The Kite Runner Amir's Personality Changes

In the book “The Kite Runner” by Khaled, the author continuously communicates Amir’s character which progresses and the way his personality changes throughout the book. Throughout this book his personality changes in a positive way overall and that stands out all the way to the end of this book. Amir’s personality changes in a few ways during the novel, he changes from a coward to being brave, a selfish child to a selfless adult, and from self-centered to responsible.
In this book it clearly demonstrates how Amir transforms from being a coward to being brave in a few situations. One particular situation that I noticed a change was when he watched his best friend Hassan being abused by bullies and he just stood there and watched like a coward and did nothing to help him or get involved at all. “In the end, I ran. I ran because I was a coward. I was afraid of Assef and what he would do to me. That’s what I told myself as I turned my back to the alley, to Hassan.”(Hosseini 77). Later on in this book he demonstrates bravery when he tells Soraya everything about his past and the situation with Hassan in the alley with the bullies where Hassan was raped and that he stood by and watched it happen. This is a huge step for Amir because for so many years he kept it to himself and never told anyone except his wife. Another
Baba asks Amir if he wants to invite Hassan to go along with them to the lake but Amir decides that he wants his dad to himself so he lies and says that Hassan is sick with the runs. “He asked me to fetch Hassan too, but I lied and told him Hassan had the runs. I wanted Baba all to myself" (Hosseini 12). There are several ways that he shows responsibility in this book when he puts Hassan’s sons life ahead of his own. He knows that he has to save Sohrab and did it regardless of what the outcome would have been. Amir promises Sohrab that he will never have to go to