<p>Why does Amir throw pomegranate at Hassan? The kite runner?Why does Amir want Hassan to be mean to him?</p>
<p>Um, I read it last year (summer), so I don’t remember too much.</p>
<p>I think Amir wants Hassan to be meaner to him because he doesn’t want the whole subservient thing going on between them. He wants Hassan to view himself as equal to Amir. He feels that he takes advantage of Hassan, so he wants Hassan to stand up for himself and give Amir the discipline he wants.</p>
<p>The details are foggy. I’m not too sure about what I wrote.</p>
<p>^ yeah that or he hates how good of a person Hassan is and he hates how Hassan never stands up for himself…im not too either…</p>
<p>He wants to feel better about himself for not doing anything to help Hassan.</p>
<p>sg12 basically got the entire book.</p>
<p>I read it last summer so I can’t remember, sorry.</p>
<p>I read it a while back but I still kind of remember. Basically, Amir witnesses a horrible crime being done to Hassan. And he’s tortured by the guilt of not helping Hassan. Hassan is a good natured boy, and Amir resents Hassan for being able to live in his kind, caring ways after all he’s been through. In my opinion, Amir is jealous of Hassan because he sees that he’s conflicted inside, and he is intimidated by Hassan’s unbreakable goodness. On top of that, Amir is the wealthy boy who goes to school and such, but Hassan is naturally smart. So he sets out to bully Hassan into seeing him finally break, to prove to himself that he’s better.</p>
<p>And there’s also the thing with his father. Amir is basically ticked off that he and his father lack a certain bond that his father shares with Hassan. So add that to the list of why Amir is jealous.</p>
<p>That’s my take on the book. It’s been a while though, so don’t shoot me if I fudged up a detail or something</p>
<p>But if he is just jealous, why does he want Hassan to fight back?</p>
<p>I hate this book with a passion.</p>
<p>^^^^never heard that before. The Kite Runner is a profound novel</p>
<p>And I agree with everyone else.</p>
<p>Profundity is not indicative of stylistic excellence, HonorsCentaur.</p>
<p>“But if he is just jealous, why does he want Hassan to fight back?”</p>
<p>I think it’s because up till then, Hassan’s been this perfect little angel who treated Amir with nothing but kindness, despite Amir’s efforts to bully him. And because Amir is intimidated by Hassan, he feels that by provoking Hassan and seeing him “crack” would be the same as “winning”</p>
<p>The way I read it; Amir is so filled with guilt at betraying Hassan, he needs some form of punishment to satisfy his conscience. The fact that Hassan is still so kind to him only makes Amir feel more guilty. i think the entire novel is about Amirs attempts to attone for what he did, and he feels that if Hassan hurts him back they’ll, in some way, be even.</p>
<p>@noreally, that’s true, but nonetheless The Kite Runner was written in excellent prose</p>