Essay on The Kite Runner Literary Critism - 1452 Words

In Khaled Hosseini’s inspirational novel The Kite Runner; Amir as a young boy is forced to step up, face his fears and right what once was wrong. The haunting past event that occurred during his childhood creates a dark shadow that has strongly carried its way to Amir’s adulthood. Even after moving away from his home country to another continent, with the hopes to bury those old memories away, Amir finds himself having to go back home to a land that he no longer knows of, and is forced to relive his past childhood with Hassan; his dearest friend. For the first time, he must learn on his own to step forth and face his fears. Can you really make things right again – even after all hope is lost? With the struggle of social stature between†¦show more content†¦Hassan steps in and fends them off. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. And when they come home, I say to him, how did Hassan get that scrape on his face? And he says he fell down. I’m telling you Rahim, theirs something missing in that boy.† – Baba (Page 24) After all the times Hassan stood up for Amir the one time Hassan needed him most Amir stood back in the shadows turning a blind eye to what was going on. Hassan was cornered alone by Assef and the neighborhood bullies, and was distastefully held down and sodomized by these boys in the dirty ally right after the kite fight. It was this moment the ultimate betrayal came to pass. This incidence decayed the boy’s relationship in a way Amir never imagined. This guilt followed him all throughout his adulthood. His fathers words constantly kicked him back down to that very same dirty ally where he could not stand up for his dearest fr iend - for his brother. It was the fear of seeing Hassan in a position where he needed someone to stand up for him because Amir was used to seeing Hassan as being strong and always standing up for himself. So when it came to the point where Hassan needed him the most, he didn’t know what to do, simply because he was the one always needing Hassan - not the other way around. This fear traveled with Amir for years and even after moving away he could not over come and bury these â€Å"skeletons.† After this incident, the relationship between Amir and Hassan