Amir And Hassan's Conflict In 'The Kite Runner'

The original orchard scene is firing pin to Amir and Hassan’s conflict, finally forcing Amir to try to drive Hassan out. I chose this scene as it plays a pivotal role in their conflict, without it, it would be possible for Amir to never feel he had to force Hassan out as he did. In the book, this scene starts on Page 92 and ends on page 93. "What would you do if I hit you with this?" I said, tossing the pomegranate up and down. Hassan's harelipped grin threatened to bury his entire face as it’s semicircular shape walked closer to his outline. "What would you do?" I repeated, copying his toothy happiness. Hassan found a pomegranate and pretended to pitch it at me in a baseball-stance. Next to him, the stapled pages of the story I'd promised to read him fluttered in the breeze. In

"This is your last warning!" I cried through smiling face.
"Surrender or suffer the maroon rain of fruit I will dispense!" Moments later Hassan’s muffled laughter echoed through the hollow forest. Hassan started with his own pomegranate threats.
"At this day’s end you will be red with pomegranate innard!" Hassan promised. I readied a similarly aggressive declaration, but when I peeked my head from behind the thick ochre tree, I found out Hassan’s deadly aim extended to more than slingshots. A pomegranate had landed squarely between the tip of my nose and my chin, completely painting the lower half of my head a dripping, red mauve.
In humorful submission, I mimicked lines of surrender we had heard in the endings of western movies we remember so fondly, as well as moving into a prostrate position. Hassan’s tee-hees only fueled my fruitful attempts to have him laugh. After going jovially through the cycles of mock-fighting, surrendering, and restarting, those pomegranates painted us with currant-coloured joy. Our friendship proved to be rekindled in that