The Kite Runner Chapter 6 Summary

From birth, Amir's capabilities have always felt Baba's neglect while Hassan's skills were given Baba's praise. This conflict lead to Amir's deep envy. Amir desired “Baba all to [himself],” so he would often lie to Baba whenever he calls for Hassan in order to earn attention. However, by doing this, Amir rids Baba from Hassan because he considers him his greatest hurdle, further hinting that Amir's resentment toward Hassan was due to all of the affection Hassan has received from Baba. Further in the novel, it is revealed that Baba's feelings for Amir were disappointment and belief that Amir would never surpass Baba's expectations

As in all movies that are based on a book, the movie developers chose to add some scenes to the movie that were not from the original story. These additions were most likely aimed to substitute for the scenes removed, however this, once again, took away from the important details that really made the book what it is. On Hassan’s birthday, he was not given surgery to remove the harelip from his face; instead, Baba took him to a special kite shop and let him choose any kite that he wanted. The decision to replace the surgery with a present failed to show Baba’s appreciation for his ‘secret’ son. Although the love for kite running is clearly shown, David Benioff’s decision to have Hassan explain the concept of kite running to Amir was very unrealistic. This event goes against Hassan’s characteristics of being less intelligent and superior than Amir, and creates an allusion that Hassan had superiority and he knew more than Amir about flying kites. Hassan’s loyalty to Amir, and Amir’s superiority is shown in the quote, “Sometimes, up in those trees, I talked Hassan into firing walnuts with his slingshot at the neighbour’s one-eyed German shepherd. Hassan never wanted to, but if I asked, really asked, he wouldn't deny me. Hassan never denied me anything,” page 4. The day Hassan and Ali decided to leave because of Amir’s betrayal was a very sad moment in the book. Khaled Hosseini described the setting as a very dark day,

Amir had many thoughts of betraying Hassan for his father’s love and acceptance that he thought would bring him happiness. Khaled Hosseni (Amir) comments “If I changed my mind and asked for a bigger and fancier kite, Baba would buy it for me - but the he’d buy it for Hassan too. Sometimes I wished he wouldn’t do that.Wished he’d let me be the favorite”(51). This is a sign of jealousy, he doesn’t want Baba treating Hassan and him as equals. He feels like he should be above Hassan

As Amir grows up in Kabul, he chooses to think only for himself, betraying the person who cares for him the most and in consequence, is overcome by crushing guilt. After Amir wins the esteemed kite flying competition, Hassan faithfully decides to run the last kite for Amir as a prize for Amir’s father, Baba. Hassan is confronted in an alley after chasing down the fallen kite by Amir’s past tormentors, Assef and his friends, who want the kite. Amir finds the boys, assesses the situation, and decides to hide himself in the alley. All the while Hassan valiantly defends the kite to the best of his abilities. He is soon overpowered three against one fight, and Amir watches in horror as Hassan is pinned to the floor and mercilessly raped by Assef. Amir

The backbone of the novel The Kite Runner is Amir’s betrayal of Hassan. It gives a reader the perspective of a young mind forced to make decisions and most of them were not the correct. Amir betrayals of Hassan include being a false friend, choosing to be a bystander when Hassan is raped, and his actions to get Hassan to leave.

Additionally, for his father say that he would not have had believe Amir to be his son if he did not see his own birth, then it illustrates how distant the two are, as he questions whether or not Amir is his son depending on if he saw it. Their distant relationship deeply effects how Amir begins to develop as a character from that point on. Most of what Amir does is so he can close the gap between his father in order for himself to be the son that Baba wants. When the rape of his best friend, Hassan, is happening, Amir sheds some concern for the blue kite he had cut from the kite running tournament, as it was his key to getting closer with Baba. When everything was said and done, the first thing Amir noticed was not Hassan, it was the blue kite. Furthermore, when Amir gets what he wants and Baba finally holds him close, he has forgotten what he has done. Amir's distant relationship with Baba causes Amir to develop in a way where most of decisions are to attribute to being acknowledged by

Amir and Hassan have been raised together and therefore have a really close bond. Hassan’s mother left his father after Hassan was born and Amir’s mother died during childbirth. Amir is constantly trying to get his father’s affection since he holds a grudge against Amir because he feels that Amir killed his mother. Amir sometimes even feels that Baba prefers Hassan. Amir is always looking for ways to gain his father’s love and decides that the only way he can do that is through a kite-fighting competition.

