Chapters 6-7

In Chapter Six, Winter has just arrived. This is both Amir, and Hassan's favorite season. Amir said that he liked winter because "As the trees froze and ice sheathed the roads, the chill between Baba and me thawed a little." This was due to the children's favorite tradition, Kabul's big kite race also takes place in winter Amir desperately wants to win this to prove himself to his father, Baba. Amir says, "Baba and I lived in the same house, but in two different spheres of existence. Kites were the one paper-thin slice of intersection between those spheres."Amir feels that he must win the kite race and prove himself to his father. I feel that the card game at the end of chapter six could be significant. As it reads, Amir killed Hassan's king, and played him his final card." This could have been foreshadowing of Amir killing Hassan's spirit.
Chapter Seven begins with Hassan describing a dream to Amir. Hassan dreamt that He, Amir, Ali, Rahim Kahn and thousands of other people were at the lake, but no one was swimming because a monster was in the lake. Hassan and Amir decided to swim anyway, and discovered there was no monster. Then they change the name of the lakd to the Lake of Amir and aHassan, Sultans of Kabul. He asks Amir what he makes of it, and he says it's a "dumb dream." Hassan tells Amir that Ali told him that dreams always mean something. I ,myself, am unsure of whether I believe that or not. The day of the kite race has arrived and the rooftops are filled with spectators. Amir begins to get nervous, and hesitant about racing his kite. The number of kites steadily dwindles down until only a few are left. Before he realizes it, Everyone is yelling "you won" "you won". Amir feels like he's in a dream. Then Hassan runs the kite for Amir. After a while, Amir begins to worry and looks around for Amir. As readers we get the idea that Hassan is in a not so friendly area when Amir asks an old merchant about Hassan and he replies, "What is a boy like you doing here at this time of day looking for a Hazara?" He is told that Hassan has been spotted...with other boys chasing him. This is where Amir finds himself in the alley which we were introduced to in Chapter one. Amir sees that Wali, Kamal and Assef are the ones after Hassan. They end up harassing and eventually raping Hassan. All the while, Amir is watching, hiding, and taking no action to put an end to this. An overwelming feeling of guilt had overtaken Amir.