Amir And Amir's Relationship In 'The Kite Runner'

Everyone has best friends, and we sometimes don't get along. You would do anything to help that friend, especially when they are in danger. Amir and Hassan relationship in The Kite Runner went from good to bad and was never really fixed. Amir and Hassan loved each other but they do a couple of things and their relationship dies. Amir and Hassan relationship in the novel Kite Runner, was good at first but later turned bad, unhealthy, after Amir didn't back up Hassan when Hassan needed it most, then after that Amir lied to Baba about what actually happened Hassan. Amir and Hassan relationship throughout the book changes, but at the beginning of the novel their relationship was good, This is a quote from the beginning of the book that shows a

And i would have told, except that a part of me was glad. Glad that this would all be over soon” (105). Amir didnt want to tell the truth about him standing and watching what happened in the alley. He knows what he did was wrong and he knows he has to fix it but instead of doing to right thing he did the wrong thing by lieing. Amir knew that he made a bad decision about not telling the truth about what happened in the alley with his best friend, so in attempt to forget about it this is what he wants to do, “America was a place to bury my memories” (129). It makes Amir uncomfortable for him to even think about Hassan. He would do anything to forget about it and leave like it never happened. When Amir and Sorya, Amirs wife, were talking, Sorya was about to cry then Amir said this, “ I envied her. Her secret was out spoken. I opened my mouth and almost told her how i’d betrayed hassan, lied, driven him out, and destroyed a forty-year long relationship between Baba and Ali. but I didn't” (165). This shows that he was about to open up to someone about his problems which would have been good. If he did open up Sorya could have given him advice on how to deal with