The Story Of Hassan And Baba In The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

The story of Hassan and Baba in the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini brings a different impact on how their relationship is presented throughout the book. Hassan being Baba’s son, works for him as his servant without knowing that that is his actual father. Something that separates them both is that they come from different religions, Baba a Pashtun and Hassan a Hazara. There are many events in life that happened but deception is never an excuse. Baba and Hassan’s relationship shows how close they are but how much of a difference between them since the day Baba, a Pashtun, decided he could not keep him as his child anymore, all of this depending on the religion they believe “because he was a Hazara”(322). Their relationship shows that they care very much for eachother even though Hassan never knows Baba’s secret.

He owns a mustang, built an orphanage, and “had built the most beautiful house” (4). He never used his power to put others down, and he always gave to others what they could not give themselves. He had what many others did not, and that was selflessness. Exactly just like Hassan is, he is as well. Though he does it to relieve himself of his guilt over never coming to terms with Hassan as his son, he tries his best to relieve himself for what he feels that is wrong. Baba spent “$35,000, nearly the balance of his life savings” (169) on Ami's wedding as a last resort to let him know he wants him to be