What Does it Mean to Have True Friendship? The book The Kite Runner is a historical fiction novel written by Khaled Hosseini based on the story of a young boy named Amir who is the protagonist and is a citizen of Afghanistan who is having to flee his country due to Taliban invasion and war. Throughout the book, Amire faces many challenges such as immigration, violence, and losing his loved ones. The book also features other characters such as Hassan (a hazara boy) and Baba (Amir's father), both characters important to the development of Amir's character. Due to the actions that Amir has done and the choices that he has made, unfortunately Amir and Hassan are not true friends since what Amir has done is to the point of beyond return. Amir is …show more content…
Throughout the book, Amir never really treated himself and Hassan as equals, since Hassan is ‘just a housekeeper’ to everyone else, in Amir's eyes, they will never be the same and he will always be above Hassan. Amir calls Hassan a "coward" and begs Hassan: "Hit me back!" page 88. Hassan t takes it and does not fight back. This quote shows how Amir is so mean to Hassan that he is practically bullying him into getting into a fight with him. This exposition of behavior from Amir can help us to conclude that they are not truly friends. In this part of the story, Amir is pressuring Hassan into throwing a pomegranate at him. “Then Hassan did pick up the pomegranate. He walked toward me. He opened it and crushed it against his own forehead. ‘There,’ he croaked, red dripping down his face like blood. ‘Are you satisfied? Do you feel better?’ He turned around and started down the hill.” After what had happened to Hassan, Amir had been in constant guilt and sorrow. Amir thought that if maybe he got Hassan to do something to him in return, he might not feel as bad for what he had done. Here we can see another example of Amir only thinking about himself again and again, the relationship had become so one sided that there was just no point of return for the two of