adult & child

In my opinion, the adult Amir’s character is almost the same as the child one. First of all, Amir still likes Hassan and misses him. When Amir hearted about Hassan’s death from Rahim Khan, he couldn’t accept it, and he felt depressing. However, when Rahim Khan told Amir to go to Kabul, he wanted to refuse and escape. Baba had said to Rahim that Amir would become a boy, who would not stand up for anything, because he never stood up for himself (Page 221). Amir didn’t want to accept the responsibility which he should accept. Also, when Amir knew that Hassan was his brother, he could believe and shouted. Amir said: “I’ve just found out my whole life is one big fucking lie”, then he stormed out of the apartment (Page 223). The series of him actions show us that he was still milk- livered, and he refused accepting the truth, especially the most cruel thing. So, those two sections can reflect that adult Amir was similar to child one.
On the other hand, Amir actually changed. When he was a child, he couldn’t stand out for everything, but adult Amir realized that the unfortunately things happened to Hassan was made by Amir himself and his father. He though about saving Hassan’s son and brought him back to home. This is one of the different between his child period and now.