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ricksilverly
ricksilverly
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High School - 12th Grade

How is Amir's confrontation with Assef (specifically the fight) significant to the story?

Discuss why Amir starts to laugh while getting beaten up.

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Posted by ricksilverly on Wednesday November 5, 2008 at 1:30 PM and tagged with amir, assef, beaten, confrontation, fight, laugh, the kite runner.

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  1. kryss
    kryss Student
    High School - 11th Grade

    Amir starts laughing while getting beaten up because this was his way of redeeming himself. All those years he felt so bad that he betrayed Hassan, he just wanted something back on him so he would feel better. When Amir throws the pomegrante at Hassan when they were younger, Amir wanted Hassan to throw it back at him, but he never did. Now he was serving for what he did and although his body was in so much pain, his soul had been healed.

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    Posted by kryss on Wednesday November 5, 2008 at 5:16 PM