Comment on Davis' Post

I completely agree with Davis and feel that his feelings are reasonable though they might seem a bit extreme. You would think that two boys nursed by the same woman ad raised by the same two people would share a bond. On the contrary, only Hassan feels this fraternal bond and Amir feels nothing.

120 pages into the novel and I am still at a failure to understand why Amir lets the idea of Hassan being a “hazara” get in between the way that he should feel about him. I feel like Amir perfectly embodies the children that our parents always try to teach us not to be- he likes Davis says is actually utterly despicable. He might have “everything” and be considered the highest of society, but to me he is filth. Again, just like Davis it makes me truly sad to see how “Pure-hearted” Hassan is. He tried so hard to be friends with Amir only to have Amir treat him like shit because he is a hazara. It is slightly ironic that Amir treats Hassan like shit when Amir is actually the bad person here.

Though we often say, “it is the thought that counts” I do not think that the saying applies to Amir. He thinks about telling the truth when Hassan takes the fall for the watch and he money but does not actually go through with it because the lie that Hassan tells would make him and his guilt go away. I almost wanted to cry reading about how a much a dedicated friend Hassan was lying about the watch. He does everything for Amir to get nothing in return. In my opinion, Amir should suffer for the rest of his life because his failure to step in before his “friend/brother” was raped was inexcusable.   

- Talia Akerman