How Does Amir Change In The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a moving story about the lives of children in Kabul, Afghanistan. It begins with a boy named Amir, who is best friends with his servant Hassan, but Amir struggles with this relationship because Hassan is in fact his servant. When Hassan is attacked by a bully named Assef, Amir is too cowardly to stand up for him and instead hides. He escapes from Afghanistan to America and lives with guilt on this subject for a long time, until Hassan is killed by the Taliban. Amir is able to find redemption in helping Hassan’s son, Sohrab. Although he isn’t introduced until the end of the book, Sohrab is a very influential character to the plot of The Kite Runner; however, he is also greatly changed by many plot points. This leads to the idea that he is a dynamic character in the scheme of the novel.

The first time Sohrab is

In the process, Amir is badly beaten. He probably would have died if not saved by Sohrab, who shoots Assef in the eye with his slingshot. That day in Assef’s house made Sohrab begin to trust Amir. He promises Sohrab that he will never go back to an orphanage. They get to know and trust each other better, and Amir plans on adopting Sohrab and taking him to back to America. Adoption proves to be very difficult, and one day Amir says tells Sohrab he may have to go back to an orphanage to make it possible, breaking the promise he made earlier. Sohrab doesn't want this and his feelings of trust to Amir are destroyed. He attempts suicide and almost dies, but Amir is able to get him to a hospital in time. When he wakes up he whispers “Tired of everything,” (354) and “...I wish you had left me in the water,” (355) referring to the place where he tried to kill himself. Amir is the first he is able to trust in a while, and the broken promise is the last straw for him. Sohrab closes himself off from the outside world and doesn't speak again for a