Confront

Amir confronted his biggest fear when he realized that the Taliban guard that he was talking to was Assef. Amir had always run from confronting what he had seen the night Assef raped Hassan. His past feelings and guilt arose and he was forced to face his worst nightmare. "I tried to take a breath and coulcn't. I tried to blink and coulcn't. The moment felt surreal- no, not surreal, absurd.." (The Kite Runner 281)