What Is Amir's Role In The Kite Runner

Amir spent his whole childhood in Afghanistan with his wealthy father and best friend Hassan, son of their servant, who Amir witnessed being raped in an ally, and did nothing about. Soon after, they were forced to leave Afghanistan because it was becoming war torn. Amir continued to live his life in America, where he married the love of his life and his father died. Later in his life, Amir went to Afghanistan and retrieved Hassan’s son, who was his nephew, out of trouble with the Taliban. The men throughout Amir’s story helped and destroyed Amir developing him into the man that he was in the end of the book. Assef was the true antagonist to Amir’s life. He was a highly static character. The first influential encounter was when Assef “knelt behind Hassan” (Hosseini 75) and raped him. Amir turned and ran, refusing to acknowledge that he had seen what had happed for fear of what Assef would do to him. Assef should have been a role model to Amir because he was a few years older, but instead he only had negative impacts on Amir’s life. This event put Amir’s view of himself even lower than it already was. He believed himself to be a coward and that haunted him for the …show more content…
Ali was the father of Hassan and servant to Baba, Amir’s father. Ali helped to raise and form Amir into the man that he would become. By caring unconditionally for both Amir and Hassan, he showed Amir that he could be loved, which helped Amir to love others. The first time Kabul was bombed, Ali stayed up all night with Amir and Hassan “clenching them with tenderness,” (Hosseini 35). He loved both boys endlessly even though neither of them were his sons. Later in the book, the reader finds out that Ali was raising Baba’s children because “Ali was sterile,” (Hosseini 222). Ali knew this all along. He showed Amir that love was unconditional and that he could beloved even if he wasn’t directly blood related. This was a vital role in Amir’s childhood along with one