How Is Assef Portrayed As A Psychopath

In the novel “The Kite Runner” Assef is viewed as a psychopath and sociopath. According to dictionary.com psychopath means “a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.” and sociopath means “produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim” Assef was viewed as a psychopath and sociopath since he was a child, kids and even his parents were scared of him and his rages. Assef had a mental illness that was being a psychopath and sociopath with that mental illness he hurt and took advantage of many people. Assef who manipulates others, abuses others, looks for fights, and felt no guilt for what he had done was a psychopath and a sociopath. Assef first

He was a violent person who loved to hurt others and to see others suffering. Assef’s form of dealing with a problem was fighting.‘“When it's all done, only one of us will walk out of this room alive”’(Hosseini 283). Assef was always trying to hurt someone when they did not do what he wanted them to do or simply if he disliked them. According to The Healthy Place, sociopaths are “Irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults” (Peterson). When Assef was young he showed those Sociopathic traits in multiple occasions. One of them was when he would try to fight and hurt Amir and Hassan. A sociopathic looks for occasions when they can take their aggressiveness out and usually look for fights. Assef was a sociopath and proved it when he decided to risk his life when he and Amir fought for Sorohabs life. Assef not only hurt others in fights, but also hurt others by sexually abusing them which would emotionally affect the victim as well. For instance, when he raped Hassan, Hassan would act differently and it affected his relationship with

According to the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, “psychopathic symptoms include, A lack of guilt – when a psychopath does something that hurts another and feels no remorse about it” (Tracy). After all the cruel things that Assef did to others he did not feel bad about it because he would continue hurting others. “He brushed his lips against Sohrab’s ear, kept his eye on me. “I heard your father died. Tsk-tsk. I always did want to take him on. Looks like I’ll have to settle for his weakling of a son.”(Hosseini 281). Assef had no guilt and brought up to Sohrab the death of his father that Sohrab witness. Assef brought it up to hurt Sohrab and Amir because he knew that they both had a special relationship with hassan in the past. Only mentally ill people will be bad enough to hurt young kids and not feel any type of