Amir

Amir

1. Appearance

   • Average Pashtun
   • no actual description bc he's the narrator

2. Personality

   • Clever
     • Memorised poems
   • Sensitive
     • He cried at the Buzkashi tournament when a man died.
     • Wants to ask his mum questions
     • craves his dad's attention
       • Tells his dad he has 'Saratan'- cancer
   • Coward
     • He could have helped Hassan when he was getting raped. "In the end i just ran"
   • describes himself as a monster and 'Hassan's tormentor

3. Other's thoughts on him

   • His father is not impressed when he finds out his son's talent is memorising poems
   • Hassan respects him and would do anything for him.
     • "I'd sooner eat dirt."
   • he's a coward
     • Baba- 'A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who won't stand up for anything'

4. His feelings towards others.

   • Jealous of the relationship that Baba and Hassan have.
   • Feels he can confide in Rahim Khan
   • Idiolises Baba

5. Key quotes

   • Baba- "He's lost in a dream world"
   • Hassan- "For you a thousand times over"