This character appears in 10 books.
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The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Assef: Assef is the bully who rapes Hassan. He later does the same thing to Hassan's son. RJ
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This book is based on The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.Bookclub-In-A-Box Discusses the Novel the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
by Marilyn Herbert
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This book is based on The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.The Kite Runner (Bloom's Guides)
by Harold Bloom
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Arab-american and Muslim Writers (Multicultural Voices)
by Rebecca Layton
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Inside the Kill Box
by Michael W. Romanowski
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The Kite Runner
by Shmoop
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The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the Epic Film (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks)
by David Benioff
Assef: Assef is the son of an Afghan father and a German mother and ironically, given that he is of mixed origin, an advocate of Pashtun dominance over the Hazara. As a teenager, he is a neighborhood bully and is described as a "sociopath" by Amir. Many of his cruel actions as a child include raping Hassan as a means of revenge against Amir, and giving Amir a biography of Adolf Hitler as a birthday present. As an adult, he joins the Taliban and rapes and abuses Hassan's son Sohrab.
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