The Kite Runner Father Son Relationship

In “The Kite Runner” the book seems to have a common theme of problems between father and son, but Amir and Baba have the most complex challenge, From the beginning of the book the reader finds out that Baba's wife and Amirs mom died during childbirth, this was one of the main reason why Baba and Amir didn't have such a loving relationship, probably because Baba blamed Amir for his wife's death, and another reason was because Baba wanted a son who was strong and loyal like Hassan but Amir was the exact opposite he was weaker and was a coward whose only interest was reading and writing here is an example “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 sounded frustrated, almost angry” Baba was upset that Amir was not a copy of himself and was disappointed that he wasn't what he hoped his son would be like, this shows the complex relationship between Baba and

In the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the author takes the reader into the fictional world of Amir and Hassan, two best friends who face the untold realities of their childhood as they struggle to cope with guilt and heartbreaking losses. The story is told from the perspective of Amir, a Pashtun who grows up in a privileged society and lives with his father, Baba and his best friend and Hazara servant, Hassan. One of the major turning points in the story occurs when Amir leaves Hassan to be raped by a bully, ruining their relationship for the rest of his life. While dealing with the guilt of betraying Hassan, who he later learns is his half-brother, Amir learns shocking truths about his father that alter his perspective of Baba

He demonstrates to Rahim that his son is nothing like himself, “He’s always buried in those books or shuffling around the house like he’s lost in some dream…I wasn’t like that”. (Hosseini, 23) This shows how Baba wants his son to be his reflection; he wants his son to be just like himself, brave, strong and well respected by others. Baba thinks his son is a coward and that he could never be like himself. Baba even went as far as to say, “If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I’d never believe he’s my son”. (Hosseini, 25) Amir tries to win over Baba's affection and approval all his childhood and attempts to build a bond with his father. However as Baba is a terrible father, he can’t understand that because of him, Amir is molded into a coward, a jealous boy, and a boy who will do anything to win over his father's approval. An example of this is him watching his best friend get raped so he can get the kite that will win over his father's approval of him. Aside from Baba wanting his son to be his reflection, he shows no emotional attachment to his son other than lineage. This further shows his terrible fatherly figure. Baba doesn’t put the effort into forming a

Does your father have a big impact on your life? The father figure in the novel The Kite Runner has a significant impact on most of the events that happened in the novel. In the book “The Kite Runner” Baba and Amir’s relationship lead to Amir not reporting the rape that happened to Hassan, Baba and Hassan's relationship lead Amir to Sohrab later on at the end, and finally Amir and Rahim Khan’s relationship shaped Amir into the writer he is today and lead Amir to Sohrab.

I knocked on Baba’s door and told what I hoped would be the last in a long line of shameful lies" (“The Kite Runner”, p. 87/88). By doing this, Amir hopes to “eliminate the person he thinks he's in competition with” and secure his own status as the favoured son. This terrible act not only demonstrates the peak of Amir's jealousy, but also starts his big sense of guilt and the realisation of the consequences of his actions. He begins to understand the real consequences of his jealousy, marking the beginning of a long journey towards trying to make things

Selfish Love in the Kite Runner One of the worst human qualities is selfishness. It causes Amir and Baba to turn on Hassan, each other and Ali, all to make themselves feel better. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, the Kite Runner, Amir and Baba show selfish familial love can cause emotional suffering within the family. To begin, both Amir and Baba lie to Hassan to protect themselves.

In Khaled Hosseini's book the kite runner the Amir returns to Pakistan to visit an old friend Rahim Khan who brings home some good news.

In the novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini establishes a type of relationship of a father and son in whom the son seeks his father’s love, and attention, while the father does not appreciate how his son is growing up to be. We have seen up until now that Baba dislikes the point that Amir does not resemble him in anyways, up to a point where Baba admitted, “If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife…I’d never believe he’s my son”(23). The reason Baba expresses this is since Amir does not resemble him in a way that he wants him to act. Strong, athletic, or brave, all in which Amir has faults in and what his father is picturing him to be. A powerful line that Hosseini wrote in the novel, coming from the character Rahim Khan saying, “children aren’t coloring books.

