Amir framed Hassan for robbery. That isn’t being very heroic. He wanted to kick Hassan out, and get Baba to love himself only. It worked, when Ali
Another quote shows that Rahim Khan shows that he is trying to explain to Amir how Baba was torn between loving two children. Baba has a difficult time trying to show affections toward Amir mainly due to the fact that he is trying to show love to two children, Amir and Hassan. Although Amir’s character traits do play a role in Baba’s liking, Baba is stuck between two worlds trying to love and care for two children, and Amir does not realize this. Amir takes it upon himself, to blame himself, that he is solely the reason why Baba does not like
During Amir’s childhood he only relates to Baba through Kites. He is not similar to his father in any way which makes him feel like there is a gap between them, but the kites fill that gap. Amir does not have a full and stable relationship with his father, and he doesn't have the best relationship with Hassan either. While he and Hassan both love the kites, Hassan is loyal to the core and Amir is unloyal from his core. While Amir’s place in Afghanistan is small, he does not strengthen it in his bonds with others around him, throughout the story we see him only weaken his bonds and his roots to
Amir stands up to their childhood bully, Assef, who is known as a leader of the Taliban, to help him repent his sins and save Sohrab for the sake of Hassan. Amir was scared and didn’t want to fight, but he knew there was no other choice. OR Amir, a boy who was once very timid, saves the day as he attacks one of his childhood enemies for the sake of his passed friend. Amir always avoided any sort of conflict as a child, but now that he has matured he fought his way through and confronted the issues in front of him. At the beginning of the book, Amir was nothing like Baba and that’s what made him such a disappointment to him.
(Pg.301) This quote suggest that Amir realizes that when Baba was hard on him it was because he wanted him to be a better man than Babe. In addition Baba felt like he needed Amir to be a good man and the only way was to be hard on him. Therefore without Baba and the way he was with Amir, He wouldn't have been the man he grew up to be.
When Amir learned of what his Baba did, he felt a kinship between them that he never knew they had: “As it turned out, Baba and I were more alike than I’d ever known. We had both betrayed people that would have given their lives for us” (226). This kinship and similarity only goes so far, though. As stated before, the way they reacted after the event that caused them so much guilt differed greatly, and showed the true character of each person. Amir grew up a very troubled child with many character flaws, cowardice not being the least among them.
Baba forgave him, but Ali decided to leave anyhow. This act was cowardly of Amir. He decided that he wanted to get rid of Hassan instead of facing his problem and express his regret to Hassan. In 1981 Amir and Baba fled from Afghanistan and went living in the
Baba wants to be seen as good, and to be seen as good he feels that Amir needs to reflect the same principles that he does, and since Baba is such a strong person he believes Amir should
This perceived expectation causes Amir to create tension in his relationship with Hassan and Baba himself. Through many instances within the novel it is evident that Amir justifies these actions by claiming that he did not want to fail the expectations that Baba set for him. The first instance in which this is shown is when Amir attempts to fulfill Baba’s expectations by taking a common interest in soccer. Due to Baba’s belief that “Real men- real boys- played soccer just as [he] had when he had been young”, Amir pretends to take a liking to soccer. Due to his desire to strengthen his and Baba’s relationship he fakes an interest.
During this moment Amir hoped for Hassan to finally be looked down upon by Baba instead of it always being him disappointing Baba. It really revealed how Amir tried to use Baba’s beliefs about theft being the worst sin to an advantage so that Hassan would be perceived as a thief to Baba. After finding out Baba had forgiven Hassan for what he considered the worst sin Amir became confused with Baba’s concept of a thief. “Hadn’t Baba sat me on his lap and said those words to me? Then how could he just forgive Hassan?”
Both Amir and Baba proved similar in their acts of courage, their pursuit for passion and their decisions to betray a loved one. Amir and Baba proved to be similar not only in their good choices but also in the bad choices of betraying someone. The comparison should not be made between Amir as a child and Baba as a man. It is only right to compare Amir after he has progressed further into life and truly defined himself. “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.
In the beginning of The Kite Runner, Amir describes his relationship with Baba and puts a major focus on their divergance. Amir feels disconnected from Baba. They have nothing in common. Amir enjoys writing and being by himself.
However, he also turned out to be someone who tried his best to confront his sins and redeem them by building orphanages, fixing Hassan's harelip, and helping others in general (Li Cunxin, Levy98's Blog). Unlike Baba, Amir was afraid of confronting his sins. In the novel, Baba, with reference to Amir, says, "A boy won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything" (page 22, chapter3) which foreshadows how Amir was unable to face his sin, unlike
(Hosseini, page no.18) .Amir takes his Baba’s affection toward Hassan-Baba’s servants’ son-in the wrong way for Hassan always showed a lot more similar qualities to Baba than Amir ever did. In an attempt to win his Baba’s
Baba neglected Amir, which caused him to make poor decisions, while vying for his father’s love. Amir finds his true self and in the end his relationship with Baba helped to form him into the man he was at the end of the novel, one Baba is proud of. A loving and empathetic fatherly figure is necessary in a son’s
