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Dishonesty In The Kite Runner

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Have you ever had lie develop so much that it turned into a life changing situation? In the book, The Kite Runner, Amir’s lie about his childhood friend, Hassan, alters both of their lives in a negative way. It affects Amir’s life all the way to adulthood until he gets the courage to fix it. In Addition, Amir’s father, Baba, has a lie of his own that connects to Hassan and Amir that could’ve changed their style of living and friendship with one another is drastic way. Both lies end up playing a big role in the story shaping the characters in who they are. Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, teaches the reader honesty can save people’s lives through the dishonesty of Amir in the dark alley with Hassan and Baba’s dishonesty of Amir and Hassan relationship. …show more content…

Weeks after Amir watched Hassan get raped, he tried to see if Hassan wanted to play, when Ali told him that he isn’t feeling well and he’s been acting strange. According to Hosseini, “Did something happen to him, Amir agha? Something he’s not telling me? I shrugged. How should I know?” (Hosseini 81). Basically, Hosseini is saying if Amir would have never lied about knowing what happened to Hassan, he wouldn’t have never felt any guilt; that stayed with him his whole life. Amir’s lie was unforgivably bad, but Baba’s lie is much worse because his concerns both of their

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