Blog 1; The Kite Runner

I chose this book because earlier in the year we read A Thousand Splendid Suns and I really enjoyed the writing style. So far I have like The Kite Runner a lot. It sets up the setting very well, as well as the character relationships. So far I have learned that Amir uses Hassan when it is convenient for him and then he becomes ashamed of their friendship when anyone else is around. I can tell as I read this that Amir is kind of ashamed of himself for doing this to Hassan but at the same time he doesn’t change his ways. He doesn’t treat Hassan fairly and Hassan does everything he can for him. The end of chapter 7 was really sad; I don’t understand why anyone would think to do that. I also was very upset by what Amir did, but it didn’t surprise me in the least.