Today, I read something that really stood out to me in the novel, The Kite Runner. The main character Amir asks Hassan if he would eat dirt if he asked him to. Hassan says that he would and in turn asks if Amir would do the same. He replies "Don't be stupid, Hassan. You know I wouldn't”(Hosseini 58). Hassan already knew the answer to this question and was testing Amir's integrity by seeing if his answer was truthful or not. This makes me question the relationship between these two characters. Are they really friends or would Hassan eat the dirt because he is Amir's servant? The differences between these two social classes both in behaviour and values are starting to emerge.
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