Question

In the novel The Kite Runner, Raymond Andrews, the bureaucrat who Amir met at the American consulate in Pakistan, would be considered what kind of a character?

Answer 1

Ah, I remember reading that book. It's a quite intriguing book. Raymond Andrews was the man who told Amir that the chances of being able to adopt his half-nephew Sohrab were extremely slim. Amir would have to prove that Sohrab was officially an orphan, which was almost impossible for Amir to prove, since Sohrab's parent's had been killed in Afghanistan. Also, there were no death records (or, at least, hardly any at all in Afghanistan). Raymond Andrews shows very, very little emotion towards Amir pleading to be able to adopt Sohrab. Amir snapped at Raymond Andrews, "They ought to put someone in your chair who knows what it's like to want a child." As he and Sohrab left, the receptionist told Amir that Raymond Andrews's daughter had committed suicide.
Me personally, I'd say that Raymond Andrews is one of those characters you judge before you really know their story. When I read "The Kite Runner", I though Raymond was a ishdoghsbklgdklaj, but once I read the line that his daughter had committed suicide, I took all those feelings towards Raymond and tossed them out the back window.