Hi so what would be a character arc for Amir from the kite runner and what did he do in the beginning and end and how he changed and how the author shows a theme for this character.
Amir is the son of a wealthy but stern man living in Kabul as a child. The family moves to America when Amir is still fairly young and it’s there he grows into a man, marries, and makes a home and career for himself. As a child, Amir believes Hassan is nothing more to him than the son of a family servant who also works for Amir’s family and who serves the role of playmate. Amir’s father is adamant that telling a lie is the worst possible betrayal. It’s not until they are adults that Amir learns the truth about his relationship to Hassan and he feels doubly betrayed by the information, knowing his father had lived a lie for Amir’s entire life by not acknowledging Hassan as his son. Amir desperately wants his father’s approval but doesn’t know how to achieve that. Amir takes things very seriously and he is brutally honest about his own shortcomings. When Hassan is assaulted, Amir doesn’t step in to try to save his friend. He hides and waits for the attack to be over before returning to the scene. However, he hates himself for his cowardice and denies himself the comfort of his relationship with Hassan after that. Years later, when Amir is faced with the danger of trying to get Hassan’s son from a pedophile, he takes a beating and refuses to back down. This brutal beating and his saving of Hasssan's son provides a little redemption for Amir. Amir returns to America with Sohrab a much stronger character.
