Inductive Leap Too Far

       In Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the main character,Amir, makes the biggest mistake of his life. After watching his best friend Hassan get raped, he couldn't stand being around him anymore. Amir was an immature coward and couldn't face his best friend since he didn't stand up for him, and watched him get humiliated. "I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan - they way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past - and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran"(82). After this, Amir avoids Hassan and decides to get rid of him forever. He comes up with what seems like a good plan at the time. "I took a couple of envelopes of cash from the pile of gifts and my watch, and tiptoed out...I went downstairs. crossed the yard, and entered Ali(Hassan's father) and Hassan's living quarters by the loquant tree. I lifted Hassan's mattress and plated my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it"(110). When he lies to his father and tells that he can't find his money anywhere, they search Ali and Hassan's house. When they find the money under the mattress, Baba makes a big inductive leap and accuses Hassan of stealing. However, when he forgives them both, Ali already has his mind made up in leaving.
       Baba becomes miserable and Amir's relationship with his father are once again destroyed. Amir has to pay multiple times for his mistake and he has to face what he had done everyday. When the war brakes out, Amir and his father have to leave Afghanistan and escape to America. Baba, who has been wealthy and recognized in Kabul , has to now work at a gas station. His reputation means nothing anymore. I believe that if Ali and Hassan were still with them, all of this, would not seem so bad. They would leave with them and never spend dark nights wondering about how and where they were. Instead, they are in a foreign country, all alone and desperate to get their life back.
     Without this leap,the story would not be as effective as the plot would not change and Baba and Amir wouldn't have to face the loss of close friends. After Ali and his son leave, we, the readers, are constantly wondering about what happened to them. Also, knowing that there is a war in Afghanistan, we suspect that they might not be alive anymore. This adds pathos to the story and makes it much more interesting!
       In conclusion, the inductive leap made by Baba  turns the plot around which makes it possible for the story to take place.