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The Theme Of Betrayal In 'The Kite Runner'

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Depending on the situation, betrayal over all is when a person has two personalities / two face. *Betrayal is when one person disrespects and acts different toward another person which resolves into complications within their friendship. *Another act of betrayal is when a person unfriends another person but that other person is not fully aware so they think they have a wonderful friendship but in reality that person never was their friend. According to Dictionary. com, betrayal is defined as to deliver or expose to an enemy by disloyalty. In the novel “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir hurtfully betrays his childhood best friend, Hassan, through the actions of jealousy, selfishness, and fear.
Amir and Hassan had both built a type of friendship that was almost unbreakable because both of the boys had the same interests with one another. Hassan always …show more content…

Amir on the other hand would constantly take advantage of Hassan because Hassan was less developed than Amir. Hassan did not have a good vocabulary background and Amir would insult him with intelligent words and would fool Hassan telling him that the words he used were compliments. Amir saw Hassan as just another “illiterate Hazara” (37), who would be nothing more than a cook. Despite Amir’s behavior towards Hassan, Hassan would never let Baba know about Amir’s behavior because he knows how important Baba was for Amir and did not want Baba to be disappointed in him. Amir did not deserve any loyalty from Hassan because Amir would always be dishonest towards him through his actions. Even during the worst time of Amir’s betrayal,

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The theme of The Kite Runner is ever changing and adapting its evolution can be reflected within the characters within the book, more specifically the themes of Loyalty and Friendship,Betrayal,Guilt, concluding with eventual Redemption, these themes can be best represented with the use of characters such as Amir,Hassan, and Sohrab. Through Chapter 9, Amir’s response to the alley scene develops the theme of loyalty in the face of betrayal. It can be seen with Hassan's undying loyalty to Amir even when he was wronged and betrayed and can be exposed with the quote of Hassan taking responsibility for Amir falsely testifying against Hassan, “Did you steal that money? Did you steal Amir’s watch, Hassan? Hassan's reply was a single word delivered

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Hassan would do anything for Amir, anything he asked Hassan to do Amir would do it. With this amount of power that Amir had over Hassan he was bound to abuse it. Hassan did not know how to read when he was younger, so Amir would read to him. Hassan would always ask Amir what certain words meant, and instead of telling him the truth Amir would lie and tell him the wrong definition of the word on purpose. Amir would do this so that Hassan wouldn’t ever learn the correct meaning of words and that would make Amir smarter than Hassan.

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Because of this, he enjoys using his opportunistic advantages to make Hassan think less of himself. As children, Amir and Hassan enjoy reading under their favorite tree, but Amir’s favorite part is when they come “across a big word that [Hassan does not] know” and he has the opportunity to “expose his ignorance” (Hosseini 28). Amir craves so badly to be superior that he

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Betrayal is an issue many can relate to, whether it is done by a family member or a friend. In the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, we witness betrayal play a vital role in the downfall of the main character’s Amir and Hassan’s friendship, and how betrayal was the reason for why Amir sought redemption in hopes to move on. The novel begins with Amir as an adult, recalling an event that took place in 1975 in his hometown Kabul, Afghanistan and how this event was what changed the rest of his life and made him who he now is. Despite this heartbreaking occurrence of Amir’s reluctance to help Hassan while he was being raped, it was the reason for why Amir later decided to be brave and stand up for what he believes in.

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