Relationships In The Kite Runner

Like Father, Like Son In the novel, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. Amir and Hassan have a convoluted But a special relationship. Afghanistan is a country separated into two races of Pashtuns and Hazaras in which Hazaras are meant to be Pashtuns servants. There are significant Cultural allusions of pride and family's respect to an Afghani life. A culture that at times forces lies to keep a family's reputation that further on causes Amir's life dearly. Amir is Baba's son -Baba is a very well know and powerful man in Kabul- and their servants are Ali and his son Hassan. Amir is different from his father and is unable to pursue Baba's dreams for his son. 20 years later, after various events and a complicated relationship between Amir and

His backfired attempt to establish an unbiased view towards both Amir and Hassan causes discrimination towards Amir. It enacts Amir's jealousy and compels him to betray Hassan as a kid. Amir and Hassan lived together as Hassan accompanying Amir as his “servant” while Hassan cared for and loved Amir as his friend. Due to the Afghan qualities and "the socially legitimate half, the half that represented the riches he had inherited and the sin-with-impunity privileges that came with them," Baba has no other choice other than acceptances to lie to Amir and Hassan (Hosseini page #301). Amir would thrive to have a loving father to support him. Due to his limited knowledge, he expects Baba to treat Hassan like his servant. Baba was forced to be "a man torn between two halves”(Hosseini page #301). A man to treat Hassan, one of his sons as his servant and Amir as his real son. The imagery in “a man torn between two halves” expands to the influence of the word torn, picturing the pain Baba endures to be able to treat them differently. The historical allusion of shame to a Pashtun sleeping and having a child with a Hazara took over the priority of a fatherly figure and required Baba to treat Amir and Hassan differently, but a father's love disabled him to follow up with his decision to treat them differently. Baba would "buy a fancier Kite for me [Amir], he'd buy it for Hassan too" and

By saving a child in need and most importantly the child of the man he betrayed. He'd been guilty of the sins he had committed and found the way to redeem himself. To be able to for once and for all make Hassan's soul Happy and proud of his brother. Amir and Hassan lived in a world of lies. Lies that " I [Rahim Khan] am ashamed for after all those years" to be able to protect the reputation of their families (Hosseini Page #301). The lies caused by the cowardice and poor decisions by Baba and the closest person to him, Rahim Khan. Baba "was a tortured soul" and trapped between his family and his culture. The connection between Baba and Amir, the two dynamic characters of Khaled Hosseini's fantastic book signify the meaning of guilt and the force of love. Baba stole Amir and Hassan's right to the truth, and so did Amir. Amir stole Hassan's right to a happy life with his father by framing him into what he never did. All Amir was left with after 20 years was a Polaroid, and one mission to redeem himself. To get rid of the guilt that has been following him like "a pair of crows [that] sat off the low wall on the enclosed cemetery" (Hosseini Page #264). The pair of crows symbolizes Baba and Hassan following his tracks. Through this symbolization, the crows expand the idea of death presented by the connotation of crows and also Baba and