Natalie's Response to Ryan C

            Like Ryan I believe that the longer Amir tries to forget the incident, and tries to bury it deeper, the harder it is going to be on him. When he is going to sleep one night he says out loud that he witnessed Hassan get raped, he says this because he can no longer suppress the guilt of what he let happen and needs to tell someone. Saying this out loud to no one but himself does not really make Amir feel better, he needs to talk to Hassan about it or at least to someone else. In the end the only way for him to get closure will be by discussing it with Hassan and riding himself of this burden, but I think that he will never completely rid himself of the guilt because in the end he let it happen. I believe with Ryan that Baba’s new relationship with Amir is another burden for him because he is constantly reminded of what happened. Baba is proud of Amir for winning the kite flying competition and repeats the story to all his family and friends, each time he repeats it Amir has to relive what he let happen and suffer through the guilt all over again. Also I think that Amir begins to see that this relationship with his father will not last forever. Hopefully Amir will be able to apologize to Hassan, or at least be there for him because it is now when he needs him most.