person is a kind of person who is not taking care and not giving enough attention and thought toward his behavior.
Amir’s general description as a careless person can be seen when he tried to ask Baba whether Baba ever thought about getting a new servant or not. Amir’s
question made Baba angry toward Amir. Baba said that Amir already brought him shame by asking that kind of question.
In this situation, Amir’s general description as a careless person can be seen by Amir’s question which is not paying enough attention that his questions
will make his Baba get angry. Amir supposes to know and recognize the history between Baba and Ali. Baba already accounted Ali as his brother and Baba also
gives a big attention toward Hassan. Those two facts are not used by Amir to think whether his question about changing the servants will makes Baba angry or
not. The explanation above is based on the data number 26 below:
“ Baba, have you ever thought about getting new servants?”...
“I’ve never laid a hand on you, Amir, but you ever say that again...” ... “ You bring me shame.”
Hosseini, 2003:77
4.1.8 Sly
In The Kite Runner, Amir is described as a sly person. The definition of sly in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Homby,1995, is a person who
deceives another person and tries to make someone believes something that is not true.
The general description of Amir as a sly person appears when he tries to send out Hassan from his home and his life dealing with his guilt after betraying
Hassan due to his willing to get Baba’s respect and recognition. Amir’s effort to send Hassan out from his home reveals by putting some
cash and his watch under Hassan’s mattress when Hassan and Ali was going out to the bazaar. After putting the money and watch, Hassan went to see Baba and
said that he lost his moneys and watch. This kind of trick, Amir did to make the situation as if Hassan stole his money and watch.
Dealing with the explanation of the context above, putting some cash or money and watch under Hassan mattress and later seeing Baba to say that he just
lost his money and watch can be seen as Amir’s effort to deceive Hassan and try to make Baba sees Hassan as the thief of Amir’s losing money and watch.
The explanation above is based on the data number 27 below: Then I took a couple of the envelopes of cash from the
pile of gifts and my watch,... I went to downstairs, crossed the yard, and entered Ali and Hassan’s living... I lifted
Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it.
Hosseini, 2003:90-91
