Chapter 10 “Good bye Afghanistan”

This event takes place in March 1981, Amir and Baba left their lives in Kabul however they prefer to escape toward Pakistan because the situation in the district of Kabul was dangerous with the Russian soldiers.

They take a travel to Pakistan accompanied by 5 people but in this travel, they have a trouble with a particular soldier. One of the five people was a beautiful woman. The soldier previously mentioned tried to rape her, but Baba protected her, he confronted the Russian soldier and the solider shoot his gun, but the soldier was taking drugs and never shot to Baba. After that, another soldier offered apologies at the passengers.Finally Baba finished like a Hero for the other passengers.

This story serves to Amir for only one reason, he saw how his father protected the woman and he remembered and thought what he needed to do when the other boys raped to Hassan.

He must have protected Hassan but he couldn't protect him.

Chap. 9 Hassan and Ali said “Good bye”

After the party of Amir, he starts to open his presents, and he received a lot of things for example a Polaroid camera, a transistor, an elaborate electric train and several envelopes containing cash.
But these presents only serve for one purpose, when Ali and Hassan went out to shop the things for his home, Amir left the money and a watch in the house of Hassan. Amir set a trap for them and with this event Amir thought that his father would dismiss their servants.

Finally Baba speaks with Amir, Hassan and Ali, Amir knew that he was a guilty but when Baba asked to Hassan:"Did you steal the watch?", he lied and said: “I stole the watch and the money”.
Although, Baba forgives them, but Amir wasn’t satisfied because they had stolen in his house however it was a lie.
Hassan and Ali didn’t want to stay in this house for the rest of their lives because Amir knew the true, once more time he affected their lives and finally Hassan and Ali left the house of Baba.

Chapter 8 “The consequences of the betrayal”

Amir gave the blue kite to his father, but this victory for Hassan was a betrayal. The days between Amir and Hassan drastically changed because Amir didn’t want to see Hassan for nothing in the world. Amir passed the follow days doing homeworks in his room and he always rejects the invitations that Hassan sent him for going to read a book in the hill.

Amir felt guilt and he didn’t play with Hassan for the rest of his life. He has betrayed to his friend and he hasn’t made anything for help him.
In the Amir’s birthday, all the kids in the district had gone to the party, among them were Aseft and his friends, these boys were attended by Hassan. This moment was a trigger that influenced in Amir to take the worst decision in his life.
In conclusion, this chapter shows how Amir used Hassan for achieve his objective because in theory were friends but it was only a betrayal.

“Amir won the battle but lost a friend” Chap. 7

The next morning, Amir and Hassan run the kite. In the tournament up to 50 children run their kites but after a few hours the kite of Amir and Hassan compete versus a blue kite. If Amir win the tournament he would be a hero and his father would be proud of Amir for first time, because Baba always has resentment for the death of his wife.Finally they cut the blue kite and this is the trophy. 

Amir won the competition but an event unexpected happened. Hassan runs to search the blue kite while Amir is congratulated by the other friends, but Hassan doesn’t arrive and Amir goes to search him. When Amir find to Hassan, Hassan was fighting with Aseft and his two friends. Amir didn’t do anything and he only watched how the three guys rape to Hassan.

After the rape to Hassan, the life between Amir and he changed completely. Amir didn’t have the courage to fight and save his friend.

In conclusion, this chapter shows the main values of the novel such as loyalty, courage and friendship.

Chap.6 "How is the tournament?"

Every winter, districts in Kabul held a kite-fighting tournament. And if you were a boy living in Kabul, the day of tournament was undeniably the highlight of the cold season. Amir never slept the night before the tournament.

Amir gives the details of the tournament. The rules of the tournaments are very simple: they need to have a kite, they fight their kites versus Kabul's children, maintain the kite flying in the sky, cut the other kites and finally the last kite in the sky is the winner.

On the other hand, Amir explains how Hassan and he build their kites, they bought in the Bazaar the bamboo, glue, string and paper but sometimes Baba bought the kites with a shoe repairman, Saifo. He was also the city´s most famous kite maker but they prefer build their own kites.

Finally, Amir and Hassan relate the sensation that they had one previous day for the tournament. They describe this sensation such as a true battle, a war or a real fight.

Chapter 5 "An event changed Afghanistan forever."

The event mentioned in the previous chapter was a battle in Kabul with shootings, explosions and bombs. It was the start of new era which was described since the perspective of Amir.

The next morning, the monarchy was a thing of past, Daoud Khan had ended the reign. The same day, Amir and Hassan had a little discussion with Assef, the son of the Baba’s friend. In which they argued about the future of the Hazaras and Pashtuns. This discussion almost causes a fight between them.
In contrast, Amir gives us an introduction about how the constitutional monarchy was replaced by a Republic and how was the situation of Kabul in this moment. This change only affected the future of the Hazaras because this ethnic group is the poor class in Afghanistan.
In conclusion, this incident was the beginning of a big conflict in Afghanistan, which marked their lives forever.

"You and I are only playmates" Chapter 4.

Amir didn’t consider Hassan as his friend, but he said that they were only playmates, because Amir and his father were Pashtuns and Sunnies. On the other hand, Hassan and Ali were Hazaras and Shi’a. And nothing was ever going to change that.

Although, Amir and Hassan were good playmates and they enjoyed be together. For example, after the school, Amir read a lot of books for Hassan and they loved it because the stories always were amazing and fascinating.

Because of his creativity, Amir begins writing his first book. It was a little story which Amir read to Ali and Hassan but it was interrupted by an event that changed Afghanistan forever.

In my opinion, this chapter shows the main differences between two boys. However, these differences don’t have sense because in their childhood, they are living and playing together like friends.