From the start of the novel, Amir is an absent-minded child, blind to the hardships of the true Afghan world, while living in his mansion with his father. Growing up with his unrealized half-brother, Hassan, together they played in the same house but not on the same grounds. It is not until Hassan is raped and Amir cowardly runs away that Amir realizes
From the start of the novel, Amir is an absent-minded child, blind to the hardships of the true Afghan world, while living in his mansion with his father. Growing up with his unrealized half-brother, Hassan, together they played in the same house but not on the same grounds. It is not until Hassan is raped and Amir cowardly runs away that Amir realizes