Honesty In The Kite Runner

The Wonder of a Honest Man.
“The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.” Proverbs 11:3. Growing up in Kabul, Amir and Hassan are devoted companions. As an adult, Amir remains cursed by a childhood incident in which he betrayed Hassan's commitment and honesty. A good friend is always there for you when you need them. Many times a good friend will do anything you ask them to do if it is reasonable enough. A best friend is someone you can pour out your feelings to and make sure you are in the right state of mind. Amir is not a good friend to hassan, But hassan is a fantastic friend to amir. The reason why i say amir is not a good friend to hassan because he does not show integrity and fairness throughout the story. In khaled's book, The Kite Runner, Hosseini reminds us that honesty is an important thing to one true man’s life because if not, there will be a great amount of guilt. As the

scene in which Amir does not show loyalty and honor towards Hassan is when a great twist of event happens in Khaled Hosseini’s novel.
Hosseini claims to establish that the truth is very important though Amir does not confront that he saw Hassan get raped by Assef after they won the kite tournament, which makes him a dishonest person.

According to Hosseini, Hassan stated to Amir that “It’s better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie” (Hosseini.58) Though since the beginning Amir knew what happened to hassan and did not do anything about it. He kept the dirty secret to himself and did not tell anyone about it, not even Ali when he specifically asked what happened after the kite competition. Amir knew that it was wrong to keep such a huge secret after the wise young boy, Hassan told him to always tell the truth and not to lie. Clearly throughout the book, Amir was always filled with guilt but he buried it and did not pay much attention to the guilt of his actions as a young kid. Which later on, he changes the guilt into something much more powerful by making a deadly decision. Which was risking his life to make up the mistakes of his

past.
In this book, Amir saw that Hassan was getting raped but he did not do anything about it besides run in the opposite direction. He saw Hassan walking away from the situation in pain, and went up to him and only to ask about where he was. He specifically said “ ‘Where were you? I looked for you’ I said. Speaking those words was like chewing rocks. Hassan dragged a sleeve across his face, wiped his snot and tears. I waited for him to say something, but we just stood there in silence, in the fading light. I was grateful for the early-evening shadows that fell in hassan's face and concealed mine.” (Hosseini 78) This makes it clearer that amir does not care about hassan, he held back what he saw, he did not face the reality of the situation, which makes him a deceiver. Although, Hassan could've told Amir what happened, though he did not. He hesitated. Hassan already knew that if he were honest to Amir he would not care. So he kept it to himself.
When it comes to the scene of Amir telling Soraya of his as actions of when he was a kid, most of us will readily agree that he should of told her that he witnessed a tragic event and ran from it instead of confronting it. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what was stopping him from telling his future wife at the moment the deepest, darkest secret of his. While some are convinced that he hesitated because he did not want to mess things up in a way where she would not marry him and abandon him. According to Hosseini, Amir stated, “I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with. I opened my mouth and almost told her about how i’d betrayed Hassan, lied, driven him out, and destroyed a forty year relationship between Baba and Ali. But I didn’t.” (Hosseini 165) In other words, amir was ashamed for not speaking the truth once again. Amir was given a perfect opportunity to tell his soon to be wife the truth yet he does not. Honestly is a very important thing a relationship yet he did not take his chances. As hard it may be to tell the truth sometimes, it is always the right thing to do besides sugarcoating the truth.