Amir wants to be accepted by his father, Baba, but in reality they can't get any more different from each other. throughout the book, they are distant from each other even though Amir tries his hardest to make Baba proud. At the dinner table, "the only things that can be heard are the clinking of the silverware against the dishes". This shows that Baba and his son don't have a good relationship.
Baba is...
-good at sports
-aggresive
-great at starting parties
-very social
while Amir is...
-a bookworm
-likes to stay home
-can't fend for himself; counts on Hassan for that
-horrible at sports
Amir thinks that Baba resents him because Baba's wife died of childbirth when Amir was born. An excellent quote by Baba is "A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up for anything."
Amir thinks to himself in chapter 6 that if he wins the kite tournament "Maybe, just maybe, I will be pardoned for killing my mother."
i agree with Brent and I noticed that in the book , Amir was always trying to impress Baba to make him proud. The differences between Baba and Amir stayed the same untill the day Baba passed away. I always think that Amir wanted to make him proud but Baba was just to diffcult to impress , without sacrifice
ReplyDeleteI think this is a really apt post, Brent... well spotted.
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