Quarter 2 Outside Reading Post #4

I read the next couple chapters of The Kite Runner and Amir continues to look for Hassan through the streets of Kabul. Finally Amir finds Hassan with the blue kite but surrounded by Assef, the local bully and his friends. Assef demands Amir to give him the kite and when Hassan refuses to give it to him Assef rapes Hassan. Amir watches this happen, but is too scared to intervene so instead he leaves the scene and sees Hassan later and asks what happen but Hassan says nothing. After that Amir's dad becomes very proud of Amir and their relationship improves a lot. However Amir is still haunted by his decision not to help Hassan when he was being raped. Amir constantly thinks about this and doesn't want to play with Hassan anymore. Eventually this leads to Amir throwing lots of pomegranates at Hassan wanting him to throw one at himself and Amir asking his dad if they could get new servants, which his dad gets angry at Amir for. I think that Amir is being unreasonable and mean in these chapters because Hassan was willing to be raped to give Amir his kite and not only was Amir too cowardly to help Hassan, he is mean to Hassan after he is raped. I think Amir really needs forget the situation and stop being angry with himself because that just makes the situation worse. Hassan wouldn't even need an apology from Amir, he just wants to play with him like they used to. As for Amir and his relationship I think that they will never get along that well for long periods of time because they are too different and aren't able to accept each others differences.