Who would have thought that the most opposite people could become one? Khaled Hosseini's Kite Runner shows a large amount of love, betrayal and friendship towards two completely different people. Amir, son of a rich man from Kabul, Afghanistan, develops a friendship with his servant Hassan. Amir and Hassan have a rather complicated relationship for two initially very different personalities. Hassan has strong feelings for Amir, but Amir never admits to their friendship due to their difference in social status. As the years pass, Amir finds himself in a difficult situation, during which his actions affect their lives forever, leading them to follow two separate paths. Looking back at his past, the old and wise Amir despises the choices he made as a child that negatively affected his friendship with Hassan. Throughout his life, Amir makes choices based on fear and guilt, resulting in a life filled with shame, until he is ultimately redeemed. The relationship between Amir and Hassan can be described as a set of opposites at the beginning of the novel, but as the novel progresses it becomes apparent that they could not be more alike, and by the end they become one. the boys, Amir and Hassan liked to do everything together; However, Amir never considers him and Hassan to be friends, and their personalities are shown to be very different at this early stage of their lives. Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara, meaning they have opposite social statuses, but Amir spends most of the first twelve years of his life with Hassan anyway. Despite his social status and childhood experiences, Hassan was both physically and mentally stronger than Amir according to Amir's father, who said... middle of paper ...... get off a kite in an attempt to teach Sohrab about kite flying, and thus take over Hassan's previous position as a kite runner. This is the key moment where Amir is shown to have transformed into Hassan. After many years of struggling with the past, Amir overcame his mind and became a better person. At the beginning of the novel, Amir and Hassan were complete opposites, but as the novel progresses, it is shown how they are one. the same. When Amir was younger, he did not have the caring and loyal qualities like Hassan, but once called upon to take charge of an important situation, he quickly acquired these qualities. Amir overcame his past struggles to become more mature and acquire the qualities necessary to live an honest life. Hassan brought out Amir's best qualities and their unique friendship changed Amir's life forever..