Sunday, May 20, 2007

The Kite Runner

What i have been reading recently about is still in amirs childhood. as the reader were learning more of how he is treating hassan or how he sees him as does he see him as a friend or just as a servant boy. there was the big kite tournement.. and amir won! he won it all and as hassan runs off to go get teh winning kite for amir he gets it but runs into a problem. he gets traped in an alley bullies. they say to him " But before you sacrifice yourself for him, think about this: would he do the same for you? Have you ever wondered why he never includes you in games when he has guests? whey he only plays with you hwen no one else is around? ill tell you why, hazara. beacuse to him, youre nothing but an ugly pet. somethign he can play with when hes bored, something he can kick when hes angry. dont ever fool yourself and think youre something more"(72). this shows us how hassan feels but then while amir is watching all of this happens he says " I had one last chance to make a decision. one final opportunity to decide who i was going to be. i could step into that alley, stand up for hassan- the way hed stood up for me all those times in the past- and accept whatever would happen to me. or i could run. in the end, i ran"(76).this is in the end very telling to how amir see him he sees him as a servant boy and not a friend liek hassan thinks he is. im not sure how this is going to come out but someday hassan will figure this out.

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