Kite Runner Father Son Relationship

According to aljazeera.com the amount of Afghan civilians killed and wounded passed 11,000 in 2015. Of these 11,000 about 3,545 were civilian deaths and 7,457 were people wounded with children playing a particularly important role in this. An estimated 59,000 civilian casualties have been recorded since the UN began tracking the total in 2009. The relationship bonded by father and son helps strengthen a boy to figure out what is right and wrong. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, tells a story about a young afghan boy named Amir, and his complicated and emotional relationship with his father; who seeks a comprehensive paternal figure. We can clearly see this bond between the two protagonists Amir and Baba. In the circumstances

Baba does have a few fatherly moments though, where he speaks truthfully to his son, disciplining Amir about his own aspect on life “When you kill a man, you steal a life” (18). This is an example of metaphor because the thief doesn’t really steal anything. Amir felt somewhat wiser after learning that a thief is not only someone who takes personal belongings, but also one who can take what can not be seen or touched. Baba believes this rule goes above everything; however, it’s ironic because he himself is a thief. He steals away Amir’s right to having a father by ignoring the fact of being the father Amir needed. This omittance and absence of fatherly concern conceived the problem frequent throughout the whole story. All Amir wanted was his father’s support; however, nothing he ever did could convince his

“When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth...” (18) This is an example of irony, because Baba lied to Amir about who Haasan really is which makes it ironic, how we expected Baba to be an example for Amir, but ended up being a “thief”.

As Amir remembers a story they told him about his grandfather, which is a very detailed example of what another kind of “thief” is. “...a thief walked into my grandfather’s house in the middle of the night. My grandfather, a respected judge, confronted him, but the thief stabbed him in the throat killing him instantly.”(18) this is an example of imagery because it's a very descriptive and detailed quote which gives the reader a visual image. This is relevant to the topic of the story because it's another way of seeing who or what a “thief” can be.

In conclusion, Khaled Hosseini uses the affection, pressure and difficulty between father and son to establish the necessity of an compassionate paternal figure in one’s life. This relationship shows how indifference and thoughtlessness for one’s feelings can drive a person to make the bad choices for a father’s love. Most importantly, the relationship between Amir and Baba after living in America greatly increases the lesson that a father’s rejection can cause bad decisions as well as show how a son’s happiness requires a father’s attention. Truly, a caring fatherly