When Amir found Sohrab, he was with Assef, who was sexually abusing him just as he had done with Hassan. Amir told Assef that he wanted to take Sohrab home with him, which caused Sohrab to look at Amir. «Sohrab's eyes moved towards me. They were the eyes of sheep for slaughter. They also had mascara: I remembered that on the day of Qorban Eid, the mullah in our yard used to apply mascara to the sheep's eyes and give it a sugar cube before cutting its throat. I thought I saw a plea in Sohrab's eyes." (Hosseini, 251) The Eid of qorban celebrates Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael. Another example that reveals the lamb is when Hassan is raped by Assef after the kite tournament. Amir had the opportunity to intervene, however, he thinks: “Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to kill, to win Baba (Hosseini,