The Kite Runner: Section 4: Connection between Hassan's Loyalty and Amir's New Loyalty

          In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir's loyalty to Hassan does not really show up until after Hassan is already dead.  Hassan was loyal to Amir throughout Amir's life and even after he no longer saw Amir.  Amir was not completely loyal to Hassan until his adulthood when he was given a chance to atone for his guilt.  Hassan and Amir's situations flip at this point in the novel.  Amir having to go through lots of pain symbolizes "karma" and how he had to suffer for Hassan in order for him to feel better about his guilt.  Amir eventually has to do what Hassan did for Amir for Sohrab.  Amir's best way to be loyal to Hassan after all the years was to adopt Sohrab.  This was his, "way to be good again..." (Hosseini, 310).  Amir took Sohrab in tto try to absolve himself of all the things he did to Hassan.  Just how Hassan layed down his life for Amir, Amir was going to have to lay down his life for Sohrab.