What Is The Difference Between Amir And Hassan In The Kite Runner

In The Kite Runner, there are two important characters, Amir and Hassan. Amir is the main character as well as the narrator of the story, leading to seeing events through his eyes. As Amir is telling the story, he thinks of an event that happened twenty-six years before, when he was a little boy, living in Afghanistan, saying that that made him who he is. Amir is the son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and he grows up being used to getting what he wants. Amir grows up with his father Baba, the servant Ali and Ali’s son Hassan.
Amir’s only friend is Hassan, with whom he likes to run kites, a game where you have to chase drifting kites in the sky that have been cut loose in kite fighting. Hassan, unlike Amir, is a poor ethnic Hazara, who …show more content…
Rahim tells Amir he convinced Hassan and his wife, Farzana, to come to Kabul to live with him. Hassan and Farzana had a son, Sohrab. After Rahim got ill, he went to Pakistan for treatment, where he received a call from a neighbour in Kabul. Hassan and Farzana were killed by the Taliban, and Sohrab was sent to an orphanage. Rahim eventually asks Amir to find Sohrab and bring him back to Pakistan. Amir agrees, because he still feels guilty over the way he treated Hassan. Amir goes to the orphanage where the Taliban took Sohrab, but he is not there. Amir is told that the officer of the Taliban took Sohrab, he would most likely be at a soccer stadium nearby. Amir goes to the game the next day, where he speaks with the officer. As soon as he looks him in the eyes he recognizes Assef, the bully from twenty-six years before, who also raped Hassan. Assef attacks Amir and Sohrab, but due to a slingshot of Sohrab, they can escape. This event shows Amir still cares about Hassan. He might be a true friend after all, but he is too late to prove it to Hassan.
I think this is renewing for the story. It is the opposite of what has happened in the previous chapters. Now it is Amir who shows true friendship towards Hassan. He not only does Sohrab a favour, he also does Hassan a favour. By saving Sohrab, he shows true friendship to Hassan, sadly too late.
Friendship is a critical theme in the book. The story is built upon the bond between Hassan and Amir, if Hassan had not been such a true and loyal friend to Amir, there would not have been a story to tell. If Amir would have been such a true and loyal friend to Hassan as well, he would not have felt so guilty, and Hassan and Ali would have lived with Baba and Amir for the rest of their