I was able to capture the collectivism taking place in his country and Piaget's theory of staged development in the way Amir grew and developed. According to Hofstede, “collectivism implies that individuals are closely connected with others in a collective” (Hofstede, 2011). Hofstede points out that Afghan collectivism demonstrates loyalty to a group or person. In the book we see that Amir looks up to his father and has to obey all his rules. For example, in the book, Baba told Amir when he was younger that being a writer was not good enough and that he needed to think of something else to do in life. We also see Piaget's theory of staged development in the way Amir grew up. Piaget was interested in cognitive development and observed a child's progress through four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational thinking, concrete and formal operations (Sandwell). We are able to see Amir's formal operational stage since we first met him when he was 12 and have seen him mature into the adult role. Not all children are able to reach the formal operations stage (Sandwell). Throughout the book, we see Amir grow into a mature adult with a family. He managed to get up and fight the guard to save his Sohrab from the refuge camp. If Amir had been asked to do something like this when he was younger, he would have run away from home