The guilt that Amir feels that he is unworthy of Hassan reveals how deep their bond is. When Amir begins to feel the guilt caused by his betrayal of Hassan it leads him to later in the novel do good to make amense for the wrongs he did to someone he loved. Amir’s guilt is also evident when he moves to America and thinks about his friend Hassan. Amir thinks to himself, “Then Baba rolled his head toward me. “I wish Hassan had been with us today,” he said. A pair of steel hands closed around my windpipe at the sound of Hassan’s name. I rolled down the window. Waited for the steel hands to loosen their grip.” (Hosseini 141) This reveals that still ten years later Amir feels guilt for what he did which shows that he loved and still loves Hassan in the way a brother would. The strong bond between Amir and Hassan stays with Amir his whole life and makes his guilt greater because of their close friendship. The bond between the two boys plays a large role in the lengths of Amir’s guilt which makes him to want to redeem himself. The film does not demonstrate the extent of Amir’s guilt. In the film Hassan is more like a servant to Amir than a friend. There are not many scenes where Amir and Hassan seem to be hanging out by choice as children. Later on in the film the whole character of Hassan seems to become irrelevant as Amir rarely thinks or talks about …show more content…
The brotherhood is not represented, the guilt amir feels in the film is not evident, and the message of redemption varies between the film and the novel. Overall the novel does a better job at delivering the message of redemption because of the inclusion of the impportant relationship that Amir and Hassan