Amir MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Amir? Amir is an INFP personality type in MBTI, 4w3 - sx/sp - 395 in Enneagram, RLOEI in Big 5, IEI in Socionics.
I just finished reading the book, as well as watching the movie, and I am certain in my claim here. In the book, Amir shows clear indications of Fi as a dominant function. I get how people can confuse his 3 core with Fe, but we must remember that functions aren’t traits or behaviour, but cognitive ways to process information and perceptions. First and foremost, the book is narrated by Amir himself, as he looks back with disgust at his former actions, which allows us to actually get an insight into his thoughts. Fi is not about being brave, wanting to stand out, or any other behaviorism which Amir contradicts. Fi is a subjective and inner value system, where everything constantly goes through a personalized, not always emotionally based, system consisting of values according to the user. This process takes place subconsciously all the time for a dominant Fi user. Why does Amir feel physically disgusted by his betrayal of Hassan in hindsight? I’d say it is because it is so strongly colliding with his value system, which his very unhealthy enneagram 3 (deep rooted desire for admiration and standing out, in this case from Hassan) caused. He always reflects on his actions through a lense of his own definition of right or wrong, which causes an internal conflict between the unhealthy desires of enneagram 3, and his strong sense of right and wrong due to Fi usage. I did not manage to see any Ni throughout the book, because he seemed to constantly evaluate things through the Fi filter, rather than less willingly through Ni-Fe. Fi is not inherently a great quality, and neither is Ni. Every function is, as the name suggests, just a function. The morality of the usage varies strongly from user to user, since they control our thoughts, and not directly our actions (although our actions are heavily connected to our thoughts, but in that order, not the other way around). A Fi user is not inherently more kind, brave or loyal than a Fe user is. Fi is not selfishness, and Fe is not inauthenticity. Fi is not automatically morally right, and neither is Fe. Please stop using traits or your internalized biases when typing someone. A Fi user is very much capable of backstabbing, betrayal and selfish actions, and so is any other function as well. No function is super good or bad by default, it all depends on the user.
Biography
Amir is the sensitive and intelligent son of a well-to-do businessman in Kabul, and he grows up with a sense of entitlement. His best friend is Hassan, and he goes back and forth between acting as a loyal friend and attacking Hassan out of jealousy whenever Hassan receives Amir's father's affection.
