Natalie's Reaction

A lot changed in this chapter of The Kite Runner. Amir believed that his relationship with Baba would forever remain positive and exactly how he had envisioned it, but now he realizes that this is not the case. This makes sense and it was exactly what I believed would have happened because one event would never be able to completely change how a person sees you and how they feel about you. At first Baba does everything Amir had believed they would do together, but then slowly it starts to change. Rather then wanting to go with Amir alone to Jalalabad, he wants to invite Hassan and later he ends up inviting almost 20 people. I think Amir begins to realize that things are changing, and he realizes that what he let happen to Hassan was a mistake. In this section I began to stop hating Amir a bit. He clearly feels bad about what happened with Hassan, and mostly that he did not say anything to stop it. I guess now there is nothing he can do to change it, but I feel like he really misses his friendship with Hassan. I have many questions regarding Hassan. I am still wondering whether or not Hassan knows that Amir saw him, hopefully this will get resolved later in the novel because it changes a lot about Hassan and Amir’s relationship. I feel like Baba has a strange relationship with Hassan and his father. For some reason he cares a lot for Hassan, maybe it is because he grew up with Hassan’s father or maybe it is a different reason, but it is important to note. When Amir asks Hassan to go up to the hill and under the pomegranate tree I thought it was because he was ready to be friends with Hassan again, but clearly the events that transpired proved otherwise. I think Amir threw the pomegranates at Hassan because he wanted him to fight back because he felt so guilty over what happened. Amir wants to stop feeling guilty, and for this to happen he needs Hassan to throw the pomegranates at him. Obviously Hassan does not throw the pomegranate at Amir because he cares about him too much and instead hits it against his head. I feel really bad for Hassan because he is so nice and cares about Amir so much yet in the time that Hassan needs Amir most he is not there for him.