The subordination still exists on the outside and this is shown more and more through Amir's despotic behavior towards Hassan. The subordination has moved beyond its tacit acceptance phase and into a clearly recognizable perspective.
It is, however, completely irrational and comes, in fact, from Amir's own shame and being a coward and not doing anything to save Hassan. His incapacity develops on more than one levels and it is interesting to see once again how one of the characters is, in fact, pictured with regards to the relationship with the other character. On one hand, he is genuinely afraid of what could happen to him. On the other, more hidden level, he also wants the kite and is willing to trade anything for it, because the kite, as shown previously, will give him the stature he needs in society and, especially, in front of his father.
The fact that he is unable to intervene triggers his subsequent erratic behavior as well, generated, in fact, by his own conscience and culminating with framing Hassan so that Amir's father would believe he had stolen money.
However, the rape also had a different effect in the relationship between the two, one of equalizing the two characters on a subconscious level. Amir recognizes to himself that what he has done (or rather what he has not done) is wrong and this fact alone is able to determine the transformation of their relationship into one of equality. The fact that he accepts to himself the reality of the events also shows how the character evolves, as influence by Hassan's actions and behavior.
This is certainly a connected theme to the main theme described in the first paragraph. Amir evolves throughout the book as he begins to become accountable for his actions and all this new behavior is, in fact, triggered by Hassan. Amir certainly does not realize this until he grows up and lives in the United States, but it is already beginning to be felt by the reader...
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