Should Amir Have Risked His Own Safety to Help Hassan?

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In such a difficult circumstance, it is very difficult to make a decision, that too a decision that would be purely right or purely wrong. Just judging broadly on Amir’s decision on not helping Hassan, I think he made a mistake. I believe that he should have helped out Hassan because Hassan has been devoted to Amir all his life whereas Amir took his companionship for granted. Another reason why I think Amir didn’t make a wise decision is because generally if you see something that is wrong you must do something about it even if the person involved is one that you’re not fond of. Hassan grew up with a very particular role in life. While Amir prepares for school in the morning, Hassan readies Amir’s books and his breakfast. While Amir is at school getting an education, Hassan helps Ali with the chores and grocery shopping. As you can see Hassan devotes and sacrifices himself for Amir. But when it comes to Amir, even though Hassan is his best friend, Amir doesn’t really appreciate what he is doing and kind of takes him for granted. Amir’s true loyalty would have shown if he stepped in to help Hassan. If you have grown up with someone and that person is so close to you would not hesitate to step in when they are in danger. Since Hassan and Amir we the best of friends, Amir should have helped Hassan immediately, even if it meant he put himself at risk. That is the common humanitarian thing to do as a best friend. Humans are to help others in anyway shape or form. Someone who demonstrates this well is Hassan. He puts everything on the line for Amir he does all his house work, prepares everything for him and even takes the blame on stuff even though it was Amir’s fault. In the other hand Amir isn’t quite like him. When Amir saw that Hassan was in trouble, he didn’t help out just because he was jealous of Hassan and he had too much ego. This is sad, because you must

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