• The novel begins “I became what I am today at the age of twelve.” To what is Amir referring? How would you describe Amir?
• Amir had never thought of Hassan as his friend, despite the evident bond between them, just as Baba did not think of Ali as his friend. What parallels can be drawn between Amir and Hassan’s relationship, and Baba and Ali’s? How would you describe the relationship between the two boys? What makes them so different in the way they behave with each other? What is it that makes Amir inflict small cruelties on Hassan?
• It is Amir’s dearest wish to please his father. What fuels this wish? To what extent does he succeed in doing so and at what cost? What kind of man is Baba? How would you describe his relationship with Amir and with Hassan?





