In
, Amir and Hassan are close friends who come from different classes. As
children, Hassan lives in Amir's family's househis father is a family servant. However, he
shares a deep friendship with Amir. The two are playmates and run around playing as long as
Hassan does not have any chores or work to do. Hassan has a deeper devotion to Amir than Amir
does to him, in large part because Amir is somewhat spoiled as a child.
When
Hassan is attacked and raped, Amir witnesses the event but does nothing to stop it or intervene,
nor does he tell anyone after the fact. Hassan knows this, and their friendship is forever
changed by the eventas they no longer play together and they speak much less frequently. There
seems to be a wall between them. As Amir grows, he feels great remorse for his actions towards
Hassan, and they drive him to seek him out later in life.
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