"I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan--the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past--and accept what would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran." -Page 77
CONFLICT: the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story; can be external or internal
Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner" incorporates many conflicts within the story, both external and internal. One external conflict that everyone deals with at one point in the story is war. Afghanistan is being taken over by the Russians during Amir's childhood, which is a serious conflict that has affected the everyday life of the Afghan people. Another external conflict occurs between the two groups of young boys in the book. Whenever they run into each other, it is always Hassan and Amir versus Assef, Kamal, and Wali. Assef, Kamal, and Wali end up brutally abusing and raping Hassan, which creates another huge conflict in the friendship between Amir and Hassan. After Amir realizes that he was a coward and just stepped aside and let this terrible thing happen to Hassan, he begins to go through an internal conflict. He feels guilty for leaving his best friend, who has been like a brother to him for his entire life, to be tortured by the three bullies. He is ashamed of his selfishness, because he was only thinking about the kite that he wanted instead of thinking about the safety and feelings of Hassan. This conflict is always on Amir's mind, even after Hassan and his father are no longer his servants. There are many conflicts in "The Kite Runner" so far, and they all can be connected to each other in some way.
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