The Kite Runner | Chapter 8

After this horrifying incident Hassan avoids Amir and spends most of his time in bed. Ali asks Amir if he knows what happened on the night of the kite fight. Amir snaps back and tells Ali to mind his own business.

From now onwards Baba begins to show a lot of interest in Amir, even taking him to the movies. For one particular outing, Amir hopes to go with just Baba, but Baba invites three van loads of friends to go along. Amir cannot enjoy any of this because he feels guilty that he has not stood up for his friend Hassan and saved him from Assef. Amir becomes an insomniac as a result of his guilt.

Hassan attempts to be friendly with Amir again, but Amir rejects his advances.

Amir angers Baba by asking if he ever thought about getting new servants, consequently their relationship deteriorates.

Once Amir tries to start a pomegranate fight with Hassan, but Hassan will not fight back. He takes a pomegranate and smashes it into his own head instead of hitting Amir. This shows Hassan's loyalty to Amir.

Baba throws a huge and lavish thirteenth birthday party for Amir. Assef presents Amir with a gift- a biography of Hitler. Rahim Khan tells Amir that he can talk to him anytime and gifts him a blank book for his creative writing activities.