Authors technique

I think the author's first person narrative of Amir lets the reader have an intimate relationship with him. Amir is a very serious and introspective young man who grows into a similarly serious adult. He is angry at himself as a youngster because he was afraid to intervene when Hassan was attacked. Amir labels himself a coward and Hassan’s very presence reminds Amir of his cowardice. He takes inappropriate action in his efforts to deal with is guilt. He believes that Hassan’s absence would make the situation easier to bear and he tells a lie, labeling Hassan a thief, in an effort to accomplish that. He then hates himself for that as well. While the first-person perspective is typically slanted in favor of the person telling the story, that is not the case in this story. In fact, it seems that Amir is brutally honest. He talks about his fear of facing the bullies as Hassan is being assaulted. Then, when he does meet up with Hassan, he quickly looks at the kite he’d retrieved and was relieved to see that it had not been damaged.