Characters

• Ahmad Zahir
  • Popular Afghani musician
• Assef
  • Corners Hassan with his crew
• Kamal – member of Assef’s crew
• Wali – member of Assef’s crew

Locations

• Haji Yaghoub Mosque
  • Amir passes a few blocks from it searching for Hassan

Themes/Motifs

• Class
  • Assef taughts Hassan with truth about class
  • Amir is not truly Hassan’s friend
• Cowardice
  • Amir shows cowardice when Hassan is in trouble
• Father/Son relationship
  • Amir is jealous that Hassan seems equal to himself in the eyes of his father

Plot

• Hassan has a dream about Gharga Lake
• Amir is nervous about the Kite tournament, Hassan calms him
• Assef corners Hassan while Amir looks on
• Assef sodomizes Hassan and Amir flees

Thoughts

This section is interesting in that dreams and memories are intersected into the narration.