I think we cannot say that Amir and Hassan's relationship is like real friends.
In chapter5, when Assef asked Amir how he can call him his 'friend', he said, "But he's not my friend! I almost blurted. He's my servant!" It clearly shows that Amir doesn't regard Hassan as his friend. Even though he said that he treated Hassan just like a friend as if he told himself, he noticed later that he played with Hassan only when no one else was around.
And Amir felt envious toward Hassan because Baba always cared about him. Some sentences shows that. For instance, "Baba never missed Hassan's birthday.""It wasn't fair. Hassan hadn't done anything to earn Baba's affections." Amir always tried to attract Baba's attention but he couldn't. So he didn't want to admit Hassan is equal to him. I think Amir likes Hassan and Hassan likes Amir, of course. But Amir express the Hassan's feeling toward him as "loyalty".
Therefore, he didn't think Hassan was his real friend. He tried to regard Hassan as a servant because he didn't want to appreciate Hassan himself.
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I agree with you about Amir didn't regard Hassan as real friend.Eventhough Amir enjoys playing with Hassan and the time the get together is also good for him.
ReplyDeleteI think so, they had really complicate relationship, sometime Amir had felt Hassan was good friend for him or somtimes not.
ReplyDeleteHitomi - good conclusion! "He tried to regard Hassan as a servant because he didn't want to appreciate Hassan himself." I think his feelings change towards Hassan, but nothing will change Hassan's lower status.
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