The Kite Runner-Week 2, Post B

Significant Quote:
"The curious thing was , I never thought of Hassan and me as friends either. Not in the usual sense, anyhow. Never mind that we taught each other to ride a bicycle with no hands, or to build a fully functional homemade camera out of a cardboard box. Never mind that we spent entire winters flying kites, running kites. Never mind that to me, the face of Afghanistan is that of a boy with a thin-boned frame, a shaved head, and low-set ears, a boy with a Chinese doll face perpetually lit by a harelipped smile." (25) This quote is interesting to me because I never realized that the social barriers in Afghanistan applied to the friendship bewteen Amir and Hassan. I believed they both saw past all that. I now understand where Amir gets this from because as I've read on, Amir seems to take advantage of Hassan quite a bit. I know he values the friendship, but Amir doesn't seem to understand that the benefits of friendship goes both ways. I'm under the impression that Amir would not step up to the plate to help Hassan if Hassan were in a conflict of some sort. On the other hand, I'm 100% sure that Hassan would walk through fire for Amir. This doesn't seem fair and I hope it all evens out before the novel is finished.