The conflicts the author puts Amir through show how he acted as a coward when these conflicts arose but as the novel progresses, Amir begins to deal with conflicts in a way where he stands up for himself and the injustices that occur in these conflicts. The use of characterization specifically towards Hassan greatly helped develop the theme by showing the flipside of the theme. Hassan is shown to be very brave and stood up to injustice even as it risked his life. Hosseini shows how when Amir did not stand up for himself and Hassan, It led to Hassan being raped and many other horrific events and led to Amir’s feelings of guilt weighing on himself for twenty six years. Hassan stood up for himself and Amir even though it led to him getting raped and killed. The authors use of conflicts which showed how Amir developed the ability to stand up for himself and the authors characterization of Hassan as brave and capable to stand up to injustice contributed to developing the theme that, “One who does not stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to
The conflicts the author puts Amir through show how he acted as a coward when these conflicts arose but as the novel progresses, Amir begins to deal with conflicts in a way where he stands up for himself and the injustices that occur in these conflicts. The use of characterization specifically towards Hassan greatly helped develop the theme by showing the flipside of the theme. Hassan is shown to be very brave and stood up to injustice even as it risked his life. Hosseini shows how when Amir did not stand up for himself and Hassan, It led to Hassan being raped and many other horrific events and led to Amir’s feelings of guilt weighing on himself for twenty six years. Hassan stood up for himself and Amir even though it led to him getting raped and killed. The authors use of conflicts which showed how Amir developed the ability to stand up for himself and the authors characterization of Hassan as brave and capable to stand up to injustice contributed to developing the theme that, “One who does not stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to