During the last few pages of the book, Hosseini describes to Sohrab the beauty of kite running and how his father, and Amir's half brother, used to run his kite for him. By running Amir’s kite, Hassan demonstrated his love and devotion to Amir. Before, Amir never truly accepted or reciprocated this love and devotion from Hassan. However, once Amir runs the kite with Sohrab, he not only takes part in the act of simply running the kite with Sohrab, but takes part in an emotional journey as he begins to feel a sense of connection and justification with Sohrab and his past. Finally, Amir is able to release his guilt, a great theme and struggle within the novel, and redeems himself as he cares for Hassan’s son and replies that he will not only run the kite for him, but also run life for him “a thousand times over.”

Hassan had always been loyal to Amir and always ran for him; the act of kite running for them was like a ritual that stood for their bond of friendship. Once Hassan starts realizing that Amir is taking advantage of him, Kite Flying is something that brings their friendship down. . When Amir stood by while Hassan was raped and framed Hassan with stealing the money, it becomes clear that Amir is not loyal to Hassan. Hassan even accepts the blame as a last loyal sacrifice to Amir. Their friendship is severed here and with Hassan leaving, their kite fighting ends as well.

In these moments he remembers the words his father said, ‘A boy who won’t stand up for himself, becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.” This quote was taken from Baba towards the end of chapter 3. Baba is talking to Rahim Kahn about one of Amir’s major flaws and that is his cowardice. Amir thinks that he has to use Hassan towards the end of chapter 7. He thinks this and says to himself, ‘I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba.” This quote was taken from Amir towards the end of chapter 7. In this quote the reader will see Amir using Hassan as a scape goat to win over his dads favor, and that he won’t accomplish his own missions because of his cowardice. So Amir Runs away from Hassan while Hassan is getting raped and he pretends that nothing is wrong or that he saw

The kite tournament in the winter of 1978 represents an important climax in the boys’ relationship. After defeating the opposing kite, Amir asks Hassan to retrieve his prize to which Hassan responds “for you a thousand times over” (67). Arguably the most important declaration, Hassan’s verbal promise in combination with his faithfulness ultimately changes the course of their friendship. Upon seeing Assef violating his friend, Amir arrives at a crossroads: to either choose his father’s love or his best friend’s safety. Ultimately he abandons Hassan “because [he] was a coward” (77), demonstrating the lesser value Amir places on loyalty. While Hassan is willing to sacrifice himself to please a friend, Amir places other people and material possessions

Out in public it was a totally different story, Amir felt ashamed of Hassan and would keep his distance from him and never even tried to help him when others would treat Hassan wrong. All Hassan wanted from Amir was to feel loved, he looked at Amir as his only friend and would always stick up for

Amir and Hassan are from different classes. Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara. Throughout the book “Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, the boys would always get into trouble and Hassan would normally take the heat no matter what the situation was. The kite tournament is a big thing in Kabul. It’s where two kids partner up, one runs the kite and the other retreats the kite, whoever’s kite is the last one up is the winner. Amir and Hassan have such a great bound behind closed doors. Soon Amir starts up a pomegranate fight with Hassan, starts to ask for new servants and accuse Hassan for stealing his watch that his father gave him for his birthday.

Naturally, Baba initially shows the appropriate amount of love to Amir but nothing more. Gentle and introverted, Amir prefers not to roughhouse with the other kids, leading the burly Baba to often wonder how he and Amir could be related. Amir, feeling as though he is superior, envies any affection Hassan receives from Baba. Once Amir wins the kite tournament, however, Baba proudly proclaims the victory to everyone. Finally, Amir has the love he so longs for.

As I read pages 105 and 106, I was able to see myself in Amir’s position once again, and I was able to learn something from his experiences as well. In this excerpt, Amir tells a lie that changed everything forever: he lied that Hassan stole his watch in order to get rid of him and his father because of he couldn’t stand his own guilt. Amir even admitted that he “[became] capable of causing…pain” due to his lie. Truthfully, I’ve done that same before. When I was younger, I was quite envious of my nephew when he was a toddler since he received so much attention and praise. As a result, it began to feel like everyone had forgotten about me, therefore I began to make up lies regarding my nephew; I would blame him for things that he had never