Ali The Hazara 'In The Kite Runner'

Ali the Hazara was adopted by Baba’s father when Ali’s parents died. Because of this Ali and Baba grew up together like siblings. In a very similar circumstance, since Ali and Baba were already close, their kids Hassan and Amir also had the opportunity to grow up together. In both situations, Ali and Hassan remain humble as well as loyal to their counterparts, doing anything they ask or need. An important part of their relationships is the political situation in Afghanistan. The main divide that truly keeps the two likely friends distant is the difference in culture. Amir and Baba belong to the Pashtun Culture who currently still hold high status in Afghanistan. On the other hand however, Ali and Hassan are both Hazaras. This is the lesser

It appears that even though Baba and Ali have never become true friends they still act as much like friends as they can. The novel provides us with the idea that Baba is a much better guy then his son. However, we learn that even Baba has betrayed his servant too much like Amir. Baba says “Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft” (Hosseini 17). This quote is ironic because he is guilty of doing just that. He stole a brother from Amir, he stole an identity and a life from Hassan, and most importantly he stole honor from Ali and his wife. Though some betrayals may be inevitable in a master/servant relationship, This disaster could have been avoided and was not inevitable. In a very similar way Amir betrays Hassan. When Amir witnesses Hassan getting raped in an alley, he doesn't stop it or even try to help. In fact he acts like he never saw anything at all. Just like Ali, he helped steal Hassan's identity and his honor just by one act alone. In this case however, This situation was truly inevitable. Because Hassan was a Hazara and Amir was Pashtun, there was simply no way for Amir to be able to stick up for Hassan without being put through other conflicts with Pashtuns. Had situations been different and there wasn't that added stress of clashing cultures, Amir would never have betrayed his childhood