We read chapter 22 on Wednesday, which sees the return of Assef, the baddie.
What I found interesting about Assefs character was how he was described to have track lines on his arms, signalling he must be an opium/heroin addict. Assef still hasn't changed from the bully he was when he was a kid. It shocks and repulses the reader when he kisses Sorab's neck and how he sneers when he calls Sorab 'my boy'.
At the end of the chapter, it sees Amir escape with Sorab after a face to face punch up between Assef and Amir. Though it was supposedly a 'fight to the death', neither was killed. When Assef tells Amir how he came to be i nthe position he is in, he said how he laughed when he was beaten up by the prison guards. This is mirrored when Amir laughs as Assef beats him up, which could be a reason why he left Amir go.
This is a big chapter and a lot of things happen. In my opinion, it is also the most gripping and interesting chapter.
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