"The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness." - Victor Hugo The novel, "The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini, effectively portrays guilt as being destructive which affects others. The main character, Amir, experiences violence, which causes him to feel guilty for rest of his life. This creates problems in the relationships that he had in his previous years. Amir's guilt turns him against his only true friend. In the novel, The Kite Runner, Hosseini uses the character, Amir, to express how violence, guilt, and betrayal, ultimately destroys relationships. Amir's first experience of violence was when he won the kite flying tournament, a game in which people attempt to use their kite to bring another kites in the air falling to the ground. Amir won the kite tournament and when Hassan runs off in pursuit of Amir's trophy he runs into trouble. Amir was filled with so much pride after winning the Kite tournament and felt like after winning that his dad might love him more; but Amir's dad showed hardly any emotion of pride or excitement. After Aamir waited on Hassan for a long time he began to search for him, but once he finds him, he sees Assef, a bully, raping Hassan. This caused Amir to feel emotionally abused because his best friend was being hurt for no reason. First, Amir is scared of Assef, but later thinks, "Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay to win Baba [Amir's Father]. Was it a fair price?" (Hosseini 82). This again shows how Amir's guilt turns into shame, and his shame turns into anger. His anger creates tension in his life and begins to desolate his happiness. After all, Amir never helped Hassan; he only used Hassan in order to gain Baba's love and attention. Amir's continuous betrayal made him feeling depressed and alone. Even after Hassan is raped, and Amir does nothing to aid him, Hassan continues to love and care for Amir y