What did Assef claim he would do years earlier?

• A. He would become Amir's ally.
• B. He would get both Hassan and Amir.
• C. He would leave the country.
• D. He would abandon his bully ways.

Answer: (B)

Assef’s line shows a long-standing, malicious intent to dominate and harm both Hassan and Amir, driven by his ethnic prejudice and his need to assert power. When he says he would get both of them years earlier, it’s a clear threat that he planned to target them together, not to become Amir’s ally, not to leave the country, and not to abandon his bully ways. This moment foreshadows the violence and intimidation that shape the boys’ lives and reveals the brutal social dynamic at play. The phrase “get both Hassan and Amir” captures the impending harm and the way Assef views them as two people he intends to control or destroy.