Fourth Outside Quarter Reading Post

Here is another question about my book:
How is this novel similar to other pieces of literature that we have studied in class?

This novel, although being completely new to me, is similar to American classics in many ways. First of all, it is mainly about a boy who struggles with friendship and guilt. This reminds me of the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. In that book, George cannot deal with Lenny sometimes. He gets on his nerves and causes trouble for him, but in the end they are still brothers (sort of) and need each other. It is like this in The Kite Runner. Hassan and Amir are extremely close and lean upon each other for everything. Amir is always struggling with his father (Hosseini 34) and how he is disappointed in him, but Hassan is always there to serve him and help him cheer up again.
Also like in Of Mice and Men, George ends up killing Lenny because Lenny had compromised thier position in the workforce and would most likely be sent to jail. Amir backhandedly killed Hassan when he didn't save him from Assef (Hosseini 154). If Amir had done something, Hassan would never had left their household and would have come to America with Amir and Baba, saving him from the Taliban.Of Mice and Men and The Kite Runner are similar in that here are two men with companions and best friends who end up murdering them for completely different reasons. They both deal with guilt and despair and must move on in their lives to survive.