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- Amir is a fairly complex characters as the reader not only has to pay attention to Amir's actions but also how Amir describes his actions.
- Amir is in constant search of his fathers approval. His father, Baba, tend to favourite Hassan as Amir is perceived to like 'unmanly' hobbies such as literature.
- He mocks Hassan’s ignorance, for instance, or plays tricks on him. Amir never learns to assert himself against anyone else because Hassan always defends him. All of these factors play into his cowardice in sacrificing Hassan, his only competition for Baba’s love, in order to get the blue kite, which he thinks will bring him Baba’s approval.
- Rahim Khan is like a father figure and Amir confines in him. " There is a way to be good again"
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- Amir is the narrator of the novel- First Person retrospective.
- Role of a ; son, friend and father figure.
- only two things prevent his complete happiness: his guilt and his inability to have a child with Soraya. Sohrab, who acts as a substitute for Hassan to Amir, actually becomes a solution to both problems
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- Amir the Boy in Kabul Afghanistan .
- Amir the young man in Fremont California
- Amir the Grown Man in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2001
- The novel has shades of buildinsgroman
- He has a privalledged upbringing- Baba is rich in Afghanistan
- The change in Amir’s character we see in the novel centers on his growth from a selfish child to a selfless adult. After allowing Hassan to be *****, Amir is not any happier. On the contrary, his guilt is relentless, and he recognizes his selfishness cost him his happiness rather than increasing
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- Search for redemption
- The only thing he feels deprived of is a deep emotional connection with Baba
- only two things prevent his complete happiness: his guilt and his inability to have a child with Soraya. Sohrab, who acts as a substitute for Hassan to Amir, actually becomes a solution to both problems
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