After Amir hides his watch and money under Hassan’s bed. Baba talks to Ali and Hassan, if they stole Amir’s watch and money. Hassan lied and said yes. He took the blow for Amir. Amir then says, “"I loved him in that moment, love him more than I'd loved anyone and I wanted to tell them that I was the snake in the grass”(Hosseini 105). This is a biblical allusions that alludes Amir as the snake in the garden of Eden. The snake represent sin. Amir’s sin has made Hassan and Ali leave his home. He deceives Baba into believing that Hassan stole the watch and money, like the snake deceiving Eve to eat the forbidden
