More Kite Runner

A lot has developed in this middle section of the book. As I see Amir grow a little into his adulthood, I feel like he becomes more of a likable character. He gets married, writes a few books, and tries to have a baby. In a sense he is trying to start a new, and forget about his old self, the person who would desert his best friend in a time of need. When Amir goes to Packestan to visit his father's business parter who is dieing, Amir is confronted with another situation that shows his true character. When Rahim Khan asks Amir to find Hassan's son, his first reaction is unwillingness to go. "Rahim Khan, I don't want to go to Kabul. I can't!" (220). Finally after groveling, he decides to go. "Then I told [Rahim Khan] I was going to Kabul. Told him to call the Caldwells in the morning" (227). Although he redeemed himself by not chickening out completely, part of me wanted Amir to say he will take the child in no questions asked, and without even meeting the kid, because he is Hassan's son, and Hassan would do that for him. Instead he tells Rahim to call the Caldwells. Despited his final decision, his initial reaction is important to scrutinize. It was Amir's quick reaction that made him run away from Hassan in the ally. When Amir is faced with another quick decision, he storms out of Rahim Khan's place. Perhaps if Amir got to think about saving Hassan from Assef, he would have grown the courage to do it. But what makes a hero in a story is the type of character who doesn't have to go back home and ponder if he wants to be good, he just is.