After finish all the chapters i need to read in kite runner, i have to say that Amir is still Amir for being a such coward, but also for such a kind-hearted person.
Let's see the coward part, when Rahim Khan call him to go back to the Kabul and take Sohrab back, the coward gives a lot of excuses to say no, such as from page 220, "Rhaim Khan, I don't want to go to Kabul. I can't!" "Why me? Why can't you pay someone here to go? I'll pay for it if it's a matter of money." Man should take all the responsibility he need to take just to prove that he is a real man, but Amir can't when he is a little boy neither when his age is beyond 25 which should be called "man" rather than "boy".
But, on the other hand, we can't refuse that Amir is still care about Hassan and willing to rise his son after he died, i guess, deeply, Amir thinks that Hassan is his brother even though when he know the news that Hassan is his half brother, he intend to refuse it and fell anxiety about it. I think that Hassan and Amir's relationship is the clue line through the whole Kite runner.
Something changed, something not, i think looking child Amir and Adult Amir is like looking a time mirror.
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Great job T! I like your metaphor of looking in a time mirror. I think Hosseini does an excellent job of showing how the character of Amir is develops over time.
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