An important stepping stone in every child's life is the moment when a child makes a wish to be another child's best friend forever. Many girls cement this promise by purchasing a necklace with half hearts, while boys can carve their names on trees, but either way, this promise is very important for children to prove that they have someone one they can trust. In Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel The Kite Runner, two boys, Hassan and Amir, have a friendship that is not as typical as that of most children. Although they carve into a tree that they are the “sultans of Kabul” (Hosseini 27), their friendship is weak and one-sided. These boys grew up in Kabul, and although their childhood friendship seemed like something out of a book, with pomegranates and stories, it was dark and moving. One of the main reasons for this was the subtle difference between these boys, omitting differences in character; Hassan is a Hazara and Amir is a Pashtun. Because of this, Afghan society has classified Hassan as an inferior human being and he and his father are in servitude to Amir and his family. Amir's lack of self-confidence throughout the novel hinders his ability to have a true friendship with Hassan. Amir ruins the chances of friendship between him and Hassan because he is jealous of Hassan, he considers Hassan an inferior human and because of his bitter resentment. An underlying cause of Amir's problems with his friendship towards Hassan is that he is jealous of Hassan; this jealousy leads him to test Hassan and take advantage of Hassan's unwavering loyalty. Amir constantly ridicules and tests Hassan; it's just to prove that Hassan is inferior to him. Amir confirms this by humiliating Hassan towards himself, taking advantage of his illiteracy to have fun: “Well, everyone in my school knows what that means,” I say. Let's see. 'Imbecile.' it means intelligent, intelligent. I will use it in a sentence for you. “When it comes to words, Hassan is a fool”(29). Amir does nothing by teasing Hassan except that he demonstrates that he is smarter. Amir feels that he must prove, even to himself, that he is smarter. than Hassan', he lacks acceptance from his father, so he feels he has to tease Hassan to accept himself.