How Is Hassan Portrayed In The Kite Runner

In the beginning of the book, we see little moments that have a significant impact on Amir and Hassan. We may not think of it as a big deal but we learn later in the book that made a significant change in the characters. Amir witnesses Hassan, his best friend, getting violated by the bully, Assef and doesn’t help him. He just runs away and doesn’t tell anyone about what he saw. “And there’s nothing sinful about teaching a lesson to a disrespectful donkey”. (Hosseini 75) Assef justifies what he did to Hassan as teaching a Hazara a lesson. After Assef rapes Hassan, he can’t have the same life as before. He was scarred for his entire life. Assef took his innocence away from him at the age of 11. The scene in which Assef rapes Hassan in Khaled Hosseini's novel, The Kite Runner, it important because Hosseini uses it to establish that one person can have a massive impact on your entire life by Assef’s hatred towards the Hazaras and how he treat Hassan.

Although, he isn’t fully Pashtun. He bullies Amir and Hassan both but mostly Hassan. He makes fun of him for his harelip before Baba had a surgeon fix it. Assef sees Hassan as a disrespectful animal and not as a person. “It’s just a Hazara”. (Hosseini 75) In his mind, Hazaras are inferior. Just as he rapes him, Wali and Kamal are reluctant towards hurting Hassan but Assef is all for it. That one night in the alley will follow Hassan throughout his life. One person can have a significant impact on your entire life just as Hassan’s life was affected and also Amir’s because he saw it happen and didn’t help him like Hassan would do for