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Kite Runner: Chapter 8
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Notes

Plot summary Ali questions Amir (who is in denial) about Hassan’s
now-reclusive nature - he sleeps all day and hasn’t spoken to
Amir
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Amir vomits on the bumpy car
journey, something which embarasses Baba, as he is sickened
by the guilt of not intervening in Hassan’s rape - he feels like a
monster
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At his 13th birthday party, Amir receives a copy of
Hitler’s biography from Assef
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Characters

Ali, Hassan, Baba, Assef and Rahim Khan
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Amir then
insists that Baba doesn’t invite Hassan to their cinema trip in
Jalalabad
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Amir sees himself as a ​“monster” ​and he cannot get the image of
“Hassan’s brown corduroy pants discarded on a pile of old bricks
in the alley” ​out of his mind
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Amir feels the burden
of the rape intensly and clearly wants to get it off his mind
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The reader feels sympathy towards Hassan as he has ​“puffed up
eyes” ​and ​“he’d lost weight”
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Amir feels like he is pretending to be close to Hassan,
as he can no longer read his stories and cannot wait for spring and school - to come round
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Amir also gets a headache every time he
talks to Hassan, who is ​“harassing” ​him
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​Baba’s curt reply is

enhanced by the fact that Ali has been in his family for forty years
and ​“Hassan’s not going anywhere”
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This seems to be the nail in
the coffin for Baba and Amir’s relationship - it has returned to its
normal coldness
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As Amir hurls a pomegranate at Hassan, his cry is ​“pregnant with
surprise and pain”
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The undeserved, cruel, short and violent act
against Hassan mirrors the rape, in fact
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Hassan’s maturity is also
seen once again in how he crushes the pomegranate against his
own forehead - he is sick of being manipulated and controlled by
Amir, but his loyalty is unwavering
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This presents Baba as popular
and well-loved - indeed, although he hires people to help with the
preparations, many of them refuse payment
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Amir recognises that Baba is ​“the real star of the
show” ​and the party is used to show-off h

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