Essay On Amir's Relationship With His Father

Almost every lad wants to be like their father. Almost every lad wants to be recognized by their father and wants their father to be proud of them. To give them a pat on the back and say, “Great job buddy!”. Amir from the novel The Kite Runner is in this exact predicament. He wants his father, Baba, to be proud of him or at the very least notice him. The conflict between Amir and his father lay a baseline for the events of this story and gives Amir a life lesson that he keeps will keep with him for the rest of his life. In Amir’s childhood, it is shown that he loves Baba more than anyone else. The problem is that Amir doesn’t feel as though he is loved back. This creates a kind of awkward atmosphere where Amir is trying to impress or “make it up to” Baba to try and win over his love. This search for redemption in his father's eyes partly comes from his feeling of guilt that he killed Baba’s …show more content…
Hassan, Amir’s best friend and servant, runs to go retrieve the winning kite. Amir realises that Hassan is taking longer than usual, so he decides to go see what is taking him so long. It ends up landing in an alleyway, and Hassan is cornered by a bully named Assad and his minions. Amir spots the bullies about to rape Hassan but ultimately decides to stay out of it just so he could get the kite. This specific scene shows how Baba is doing the opposite to Amir than what he is actually wanting to do. Baba wants Amir to stand up for what he believes in, be confident and protect others. But this lack of attention he shows toward Amir causes him to do the opposite. “He [Baba] neglects his son’s interest in writing, doesn’t fully return the love his son tries to give, and refrains from almost ever showing pride in his boy. This ultimately creates the sense of jealousy and cowardice within Amir that ends up stopping him from saving Hassan from being raped.”