Chapter 7 class notes

He doesn't face it because he's still  12 and not mature
He's a coward for not standing up for his friend
p77 I ran because I was a coward...Hassan was the price I had to pay..to win Baba Is him looking back now when he says looking back now it was the price. At 12 he thought he was just a coward.
Assef is 12 too
Rape is about power so Assef is asserting power over Hassan.
in their culture Hassan did not measure op to Amir and Assef was teaching Hassan a lesson because Assef was superior
Amir also recognizes Assef as a sociopath
If Amir stood up for Hassan he'd be breaking the social contract of the society. At twelve it's hard to stand up for someone you love when society tells you you shouldn't.
As a 38, he sees this as his defining moment. "This is the winter everything changed"