Antagonist

In the Kite Runner, I believe that the narrator, Amir, is the antagonist. He is puts his best friend Hassan down all the time by mocking his inability to read. I think that the reason Amir is mean to Hassan is because he is jealous of the way his father cares about Hassan. Amir doesn't get very much attention from his father and when Hassan comes around, his father tends to strike up a conversation with him. Rahim Khan relates more to Amir than his father does. Amir also doesn't stand up for Hassan when he gets raped. He knows that Hassan would do it for him but he is afrad of what they will do to him if he intervenes. As a result, he ruins the friendship they have. They will no longer play together and talk to eachother like they used to. Because of Amir's cowardness, he puts his childhood to an end.