An aspect of characterization

The narrator of the novel, Amir, develops and grows a lot throughout the novel. He shows a selfish character at times and he shows to be jealous, also suffering from guilt. I think these traits make up Amir’s character and relates to the certain actions that he takes and the choices that he makes. In the beginning of Amir’s character, his only real concern was to make his father proud and be the best he could be. He spent time with his good friend Hassan, who adored and cared for him. But with doing so he always knew his father looked at Hassan differently and Amir always envied this. Amir’s character showed to be a coward when the rape scene between Assef and Hassan accrued. Amir saw this happen and did nothing to stop or help Hassan, he ran off and pretended he did not know where Hassan got to. Amir’s character shows great weakness here in which he did not stand up to those bullies and let his dear friend suffer. This event also lead to Amir’s suffering with guilt. After never feeling relieved from his mothers death he now faces the guilt of never helping Hassan when he had the chance. Knowing Hassan would always be there for Amir no matter what, Amir could not return this loyalty. As Amir grew up he never forgot about Hassan and he knew his purpose in life was to get the chance to be good again. Amir’s character loses his selfishness and cowardice as he grows but guilt will always follow him until he was awarded with Hassan’s son, Sohrab. Taking care of Sohrab was Amir’s way of returning his appreciation to Hassan. Amir was able to love through Sohrab to Hassan and hoped that in some way Hassan would know that all Amir can do is just love and care for his son.