He had felt guilty for the majority of the novel after he betrayed Hassan. He had felt guilty because Hassan would have done anything for him and he let him down when he needed him the most. Amir went from being super happy because he won the kite fighting competition, to constantly being reminded of his betrayal. The second shift Amir had made was when he finally redeemed himself after searching for redemption throughout the entire novel. Amir had finally felt a sense of relife. Amir’s outlook on life and himself had changed as he felt he could finally set himself free of the guilt he had hanging over his shoulders for so long. The next character that had a major shift was Hassan. Hassan had a major shift after he had been raped by Assef. He became very depressed. For the first few days after he had been raped he never came out of his room much and had a hard time connected with Amir because he knew what he has done. Hassan began to look at life with no hope and he had severe emotional trauma after his experience. In The Kite Runner Attitude and characters make a lot of changes. Amir has positive changes, while Hassan had made a shift for the