The Kite Runner

After reading the first seventy-nine pages of The Kite Runner I have come to the conclusion that I don’t mind reading the book, but I am not the biggest fan of Amir. He seems very jealous and cruel towards Hassan, who practically cherishes the ground that Amir walks on. I was extremely disappointed in Amir for not doing ANYTHING while witnessing Hassan getting both harassed and rapped, especially when he could have been let go, but makes the decision to save Amir’s kite instead. He was taking into consideration how much that kite meant to Amir and putting his best interest last. If I was Amir in that same situation I would have jumped in and told those boys to take the stupid kite! It’s not like his father couldn’t afford to buy him another anyway. This was the main event where Amir shows his snotty, selfish, cowardly side.

Hassan not only works as a servant for Amir and Baba, but he exceeds servant expectations when he encourages Amir’s writing and defends him of the same bullys. Because of the nationality of Hassan and his father, Ali, the two are often harassed and Hassan is unable to attend school. Amir also disregards Hassan’s feelings when he teases him for not understanding words he reads to him. Amir states in the book that the two are friends, but a friend doesn’t feed where another lacks. He should be encouraging him, not quit reading certain things to him because he feels outsmarted. Knowing what a horrible life this poor boy has been given, I hope that by the end of this book, something looks up for him and that Amir’s selfishness catches up with him as well.