Chapter 6 opens up with Amir talking about his favorite pastimes in winter, such as playing cards by the stove with Hassan, watching free Russian movies with Hassan, and the famous act of flying kites with Hassan. Everything he did was with Hassan. He mentions that kite flying tournaments is alot like going to war. You have teams and each team can cut out other teams. He talks about how Hassan and him used to make their own kites, but then Baba would buy each of them a pre-made one. I feel that Amir is jealous of Hassan, because whenever Amir wants a bigger and fancier kite, Hassan gets the same one even if he doesn't ask for it. I also think that this jealousy is going to one day get the best of Amir and something is going to happen. Again Amir is using Hassan to be his kite runner, to do his work for him as it had mentioned earlier in the book. Even though Hassan is very good at being a kite runner, I feel that he should be allowed to fly the kite too and not just have to do the dirty work of the tournament. Amir introduces us to his indecisive thoughts about faith. He says "may God-if he exists," which shows the reader that he is unsure if God is real or not. Amir obviously wants to be the pride and joy of his father and he feels that if he were to win one of these kite flying tournaments, he would finally make his father proud. His father won many tournaments!
Chapter 7 opens with Hassan telling Amir his dream. He tells him that it was about their brave souls swimming out into a river that supposedly had a "monster" in it. I feel that this "monster" the boys talk about is going to foreshadow the awful occurence that happens in the winter of 1975. The whole time that they are flying the kite, Amir is thinking about if his father is cheering for him, thinking about him. I find this sad that Amir is just wanting a little attention from his own father. What is the significance of the red, blue, and yellow kites? I was very excited to see that Amir and Hassan won the kite tournament. Myself as a reader, could tell that Baba was actually proud of his son. When asked what Hassan is to Amir, Amir replies, "He is our servant's son." Why would Amir say that after he had just help him win? It is disgusting what Assef did to Hassan!! I am very upset that Amir would run away and not even confront the boys that were doing disgusting things to Hassan. Amir is a coward and it is going to catch up to him in the end. How could Amir let his friend down like that? Or did Amir even consider Hassan a friend?
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I agree that Amir is slightly jealous of Hassan, but do you think that this jealous was forshadowing the event where Amir did nothing to stop Hassan from being attacked by Assef and his followers? I love how after explaining that when he wants a fancier kite Baba buys him one and one for Hassan, Amir says, for once I would like to be the favorite. This truly show how he wants his father to see him for who he really is and not just ignore him and pawn him off on to other people.
Do you think that God is playing a big role in this book? When talked about when Amir saying, "may God-if he exists," I began to wonder if God does have a role in this book? I mean is religion part of the deeper meaning of this book. I think that knowing the truth and knowing what the teachers say is part of the meaning of the book.
Also, a thought that just came to my mind, the way Amir is being taught to different thinks, what Baba says and then what he is taught in school, reminds me of 1984. I see think reference because that school is trying to teach Amir that Hazaras are bad and don't have a true place in society; while at home, Baba is teaching him that they are no different.
Wow! Great job of connecting the dream involving a great monster to the tragedy that would happen to Hassan. I never thought of that, and I was trying to realize what the "monster" symbolized.
I agree with you about how it's terrible that Amir doesn't stand up for Hassan, considering all they've been through together and how many times Hassan has stood up for Amir. Like you said, Amir doesn't even admit to being friends with Hassan, leading me to believe that he is truly embarrassed of him, and by seeing how Amir turns away from him and tries to avoid him after the incedent, shows how truly doesn't care to be good friends with Hassan.
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