After the incident, everything changed, Amir and Hassan followed different paths. Nevertheless, Amir never forgot the terrible experience and living with the guilt was something really tough for him. The actions of Amir had consequences and those consequence made him realize the type of person he was and the repercussions it had on people surround him. Amir said, “I thought about Hassan’s dream, the one about us swimming in the lake. There is no monster, He’d said, just water. Except he’d been wrong about that. There was a monster in the lake. It had grabbed Hassan by the ankles, dragged him to the murky bottom. I was that monster” (86). Amir describes himself as a monster as a result of letting everything happen for his own convenience. At that moment, he didn’t think about breaking the loyalty of their friendship, he just cared about the kite. This betrayal is something that Amir knows will chase him for a long time . Sometimes, fear of rejection is one of the reasons why you are not able to tell the …show more content…
Hassan suffered all those years because of the absence of his mother and the reason on why she left him. The book shows, “What a tight little sugary cunt she had! the soldier was saying, shaking hands with others, grinning. Later, in the dark, after the movie had started, I heard Hassan next to me, croaking. Tears were sliding down his cheeks. I reached across my seat, slung my arm around him, pulled him close”(7). This is something that affected Hassan emotionally. All of these years, He felt that he needed the love from his mother. He usually holds his emotions but when it comes to his mother he usually let it go out. Hassan is someone who had a bleak and difficult life, but he always showed a positive attitude. He was always forgiving the people that caused him pain. Rahim Khan explained,“ He took Sanaubar’s hand in both of his and told her she could cry if she wanted to, but she needn’t, she was home now, he said, home with her family. He touched the scar on her face, and ran his hand through her hair” (210). Amir’s lack of aloofness showed the unconditional love Hassan always had for her mother. Hassan didn’t think of the rejection that his mom craved but instead he absolved her and accepted her to his