Amir because he was playing with a Hazara, but Hassan stood up for him with

(when he was a child) to treat Hassan incompetently, not considering him as a friend, nor entitling him as one verbally to others. He never stood up for Hassan and never has. He admitted that he "always envied his natural athleticism" (Hosseini 53). Amir just wants to be acknowledge by Baba, but he knows he never will because he isnt the athletic nor strong-minded son his father wanted, however Hassan was. Its so insulting of Amir to say "I had been mean to Hassan [and] almost apologized, then didn't"

Hassan still has the blue kite in hands after being raped by Assef. He hands the kite to Amir when he sees him walking down the sidewalk. Amir hands the kite to Baba in order to complete his quest for Baba’s love. Even though Baba is finally proud of who Amir is, Amir feels guilty of what he has done recently. A week has gone by and Amir’s and Hassan’s relationship has weakened. The two of them barely talk to one another nor do they play together. Amir asks Baba if they can get new servants because

emphasizes throughout the book that the relationship between Amir and Hassan is stressed mainly by the feeling of lost forgiveness Amir feels, added to the fact that he left Hassan in Afghanistan while he and Baba left to America. These themes of immigration and forgiveness are placed in the forefront by Hosseini through the deepening of Amir’s internal feelings, beliefs, and conflicts, added to how Amir copes with the feeling of leaving Hassan. To Amir, leaving Afghanistan was rough, but he mainly believed

Hosseini, the main character, Amir, experiences this sequence of events. Amir makes one wrong decision by leaving his best friend, Hassan, in the darkest time in his life and this showing of arrogance puts him on a road to redemption. He then suffers for years upon years, through the form of guilt. It is not until he realizes his mistaken belief of looking down on Hassan and leaving him, and then going back to Afghanistan to redeem himself by saving Sohrab. When one tries to run away and forget a situation

Religion is a cultural system of behaviors, practices, world views, ethics, and social organization that relate humanity to an order of existence (Dictionary). With more than 84% of the world affiliating with religion, religion permeates the fabric of our existence by it’s influence on legal systems, nation’s policies, and moral standards (Religion stats). Making up 23% of the world population, the Muslim religion is divided into two sects: Sunni and Shi’a. The separation of the Muslim religion is

Guilt, it follows you around everywhere you go, doesn't leave your side, and haunts you throughout your life until you allow it to lead you towards redemption. Guilt possesses the power to shape the type of person someone is and is the leading force behind redemption. Guilt affects many of the character in the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. The novel focuses on guilt as one of its main ideas, this value becomes the driving force behind many of the actions that characters take and

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