1. What was special about kite flying in Afghanistan?
2. Why should a kite fighter have an assistant? What was Hassan's role here?
3. Why did Amir want to withdraw? What was he afraid of?
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Answer:
1. The speciality of kite flying in Afghanistan was that this tournament was an old winter tradition. When the tournament started then it would last until it got the winning kite flying in the sky . Sometimes it would last daylight and all the people gathered on sidewalks and even on roofs to cheer up for their kids .
2. Every kite fighter has an assistant who holds the spool and feeds the line to the flyer. ... When Amir succeeds in cutting his opponent's kite Hassan would run it down for him. This is a role that Hassan cheerfully accepts. Even in direct competition, such as a game of cards, Hassan would let Amir win.
3. Amir muses over why he did what he did – he was a coward who was afraid of Assef, but it was also something worse. He had thought that the blue kite was his key to winning Baba's love, and Amir was willing to sacrifice Hassan for that love. Amir's decision that molds the rest of his life.
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