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Character Changes In The Kite Runner

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Author, Khaled Hosseini has introduced us to many characters throughout the first two sections of the book. So far, we have discovered the protagonist, antagonist, the dynamic, static, round, and flat character of the novel. During the first section, it was hard to get an understanding of some of the character traits because they changed so drastically, however, entering the second part of the book, you got to develop and understand certain characters more better than in the first. Amir is the protagonist of the story, even though we don’t see that near the end of the first part. In the time of the first part, we see that Amir is young and immature, as well as a follower. He takes things for granted and gets jealous easily of things that shouldn't

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