Short Essay On The Kite Runner

Kids Struggling For Parents Approval When we are kids all we do is try to earn their our parents approval. We try sports, we do good in school, and we do things for them. Most times they are very proud of us, but other times they are disappointed no matter what we do in life. Take for example the character Bo in Iron Man by Chris Crutcher, or the character Amir from The Kite Runner. Both sons had dads who didn’t really show their approval for their kids. Bo’s dad especially showed this. In the story Iron Man, there is a kid named Bo Brewster who likes to be on the swim team. He quit the football team because of the coach and because he didn’t like to play all that much even though he was good at it. His father did not approve of him doing this at all and had even held it …show more content…
He seems to always be outshined by his best friend/unknown brother/servant boy, Hassan. Amir’s father, baba, always seems to show a greater interest in Hassan, whether it was birthdays, given recognition for a good deed done, or just being attentive to him. Amir always felt second to this servant and it made him angry. When it was time for the annual kite running tournament, Amir and Hassan had teamed up. Amir would take down all the opponents and Hassan would fetch the 2nd place kite for him as a trophy. Hassan ran into some trouble with a bully and ended up being sodomized. Amir wanted to help but he was to afraid and thought Hassan’s sacrifice was necessary in order to get the kite to earn his father’s approval. He had gotten it to, but only momentarily. After Hassan and his “father” Ali had left, and Amir and Baba had gone to America, Baba would still talk of Hassan. It wasn’t until Amir had learned of Hassan's true origin that he would know he always had his father’s approval but Hassan would always have a place in his heart for being the son he could never