Compare And Contrast Amir And Hassan
Some people learn from a young age to be selfless and to forgive quickly, but it may take years for others to learn how to do this.
Amir was a typical twelve-year-old boy. Having the ability to read and write, he would read stories to his friend Hassan as the two of them sat under a pomegranate tree. Sometimes he would make fun of Hassan for not being able to read. Amir wanted to make the fact that he was better than Hassan common knowledge. As he read, he would change the plot of the story to his own words. To his surprise, Hassan liked his version of the story. In this moment, Amir realized he wanted to be a writer when he grew up. However, his dream of being a writer was added to the list of differences between Amir and his father, …show more content…
He resided in the same house, but he does not know what it is like to be a typical boy his age. Hassan never went to school, and he never learned how to read and write until he was an adult. He was taught from a young age that he should always respect others and stay true to his word. He learned this fast because he and his father were of Hazara backgrounds, which made them under everyone else. Despite being Amir’s servant, he saw Amir as his best friend. Moreover, he was his only friend. Hassan was an extremely loyal friend; he would do anything Amir …show more content…
The memory of Hassan getting raped has haunted him for twenty-six of his life. Amir does not know how to let these memories go. One day, he gets a phone call from an old friend, Rahim Khan, telling Amir he should come back to Pakistan and that “[t]here is a way to be good again” (192). Amir now realizes he is not the only one that knows what happened to Hassan, but he still cannot forgive himself. Rahim Khan explains to Amir that Hassan and he were brothers and that he has a nephew back in Kabul. As he grew up he became less selfish and realized that he wanted to hold on to the last bit of Hassan that he could. During a fight over Hassan’s son, Amir finally gets the punishment he felt he deserved for watching Hassan get raped twenty years earlier. He finally forgave himself for something that should have been forgiven a long time ago. He now realized that he needed to help this little boy live his life to the fullest. It took Amir over twenty years to learn how to be less selfish and to forgive
Amir was a typical twelve-year-old boy. Having the ability to read and write, he would read stories to his friend Hassan as the two of them sat under a pomegranate tree. Sometimes he would make fun of Hassan for not being able to read. Amir wanted to make the fact that he was better than Hassan common knowledge. As he read, he would change the plot of the story to his own words. To his surprise, Hassan liked his version of the story. In this moment, Amir realized he wanted to be a writer when he grew up. However, his dream of being a writer was added to the list of differences between Amir and his father, …show more content…
He resided in the same house, but he does not know what it is like to be a typical boy his age. Hassan never went to school, and he never learned how to read and write until he was an adult. He was taught from a young age that he should always respect others and stay true to his word. He learned this fast because he and his father were of Hazara backgrounds, which made them under everyone else. Despite being Amir’s servant, he saw Amir as his best friend. Moreover, he was his only friend. Hassan was an extremely loyal friend; he would do anything Amir …show more content…
The memory of Hassan getting raped has haunted him for twenty-six of his life. Amir does not know how to let these memories go. One day, he gets a phone call from an old friend, Rahim Khan, telling Amir he should come back to Pakistan and that “[t]here is a way to be good again” (192). Amir now realizes he is not the only one that knows what happened to Hassan, but he still cannot forgive himself. Rahim Khan explains to Amir that Hassan and he were brothers and that he has a nephew back in Kabul. As he grew up he became less selfish and realized that he wanted to hold on to the last bit of Hassan that he could. During a fight over Hassan’s son, Amir finally gets the punishment he felt he deserved for watching Hassan get raped twenty years earlier. He finally forgave himself for something that should have been forgiven a long time ago. He now realized that he needed to help this little boy live his life to the fullest. It took Amir over twenty years to learn how to be less selfish and to forgive