In Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner, two of the main characters are Amir and Hassan. With Amir being a year older than Hassan and Hassan and his father being the servants to Amir and his father, these two characters grew up together. They nursed from the same breast, they took their first steps on the same lawn, and said their first words under the same roof. Hassan’s first word was Amir’s name. These two grew up close, like brothers, and towards the ending of the story we learn that Amir and Hassan really were brothers.
Even though Amir and Hassan grew up together and are related, they are very different. Amir grew up privileged and legitimate while Hassan grew up poor and led a life as nothing more than a servant. “Your father was a man torn between two halves,” “I had been the entitled half, the society-approved, legitimate half, the unwitting embodiment of Baba’s guilt.. Baba’s other half. The unentitled, unprivileged half. The half who had inherited what had been pure and noble in Baba. The half that, maybe, in the most secret recesses of his heart, Baba had thought of as his true son.”(359). Both however, grew up loved in different ways. …show more content…
When Amir wanted a new and better kite, Baba got one for Hassan as well. Baba always tried to invite Hassan along with him and Amir when they go out. He even payed for Hassan to get plastic surgery to remove his cleft lip. Baba treated Hassan as if he liked him more than he loved Amir and that made Amir jealous. When Amir framed Hassan for theft of his birthday presents, Baba didn’t punish him as harshly as one might have thought. Hassan did commit theft and according to Baba “there is no act more wretched then stealing”(18). So when Ali and Hassan left Baba cried and begged them not to go. This was the first time that Amir had seen his father
Even though Amir and Hassan grew up together and are related, they are very different. Amir grew up privileged and legitimate while Hassan grew up poor and led a life as nothing more than a servant. “Your father was a man torn between two halves,” “I had been the entitled half, the society-approved, legitimate half, the unwitting embodiment of Baba’s guilt.. Baba’s other half. The unentitled, unprivileged half. The half who had inherited what had been pure and noble in Baba. The half that, maybe, in the most secret recesses of his heart, Baba had thought of as his true son.”(359). Both however, grew up loved in different ways. …show more content…
When Amir wanted a new and better kite, Baba got one for Hassan as well. Baba always tried to invite Hassan along with him and Amir when they go out. He even payed for Hassan to get plastic surgery to remove his cleft lip. Baba treated Hassan as if he liked him more than he loved Amir and that made Amir jealous. When Amir framed Hassan for theft of his birthday presents, Baba didn’t punish him as harshly as one might have thought. Hassan did commit theft and according to Baba “there is no act more wretched then stealing”(18). So when Ali and Hassan left Baba cried and begged them not to go. This was the first time that Amir had seen his father