Is Baba A Bad Father In The Kite Runner

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Baba is a bad father since he ignores hassan being his son but treats amir as his only son.

One reason baba is a bad father is he didn’t take care of hassan like his son but like his servant and son’s friends. “Baba’s motto about throwing parties was this: invite the whole world or it’s not a party” pg 93. Baba throw a huge party for Amir but for Hassan they went kite running and no party. This is showing Baba is putting money and time into Amir but only hanging out with Hassan and Amir on Hassan’s birthday. There are other part that is showing Baba cares more about Amir.

Another reason Baba was a bad father was he was disappointed of amir because his wife died from his childbirth. “If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with

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