Essay Father-Son Relationship (Amir and Baba) Amir‚ who is the main character The Kite Runner‚ is a boy who always wanted the admiration and acceptance of his father‚ Baba. Baba and Amir cannot have the relationship Amir wants to have because of the characteristics that they have and do not share between each other. Amir wants to have Baba all to himself‚ and not share him with others‚ such as Hassan. Amir is weak in Baba’s eyes and Amir is not how Baba sees his son to be. But in the end‚ Amir
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Runner‚” Amir and Baba both betray the servants most loyal to them. Hassan and Ali both do everything in their power to please their masters and remain loyal to them. Hassan and Ali differ from their masters in numerous ways but both pairs have similar differences. The master servant relationship between Baba‚ Ali and Amir‚ Hassan both differ in the characters’ attitudes‚ relationships‚ loyalty and courage. Although Baba and Ali grew up together‚ they grow to be very distinct people. Baba is a respected
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Hosseini‚ Baba deceives many people to protect them‚ but he ends up hurting them and leaving them with regrets. Baba thought that by not telling Amir and Hassan that they were truly half brothers that he was protecting them from the torment and gossip that would follow from the community. The deceitfulness Baba displays in the book shows the similarities between Amir and himself too. In the end Babas deceit helped give Amir a chance for redemption from a mistake he made many years earlier Baba knew that
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trying to please‚ and receive affection from his father‚ Baba. Amir and Baba had two Hazara servants; Hassan‚ and Ali‚ Hassan’s father. Hassan and Amir have been friends since birth despite their different social classes. Hassan has always gained the affection of Baba with less effort than Amir has‚ and for that reason‚ Amir begins to resent Hassan. After a series of unfortunate events‚ Ali and Hassan made the decision to leave the company of Baba and Amir to start a new life in Hazarajat. Later on in
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raping Hassan. Baba found America to be a place where he spent his time mourning his homeland. The irony is that the homeland that he once knew ceased to exist. He was mourning the life he once had‚ but the life was long gone. Ever since Baba moved to America‚ he has not been the same from when he was in Kabul "For me‚ America was a place to bury my memories. For Baba‚ a place to mourn his." (pg. 129) For Amir‚ America meant being free from a past that haunted his life. For Baba‚ there is no trust
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significant factor in his life. Baba‚ Amir’s father‚ does not understand his son‚ he complains to his best friend and business partner Rahim Khan about his confusion with Amir. “He’s always buried in those books or shuffling around the house like he’s lost in some dream…I wasn’t like that” Baba cannot understand why Amir does not have the same interests as he does. When Amir over heard this conversation between Baba and Rahim‚ it was like “Baba sounded frustrated‚ almost angry”. Baba is disappointed that Amir
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to protect their sons from any harm. This is shown when Baba and David want their sons to have successful careers as opposed to pursuing a career they love as well as keeping a life-changing secret from their sons. In The Kite Runner and The Memory Keeper’s Daughter both Baba and David are hopeful that their sons will have successful careers as opposed to supporting them in doing something they love. While their intentions are good‚ Baba and David’s actions do not come across as protective and
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the way Hassan sacrifices himself for him and it builds the guilt in Amir. Character: “Still playing soccer‚ Assef jan?” said baba. He’d always wanted me to be friends with Assef” (Hosseini 101) Baba refers to Assef as jan‚ it seems that he is proud and honour Assef more than his own son‚ and he never calls Amir Jan. The only one who does is Rahim Khan Chapter 8: “Baba have you ever thought about getting new servants?” (Hosseini 95) Amir regrets what he did to Hassan that he did not stood up
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In the Kite Runner‚ there are several comparisons that can be made between Baba and Ali and Amir and Hassan. Their relationships had similarities and differences that were equally significant. Ali and Baba grew up as childhood playmates‚ just the same way Amir and Hassan did. Since Ali is a Hazara‚ and Baba is a Pashtun‚ there was always an invisible barrier between them and Baba was in a way more in charge of their relationship. This applies to Hassan and Amir as well because of the same tribal
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Both Baba and Amir were guilty for something they had done in the past and there guilt always followed them everywhere. Baba was guilty for sleeping with Ali’s wife Sanubar and having Hassan. Amir was guilty for Hassan’s rape and for the way he always treated Hassan in their childhood. Both Amir and Baba had guilt that tortured them‚ it shows how they are both similar throughout the book. They both made
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