"Then he told Baba about Kamal. I caught only snippets of it: Should have never let him go alone...always so handsome, you know...four of them...tried to fight...God....took him...bleeding down there...his pants...doesn't talk anymore...just stares..." -Page 120
IRONY: a discrepancy between appearances and reality
There are many cases of irony in "The Kite Runner". One of the first situations involving irony that stood out to me was when Amir chose to leave Hassan instead of helping him. He chose the kite over his best friend because he thought that the kite would bring him happiness and lead to approval from his father. Amir thought that the blue kite was his key to success, but it actually did the opposite for him. The cost that came with the kite would haunt Amir for the rest of his life. Leaving Hassan in exchange for the kite actually turned Amir into the type of person his father despised the most.
Another example of irony also involves Hassan's rape, but it revolves around Kamal, one of the bullies present that day in the alley. He was the one who was worried about his parents finding out about the rape because he didn't want to get into trouble. He doesn't directly take part in the rape, but he holds Hassan down while Assef does it. This is ironic because Kamal ends up getting raped too later in the book. Just like Hassan, he is no longer himself and doesn't even speak. Kamal stood by and let Hassan get raped by Assef, and then it happens to him after that. He now goes through what he helped put someone else through, which is very ironic.
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