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The Kite Runner is such a great book, though very violent, sad and depressing. Some parts will be very happy and be a good memory of Amirs but will usually take a dramatic turn towards sadness. The beginning is a little slow but when it really begins to take a turn and gets interesting (and very sad) is when Amir and his friend Hassan are flying their winning blue kite. Hassan is the son of Amirs family servant, but is like a brother to Amir and another son to Amirs father, Baba. Hassan and Amir participate in kite flying/running where, one person flies the kite and you try to be the last kite flying since people cut the kites, and when the kites go off, another person runs for the kite. But Hassan seems to always know where the kite will land and be there before it lands. Amir wins one day and Hassan goes to win the last cut Kite, a trophy of sorts, to give to Amir and says, "For you, a thousand times over."
Hassan is successful in getting the blue kite but runs into a sadistic bully named Assef who treats Hassan bad because he is lower class. Assef had much needed revenge planned out for Hassan who had stuck up to him one day for Amir and threatened to shoot him with a sling-shot. When Amir goes looking for Hassan, he finds him in an alley with Assef and two of his bully friends. Amir, being the scared chicken he is, watches as Assef pulls out his brass knuckles prepared to smash his face in. Hassan had a chance to not be hurt when Assef offered to not hurt him if he gave him the blue kite. Hassan refused though, because he was loyal to Amir and had promised him the kite.
The fight between Hassan and Assef began with Hassan first throwing a rock for self-defense, and ended with Hassan pinned down on the ground by the two friends. Amir wanted to help out his friend, but was too much of a chicken to, and because of this, Hassan was raped. And when they had met up later that night, Amir pretended he didn't see anything when Hassan, torn up shirt and bruised, gave him the blue kite he had promised. And it was completely unharmed, unlike Hassan.
This was one of the first very sad parts of the book to me because Amir just let it all happen. Hassan had always stood up for Amir and been a loyal friend, even when Amir wasn't a good person to him. And while Amir just stood on the sidelines while he friend was beaten and bruised, Hassan still stayed loyal to Amir by bringing the kite to him like he had promised.
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