Essay On Why Amir Ran Away

“In the end, I ran. I ran because I was a coward” (Hosseini 77). These words perfectly describe why Amir ran away when faced with the choice to help his friend Hassan when he was being assaulted or run away. Amir ran away because of the fear of Assef’s violence being turned against himself. Hassan has always had to stand up or take the blame for Amir in addition to that Amir can’t defend his beliefs and finally, Amir’s choice to run away when Hassan was being assaulted. One reason for Amir’s decision to run is because of his childhood and how Hassan always had to defend Amir. Since Amir and Hassan were children Hasan has had to stand up or take the blame for Amir. Hassan and Amir use to shoot walnuts at their neighbor's German shepherd it was Amir’s idea and Hassan never wanted to do it but according to Amir “Hassan never denied me anything” (Hosseini 4). Hassan would also always have to take the blame for Amir’s cruel idea. This shows that Hassan was always willing to stand up and take the blame for Amir. Amir was also unable to even defend his beliefs. …show more content…
When Assef confronted Amir and Hassan Assef said that “Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood.” He made a sweeping, grandiose gesture with his hands. Afghanistan for Pashtuns, I say. That’s my vision” (Hosseini 40). Amir disagreed with Assef’s vision and this proves that Amir was unable to defend his beliefs his best friend Hassan is a Hazara the exact people Assef was mocking the same people Assef wanted out of Afghanistan but Amir just listened he didn’t state that he believes that his best friend and his people are equal. This weakness to defend his beliefs may have influenced his decision to run away. Amir’s decision to run away also prove he was scared of Assef and getting