Relationship is an important aspect of one’s life as one is easily influenced by their surroundings. In Hosseini's, The Kite Runner, Amir’s different relationships with Baba, Hassan, and Rahim defines him as a person which plays a key role in the plot of the novel. Amir has developed a complex characteristics meaning that the readers not only have to pay attention to Amir’s actions but also his feelings. Amir’s has shown multiple complications in the father-son relationships. The difference in the characteristics of Baba and Amir has brought shame and jealousy within Amir.

Family plays a very important role in the development of a child, and still impacts them as they grow to become an adult. This role is shown in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner “Fall 1952”, and in Lucie Young’s article,“Despair in Kabul”. These sources communicate that a main theme in Hosseini’s work is how family has a great influence on how people behave and make their decisions. (add some other transition here) show readers that family plays a part in pushing people to act in self interest, or to help others.

Another significant aspect of The Kite Runner is the nature of the changing relationship between Baba and his son, as well as Amir's lifelong desire to gain his father's approval. The photograph of Baba, Amir, and Rahim Khan is an important physical representation of the nature of these relationships. In many aspects, Rahim Khan is more of a father to Amir than Baba is. he at least seems to serve as a more positive role model and father figure to Amir than Baba does. Baba seems to care more about others than he does his own son, and he seems to have a distinct vision of what Amir should be and how Amir should live, but Baba sees very little of himself in his offspring.

Here in this essay I will discuss the complex relationship between father and son to demonstrate the need for a father figure in the novel "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. The relationship between a parent and a child is a precious and haunted bond, but is not always a love relationship, but a relationship is full of pain and longing. The relationships clearly demonstrate this need for a father figure are those between Baba and Amir, and Amir and Sohrab.

Amir and Baba never got along, which caused Amir to believe that all father-son relationships are like his. Amir does not understand that parents are supposed to unconditionally love their children, like the love Hassan receives from Ali. Showing the differences in Amir and Hassan’s reactions to this story due to their relationships with their fathers explains the significance of having a bond between father and son.

Throughout the novel, Amir endeavors to be approved by his father, Baba, who is admired by people in Kabul. Unfortunately, Baba believes that Amir, unlike him, is very unmanly “and [that he] never fights back. He just... drops his head ” (Hosseini 24). Since Baba wishes for a son who would stand up for himself, he can’t help but observe that Amir’s friend Hassan, as the guy who “steps in and fends the [bullies] off” (Hosseini 24) is his idea of the ideal son. Though aware of his father’s expectations, Amir is unable to change himself and instead envies Hassan and the fact that Baba treats him like his own son by“[patting]Hassan on the back. [and even putting] his arm around his shoulder [like a fatherly figure]”(Hosseini 15). Despite the manifestation of this hatred in Amir, he continues to recognize the bond that he shares with Hassan, “ brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast” (Hosseini 11) which is because both their mothers died during birth. The confusing emotions he feels for Hassan has Amir face a situation in which he acts inappropriately and allows the guilt to manifest upon him. After winning a very important kite tournament for the first time and “seeing Baba on that roof, proud of [him] at last” (Hosseini 71) Amir begins to search for Hassan who had gone to run his kite earlier. Finally, Amir finds him in a dark alley and as he “peeks around the corner” (Hosseini 75) he witnesses a sight that eradicated not only his relationship with Hassan but also Baba’s brotherly relationship with Ali, Hassan’s father. Peeking through the corner of the alley, like a bystander, he watches his one and only friend getting raped. The guilt that came upon him was for two reason; one, his lack of courage to stand up to

Baba’s influence on Amir can be described in two words, tough love. Baba desperately wants Amir to resemble him in everything he does and do things how he would, but Amir struggles to meet these standards. Baba is reminded by Rahim that he does not get to choose the man that Amir will become, “‘Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with favorite colors”’ (21). It hurts Amir that he does not get Baba’s compassion and love but he stays true to himself and does not change for him. Even though Amir stayed true to himself he would still do what he could to earn Baba’s love. When he won the kite flying tournament Baba shows Amir that love because he did something they can both relate to, sports. It seemed Amir would do anything to be recognized by Baba but Baba did not care about Amir’s thoughts on himself. Baba even said to Rahim “If [he] hadn’t seen the doctor pull [Amir] out of [his] wife with [his] own eyes, [he’d] never believe [Amir’s his] son” (23). This obviously would be heart wrenching to hear and hurt Amir deeply, but he did not let that make him stop trying. The two clearly had a rocky relationship.