Chapter six is set in the winter of 1975, which according to Amir is ‘every kid’s favourite season in Kabul’. The kite flying season begins and spirits are high, the excitement within this chapter allows the reader to feel a false sense of hope and security and enforces the following chapter to impact the reader with a greater realisation of horror and disgust.
Amir describes times from his childhood that generate a sense of fellowship and strength between Amir and Hassan, they begin creating kites together ready for the approaching kite tournament. Although we witness the height of Amir and Hassan’s friendship there are still moments where Amir is selfish and disrespectful towards Hassan. This is caused by Amir’s desperation to be accepted by Baba, to be loved as a son, receive the praise that he has always wished for and the longing to ‘be the favourite’. The strained and twisted relationship between Amir and baba is emphasized through Amir’s desperation and this is a large cause of the actions on Amir’s behalf that follow in chapter 7.
Hassan continues to show ever-growing genuine loyalty towards Amir, thus emphasizing the cruel nature of Amir’s behaviour in return. Hosseini builds a feeling of loathing towards Amir from the readers believing we are seeing Amir’s worst traits; desperation, jealousy and envy turning Amir into the monster Hassan see’s in his dream, only to be abruptly proven wrong in chapter 7 as we discover, in disbelief that Amir is capable of much worse.
-Lucy
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