The Kite Runner Amir Selfish

In Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner,” Baba portrays himself as compassionate, giving, and courageous man who yearns for his son to be more like him one day. He essentially sets the moral bar for his son Amir, by risking his life for a stranger on their way to America and building an orphanage despite others opinions. Not to mention he is one of the most wealthy and respected men of Kabul, making him the father many dream of having one day. However, Baba was a liar, a hypocritical man as he himself said “theft is the greatest sin.” For that, he lived his life knowing the truth and trying to make it for it, but died to protect his reputation and social status. His reasoning was selfish and egotistical seeing as his lie did not protect …show more content…
His son, own flesh and blood never felt so disconnected from a person as much as he did with his father, making him feel empty and deprived. Amir tried immensely and repeatedly to earn his father’s love, he craved it so deep he let jealousy take over him and let Hassan get raped, all in hope of Baba to be proud of him and atlast feel like his son. Although, Amir should have never felt at fault because Baba could never devote himself to him, as he was torn between him and Hassan. Baba’s lie essentially led to Amir’s jealousy as he didn’t know why him and Hassan were given the same treatment, afterall Hassan was a hazara. If Baba would have told Amir, he would have been more understanding and not grow spiteful of Hassan. Moreover, the son Baba publicly claimed, Amir was indeed robbed of innocence and brotherhood because his father was too self …show more content…
As for Hassan, he could have reached out and seeked for him having the means to do so, but he did not. He was the root of Amir’s sin and life guilt without a mere realization, as Amir would have never let his brother get raped. Moreover, Hassan would have never been murdered in front of his home by the taliban and Ali would have never forgiven him. Robbing Amir of a brotherhood, Hassan of life, and Ali of the truth. Baba’s dishonesty was an attempt to save his friendship with Ali, his sons from embarrassment, and his family from shame, but ultimately himself. He died with the secret, revealing he had no intentions of telling the truth. Baba was a hypocrite who instilled in Amir “theft was the greatest sin,” but he lived his life stealing from