Amir's Tests- The Kite Runner

"But I was a man, and all I had risked was a bruised ego. Bruises healed. Reputations did not. Would she take my dare?" (pg. 147)
I found this quote interesting because it almost seems like Amir is doing the same thing to Soraya that he did to Hassan when they were kids. He never took the real risk in anything; he let others do it for him. In this quote, he was only risking his ego as a man because men had a lot more freedom when it came to morality. Soraya, however, had to deal with the double standards of women and her reputations would never heal. Without a good reputation, Soraya didn't have a chance at a good life. So instead of keeping her from a situation where she could have problems, he let her potentially take the fall because he wanted to know her better. Similarly, Amir "tested" Hassan in his childhood on page 54 when Hassan said that he would eat dirt for him and Amir said "you would do that?" This interaction was a test because Amir truly knew that Hassan would eat dirt for him, but I don't think Hassan or even Amir knew if hew would actually ask Hassan to. These tests show that Amir has had two good friends and he always tests them.