Corruption In The Kite Runner

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“Now, no matter what the Mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft” (Hosseini 17). In The Kite Runner, author Khaled Hosseini mentions how a young boy grows up with his father in a small town in Afghanistan. During his life he faces many tribulations, but with great persistence he overcomes each roadblock he encounters. Hassan wished Amir and him were able to go on just as the did before the incident in the alleyway; he misses how Amir would read books to him underneath the pomegranate tree, how they would go on trips with their fathers together, and how he used to run Amir 's kite. Unfortunately, Amir framed Ali and Hassan by placing money under their bed and made them out …show more content…
From the moment Hassan was sexually assaulted by Assef and his friends in the alley Amir felt he should be the one being blamed. They grew up loving each other much like brothers, but now they didn’t even want to be in the same vicinity. Amir and Baba had just returned from Jalalabad where they visited the Homayoun’s. Baba had wanted Hassan to go along as well, but he was sleeping off a cold or something (Hosseini 82) so, instead he called family members to make the trip with them. When they returned Amir was headed up to his room when Hassan asked if they could go on a hike together. Despite that, the two boys were tired they climbed up the hill and sat beneath the pomegranate tree. Hassan had asked Amir to read to him just as they had done before, but he claimed coming up the hill was a mistake. They made the trek back to the house in complete silence. Amir thought to himself how he wished it was spring since he knew when spring returned, he’d be able to leave the house where Hassan was at and return to school, possibly letting the memories escape from one’s memory. Following their walk Amir was in his room reading from one of his novels. A knock came from the other side, it was Hassan. He was going to make a quick trip to the baker and asked if he would join along. After a few exchanged words Hassan wanted to know what he’d ever done wrong. Why they couldn’t just go back to the way they were before, reading under the pomegranate tree on sunny afternoons and flying kites day after day. Amir simply said, “You haven’t done anything, Hassan. Just go” (Hosseini 88). At that exact moment Hassan felt atrocious; he knew he’d done the wrong thing. He wished at that very moment that he would 've acted differently, that he would of made better decisions that day, and that he wasn’t a

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