Natalie's Reaction

Although I can sort of see where Amir is coming from and why he would not want to live constantly seeing Hassan and constantly feeling guilty, his actions were really messed up. He is intentionally and knowingly blaming Hassan for stealing, and hoping that Baba would get mad enough to send them away. Although there is no justification for Amir’s actions I think that Amir and Hassan’s separation will help both of them. Constantly being together and seeing each other just keeps reminding them of the events that occurred and hopefully it will help Hassan live past what occurred. Despite obvious reasons that Amir and Baba need to leave their move also seems like something that will help Amir forget about what occurred with Hassan although I do not know if he will actually ever be able to forget it. I felt bad for Baba in this section of the novel. Despite everything that was occurring he always maintains his respect and dignity. He is a hard worker and although he goes from being a wealthy man to working at a gas station, he is always trying to support his own family and will not take handouts. He even rents a van to go to the flee market and sell items they bought at garage sales. He goes through all this effort in order to benefit Amir, he says he is doing this so that he can go to school and make something out of himself. Initially I had mixed feelings towards Baba he seemed to only care about his job, and little about Amir. But clearly this whole time he has been doing it to help Amir, he is trying to help him “become a man” and live independently. He also puts himself through all these sacrifices to help make Amirs life better. In the end he ended up being a good person, who had pride and self respect and it saddened me that he passed away. I was glad that he was able to see Amir and Sorayas wedding and the fact that he said that it was the happiest day of his life. Also in the end he accepts Amir’s choices and boasts that he will be a great writer one day. At the end of this section Amir is talking to Rahim Khan, which is the  same conversation that occurs in the beginning of the novel. Rahim Khan tells him that he is sick and that he knows how he can stop feeling guilty. Amir’s trip to Afghanistan will make him have to face his past, and hopefully find a way to make things better.