Jude Cooper 5-3-16 O’Brien A Block English Amir: Hero or not a Hero? “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini is an emotional rollercoaster for the reader. Amir, the main character and hero of the book, is the main reason for such an uneven story. Amir has many stages in this book. He is a reckless child, a deceitful boy, and a careful man. All of these stages were needed to build Amir up to be a proper hero. There are more sad and depressing parts in the book than there are happy occurrences. It can cause people to want to stop reading the book. It is distressful, joyous in small moments, and then upsetting again. Near the beginning of the book, Amir was an anti-hero, doing everything against being a good person. “I lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it.” pg. 104. Amir framed Hassan for robbery. That isn’t being very heroic. He wanted to kick Hassan out, and get Baba to love himself only. It worked, when Ali …show more content…
Baba had another son, that had died not too long before Amir had arrived in Pakistan. In fact, he had spent his childhood playing with this boy. His name was Hassan. He was murdered by the government for staying in a upper-class house. Amir immediately felt guilty for Hassan dying. He believed he had been the cause, by forcing him out of the house when he was a child. He also understood why Baba treated Hassan like he was his own son. Amir was horrified of the way he had treated Hassan. He also found out that Hassan had a son and he was in danger. Amir went to an orphanage to find the child, but was told he had been taken by an officer of the government. This is when the hero in Amir starts to show. Feeling guilty for what had happened to Hassan, he felt that he had to leave and go and find Sohrab, Hassan’s son. He leaves and find the guard who took Sohrab. His name is Assef. The same Assef that raped the boy’s father years