After
Hassan’s tragic run in with Assef, Amir fails to step in and help him. I feel that Amir could have avoided all of
the emotional distress if he had tried to help Hassan. Although this would have likely not ended
well for both of them, Amir’s conscious would have remained clear. Amir mentally and physically deteriorates
slowly each day that he keeps Hassan’s rape to himself. If he were to let it out, and tell someone, I
feel it would clear his guilt and allow him to rekindle his relationship with
Hassan. Keeping his guilt inside of him
is only hurting himself, it is also hurting Hassan. Hassan just wants to have his friend back,
especially after being raped. But Amir’s
guilt causes him to verbally and physically assault Hassan. Baba’s fading love for his son isn’t doing
Amir any favors. Amir is trapped on all
sides. Everywhere he goes he runs into
problems. When he is with his father,
the lack of understanding between the two hurts Amir, and when he is home he
worries constantly about running into Hassan.
Until Amir clears his conscience and comes clean about what he saw, he
will never be able to be friends with Hassan again. Hassan is also suffering similarly to how
Amir is. His best friend has distanced
him so far, that he can’t reach him even if he wants to. On top of his best friend leaving him, he has
to stand face to face with Assef, the kid who raped him. Right now the two (Hassan and Amir) are stuck
in an all-time low in their life. I don’t
expect to see them hang out together as friends again until the end of the
book.
Even
with Amir winning the kite tournament, we see that Baba doesn’t change. He is only momentarily intrigued with his
son. Baba’s disconnect with his son is
the stem of all of Amir’s problems. Baba
wishes to have a son who is charming and athletic, and Amir just isn’t that
son, and will never be. I feel that Amir’s
world might not change until Baba learns to accept his son rather than push him
away, and treat him like a stranger in his own home.
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