The Kite Runner Middle

                                                        

Friendship Testing

Friendship can be one of the best things in the world, but sometimes you test it to make sure that it is true. This happens throughout the book. 

     The first time that Amir and Hassan's friendship was tested was when they were in the tree and Amir told Hassan to shoot a at the neighbor's  one-eyed dog and he did it. Although by doing that Hassan proved that he was loyal to Amir, he also proved his loyalty by taking all the blame when they got in trouble for being in the tree. 

      Another time that their friendship was tested was when Amir asked Hassan if he would eat dirt if Amir told him to and he said yes. Hassan then asked Amir if he would ever ask for such a thing and Amir felt that Hassan was testing him back. 

      Even though the both knew that they were loyal to each other, Amir felt that he was not loyal to Hassan. Part of it is caused by him feeling that his father would rather have Hassan as his son rather than him, but also because of when Hassan got raped and Amir didn't say anything to anyone due to him being scared. He was told by his dad, "A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything." (Hosseini, pg 22).