In Khaled Hosseini's inspiring novel The Kite Runner; Amir, as a young boy, is forced to step up, face his fears and fix what was wrong. The haunting past event that occurred during his childhood creates a dark shadow that carries strongly into Amir's adulthood. Even after leaving his home country for another continent, hoping to bury these old memories, Amir finds himself forced to return home to a country he no longer knows and is forced to relive his past childhood with Hassan. ; his dearest friend. For the first time, he must learn to face his fears on his own. Can you really make things right – even after all hope is lost? With the struggle for social stature between two boys; Amir, a Pashtun-Sunni Muslim who is considered upper class with seniority, and Hassan, who is looked down upon because he is a lower class Hazara. Hassan and his father Ali (a good friend of Baba, Amir's father) live together in a mud hut on Baba's property – they are Amir's and Baba's servants. Despite the boys' social differences, and at a time in Afghanistan when sectarianism has fueled tensions between these two ethnic groups, they still find a way to create what seems like an eternal bond with each other. “Hassan and I fed the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn, in the same yard, and under the same roof, we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba, his was Amir. (Page 13) Even as a child, Amir was always the weakest; Hassan always defended him and fought his battles for him. Even though Amir was educated and Hassan was not, Amir still found a way to be jealous of Hassan sometimes, especially when he corrected him and found himself... in the middle of a paper...... laugh , hurt my jaws, my ribs, my throat. But I laughed and laughed. And the harder I laughed, the more he kicked me, punched me, scratched me. “What’s so funny?” » yelled Assef. The funny thing was, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace. I saw that, in a hidden corner of my mind, I was looking forward to this. I remember the day when, on the hill, I threw grenades at Hassan and tried to provoke him. Are you satisfied now? He had whistled. Do you feel better? I hadn't been happy and I didn't feel better, not at all. But I did it now. (Pages 302-303) An endless bond that lasted forever and a guilt that was carried until it could be assuaged. The Kite Runner is a story that gave new meaning to the term "friendship" and showed us all that there is "a way to be good again", no matter how long it takes..