Betrayal at its Finest.
A well known milestone in if not every most child`s life is when we declare we have found our best friend and vow from that day on to forever be friends regardless of what happens. To keep their masculinity intent boys do not necessarily give each other flowers or necklaces, but in The Kite Runner best friends Amir and Hassan marked this notorious moment by carving ``Amir and Hassan: The Sultans of Kabul`` (Hossini,92). The friendship between both boys is truly weak because Amir alternates Hassan from best friend to his servant within seconds. At the age of twelve Amir is fully aware of the difference between right and wrong and he chooses to do wrong multiple times. Assef; Hassans fellow peer had a strong hate towards him and he did not fear to express himself ‘’Afghanistan is the land of the …show more content…
We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this flat- nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood’’ (Hosseini, 43) When Hassan is harassed Amir does absolutely nothing; instead he almost had the audacity to say Hassan is nothing but a servant when truth be told he spends all of his free time playing with him. Amir wants to be accepted by the three boys (Assef, Wali and Kamal) so badly that he chooses to ignore his friend in order to gain approval from these boys. He sacrificed his morals for popularity. As read, Hassan gets raped by Assef while trying to complete the kite running for Amir. Amir saw this action taking place and he did nothing to stop it. His decision forever haunts him. It is overly obvious that Amir is an emotionally unstable person, but his bitterness towards his best friend is deepened because of his own guilt. Amir feels extreme guilt after he watches his friend get raped in an alley, after seeing the incident with his own eyes he cannot bear to be in the same room as Hassan: ‘’I’d hear Hassan shuffling around the kitchen in the morning, hear the clinking of silverware,