Betrayal In The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is a novel written by Khaled Hosseini. It is a story about friendship, betrayal, guilt and redemption. The story takes place in Afghanistan and revolves around two friends named Amir and Hassan. Amir is born in a Pashtun family and is respected across Kabul because of his heroic father Baba. They are a part of the Sunni Muslim religion. In contrast, Hassan is part of the Hazara tribe and they are persecuted in Afghanistan for taking part in the Shiite religion. Added to Hassan’s disgrace is that his father is crippled and his mother’s reputation for tempting lots of men into sin. The two became friends because they were born in the same household and nursed by the same maid. They took their first steps together in the same backyard, watched the cinema together and were inseparable growing up. Guilt is a common feeling of regret after doing one does something wrong. There is

Amir begins to immediately isolate himself from Hassan because he felt guilty every time he saw Hassan. One day when Amir and his Baba were out in the garden he asks Baba if he would ever hire any new servants. A few pages later Amir and Hassan take a walk to the pomegranate tree. While they were there, Amir throws a pomegranate at Hassan. Amir begs Hassan to hit him back. The reason Amir begs of this is because he feels like it would be punishment for his betrayal. Instead of hitting Amir, Hassan crushes the pomegranate against his forehead. Later on in the book, Amir sets Hassan up by putting money and a watch under his mattress. Amir then goes tell his Baba that Hassan stole his gifts. The whole point of Amir doing this was so Baba would ask Hassan to leave. Instead of Baba getting angry and asking him to leave, he ends up forgiving Hassan. Even though Baba forgives him, Hassan and his father decide to leave in the end. Amir realizes the reason they are leaving is because Hassan told his father about the