Relationships In The Kite Runner

"On and on the rain will fall, Like tears from a star like tears from a star, On and on the rain will say, How fragile we are how fragile we are"(sting). The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, is a famous novel for its devastating and painfully honest depiction of betrayal, friendship and atonement. The story portrays the journey of a boy escaping from his disturbed childhood while torturing himself with his own sorrow.

Friendship plays an important role in our lives. They motivate us to learn more and grow as an individual. In the kite runner the characters shows many examples and characteristics of friendship and relationships through their words and actions. Every relationship in the novel was fraught at one point or another. The relationship between Hassan and Amir is confounding. Amir can never admit his friendship with Hassan just because he is a Hazara. But at the same time they even showed it, when Hassan saved Amir from Assef. "A boy who won't stand up

"But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie."(Hosseni,page58). It is always better to tell the truth than to be told a lie. One lie leads to many lies, which always will affect someone's relationship. When Amir gets to know that Hassan is his half-brother, he is shocked, all the years he was being told a 'Big lie' a lie that can change someone's life forever. When Amir finds out about Sohrab. He tries to redeem his own self-worth by rescuing Hassan's son; from Assef and the taliban by going all the way to Afghanistan. He risked his own life because he thought it was a second chance to bury the 'Long open wound' between him and Hassan. The relationship after the lie, they both became more close. (Hassan was killed by the taliban before Amir was told the truth.) the friendship of Amir and Hassan was so 'Genuine' that Amir would devote a large portion of his life to help raise his half-brother and friends