As said earlier, the first chapter in “The Kite Runner” contains foreshadowing. The “I”-person tells about how he “crouched behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek”. Later in the book, around chapter 8, we know what he was looking at, and who was there.
He shows regret. “That was a long time ago, but it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the pat claws its way out.” He claims that forgetting about the past is wrong, it's impossible. It's always there for you to remember, especially for Amir. He obviously still feels bad about it.
He's “been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years”, “looking back now” he realizes it. Twenty-six years have passed, and he hasn't forgotten, and he does not feel any better. He still remembers the exact moment it happened. It's like he has a grudge bearing over him.
Amir has changed. He was someone from the day he was born to the day when he peeked into the alley, but became someone else. As he said, “I became what I am today at the age of twelve”. The incident is of course when Hassan is raped by Assef, witnessed by the silent Amir. He could have prevented it, at least tried, but he kept quiet, and pretended he never saw what happened. That day changed him, and it changed him to who he is now.
I want to know who he is now. All I have is the first chapter. All I know is he's in Los Angeles, and that he's not forgotten about the past I've read about. But from the twelve year old Amir, and to the man he is now, I don't know. I don't know what happened.
I'll be “reporting” again the next time I continue to read the book. See yah!
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