Ali's Childhood In The Kite Runner

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When Rahim Khan finally tells Amir the truth about Hassan and Baba a question arises about whether Ali knew that Baba was Hassan's father, although it's not directly said in the novel I think that Ali knew because he saw how much Baba cared about Hassan during all those years and also Ali kind of knew that he wasn't able to have any children because his first wife left him because they couldn't have any children, but later on she was able to have children with another man, which clearly showed Ali that something was wrong with him and there was no way he could have any children, and I think the reason he didn't confront Baba was that he was too loyal to him and also maybe because he knew that he could never have any children; therefore, rather

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