"Kite Runner"

I can not believe the deception of one friend to another in this story. How could Amir set up his best friend, Hassan? To put his Birthday money and his watch under his mattress and then let Hassan take the fall for it, is so surreal. I don’t know if it’s because Amir is that jealous of Hassan and Baba’s relationship, or if the secret is eating him alive, so every time he looks at Hassan, he is reminded of the betrayal of a friendship.
And then to sit back and let Baba’s best friend Ali leave, is so shameful. Baba was clearly upset when Hassan, and Ali were leaving, I thought the writer did an awesome job with the imagery in that. You could feel Baba’s emotion. For Baba to forgive Hassan in the greatest sin in their culture, surely proves his feeling towards Hassan, and Ali. But Amir sat back and watched it happen. I can now understand how Baba is disappointed in Amir most of the time.
When Amir proposed to Soraya, and she told Amir the truth of her past, that Amir should have been honest with her, and told the truth at that time. Once again, it show’s Amir’s cowardness, and willing to go into a brand new marriage with a lie. Soraya did not want to go into the marriage with secrets, and she told Amir regardless of the outcome.
If Amir would just tell the truth he could get the monkey off his back!