A true friendship“What is a 'true' friend?“ We humans cannot live alone. We collaborate with families, relatives and friends. However, we all have many friends, who and what is a "real" friend? “Kite Runner,” written by Khaled Hosseini, is the story of an illiterate Afghan boy who can predict exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was the main character, Amir's closest friend even though the loyal 11-year-old with "a China doll face" was the son of Amir's father's servant and a member of the Afghanistan's despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys. Throughout the story, the author expresses what a true friendship is through the use of symbolism and foreshadowing. Caring about how people think of us will be an obstacle to recognizing a true friendship. Amir was not a real friend of Hassan during his childhood. “I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: nothing is free in this world. Perhaps Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slaughter, to conquer Baba." (Chapter 7) When Amir mentions this, he was simply watching Assef rape Hassan, and instead of intervening, he ran away. He didn't stop Assef from raping Hassan not because he didn't want to be hurt, but he allowed the rape to happen because he wanted the blue kite and wanted to prove to Baba that he was a winner like him, earning Baba's love. and approval. The price of the kite, as Amir says, was Hassan, and this is why Amir calls Hassan "the lamb he had to kill" through the use of symbolism. He draws a comparison between Hassan and… the middle of the paper… kept coming up. As a result, he continues to figuratively peek into the alley where Assef raped Hassan, meaning he continues to replay the event in his mind. He regrets not having defended Hassan for more than 26 years because after growing up, he realizes that Hassan was a true friend to him who always defended him. As a result, he decided to return to Kabul to save Sohrab, Hassan's son. A true friendship is a relationship where you can risk your life for each other. As we can see from Amir's change, people tend to neglect true friendship, however, as it is included in Baba's words, without a strong will to express their opinion, people will lose the chance to establish a relationship between true friends. Also, repent and feel guilty for the rest of our lives. You have the courage and strength to defend your true friend?