The Kite Runner
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- Amir doesn't treat his friend, Hassan, as an equalservant in competition for his fathers praise.
- After winning the kite tournament, Hassan is abused while Amir hides
- Amir frames Hassan for stealing, so he doesn't have to face him.
- "My favorite part of reading to Hassan was when we came across a big word he didn't know. I'd tease him; expose his ignorance." Page 30
- Hassan and his father leave, knowing Amir had framed him
- "I had one last chance to make a decision. One final Page 82 opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I couldstep into that alley, stand up for Hassan- the way he'dstood up for me all those times in the past- and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran."
- Amir and his father move to America to flee from the Talibanfather to flee from the Taliban war
- "I lifted Hassan's mattress and planted my new watchand a handful of Afghan bills under it. I waited another thirty minutes. Then I knocked on Baba's doorand told what I hoped to be the last in a long line of shameful lies." Page 110
- Amir starts his new life in America, unable to forget his betrayle
- "Ali glanced my way and in his cold, unforgiving look, I saw that Hassan had told him. ""Strangely, I was glad that someone knew me for who I really was; I was tired of pretending." Page 112
- "For me, America was a place to bury my memories.For Baba, a place to mourn his." Page 136
- "That summer of 1983, I graduated from highschool.""Baba rolled his head towards me. "I wish Hassan had been with us today" he said." Page 141
- Amir's father dies, along with the secrets they both hold
- Amir returns to Afghanistanto visit a dying family friend
- He returns to his town of Kabul
- "I opened my mouth and almost told my wife how I'd betrayed Hassan, lied, driven him out, and destroyeda 40 year relationship with Baba and Ali. But I didn't."Page 174
- Amir finds Hassan's son in Kabul
- "Amir Jan, I summoned you here because I wanted to see you before I die, but that's not all.""I want you to go to Kabul. I want you to bring Sohrabhere." Page 232
- Amir finds justice by facing his best friend's abuser in Kabul
- "After all these years, I was home again, standing on the soil of my ancestors. On this soil, I had fought for my fathers love." Page 253
- Unable to re-write the wrongs of his past, Amir tires to be better
- "The boy had his fathers round moon face, his pointy stub of a chin, his twisted seashell ears, and thesame slight frame." Page 293
- "Another rib snapped, this time the left lower. What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace." Page 303
- What had I done, other than take my guilt out on the very same people I had betrayed and then try to forget it all? What had I ever done to right things?" Page 317
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