In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, Amir constantly struggles for years with a personal memory of his past until, in the end, he faces his guilt and achieves redemption. the rape lingers in Amir's mind and the guilt of not standing up for what was right continues to haunt him. Baba said that “a boy who does not stand up for himself becomes a man who cannot resist anything” (21). Amir only wanted Baba's affection and to get it he sacrificed Hassan, not realizing that Baba only wanted his son to stand up for himself. Hassan's sacrifice was further proof of what a coward Amir is. Amir knew this too when he said, “I could walk into the alley, stand up for Hassan – the way he had stood up for me all those times in the past – and accept whatever happened to me” (77). Amir's betrayal characterized him as a coward. After the accident, Amir never told anyone what happened. Amir's way of dealing with the guilt was to push Hassan out of his life, which ultimately breaks the strong bond between him and Hassan. He took advantage of his new life in America by trying to forget...