First impression on The Kite Runner

   After taking a long week and a few more days of reading the first chunk out of three of the historical fiction, Kite Runner, I have noticed many types of variation in the writing and description of Kahled Hosseini’s characters. The main characters that stuck with me were Amir, Hassan, and Baba. Baba and Hassan share a slandering relationship during one scene in the first chunk of the book. Baba doesn’t believe the things Amir does is tough enough and doesn’t believe he’ll turn out the tough son he hoped for. Self consciousness dominates the conflict in the book. Hassan being a Hazara and befriending Amir encourages Amir to turn his back on Hassan, as he did when Hassan was being assaulted. He didn’t believe Hassan was worth the trouble to worry about and walked away. The friendship between these two are not as close as real friends would be. Amir is self conscious about playing with Hassan when people are around. The characters in the book are very disrespectful to Hazaras, as they question Amir’s care for Hassan. An evil worshipper of Hitler, Assef represents a confident boy who brings trouble in Afghanistan.
    Assef is one in the book who causes a conflict between Hassan and Amir. Amir witnesses Hassan’s assault but does nothing to prevent it, worrying what may happen to him if he did. He didn’t really understand what Hassan was going through at the moment when he ran away cowardly. Amir was forced to lie about Hassan’s situation and was filled with guilt when he slept. However, Amir and Hassan have been raised together and played together for a long time of their lives. Amir would play jokes on him when he did not know a word when reading a book because he was illiterate.

“Imbecile. It means smart, intelligent.” (page 29)

    Though Amir and Hassan start to drift away when Amir tries to distinguish his guilt from Hassan by avoiding him.
In general, the book was a blend of a boring introduction to the book with around forty pages, but led to intense conflict that flowed well with the results and consequences the characters took.