Betrayal

1. Betrayal - 2 examples with support (25 points) 
   

Betrayal is to be false or disloyal to, to lead astray, or to deceive. Throughout the book, there were a couple intense actions of betrayal, mainly between Amir and Hassan. Here are some examples of betrayal in the book, The Kite Runner.

1.    1. The most obvious betrayal by Amir is in the middle of chapter 8 when Amir just sits on the side and watches as Hassan gets raped by Assef. “I had final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan—the way he’d stood 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” is a excerpt from the stories that describes the decision he had to make. Although Hassan had proven his loyalty to Amir endlessly, Amir still chose to betray his friend and run.

2.    2. Another example of betrayal by Amir is in the beginning of chapter nine. Amir felt so full of guilt and disgust whenever he thought of that night in the alley. Instead of standing up for his friend, to give maybe a little of what Hassan had given to him, he wanted Baba to dismiss them so he could move on with his life. He lied and told Baba that Hassan had taken a watch and money to get rid of him, a last ditch effort to betray his friend so he could move on and forget. Hassan, once again showing his loyalty to Amir, he told Baba that he did steal the watch. As it says in the books, it was Hassan’s “final sacrifice” for Amir. Hassan never stopped proving his loyalty to Amir, but Amir only repaid him with betrayal and dishonesty.