The Importance Of Father In The Kite Runner

The novel, The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini shows us how a teenage boy craves the approval of his father. He teaches us the different social classes there are in afghanistan in the early 80’s. Hosseini does a great job showing how their relationship evolves from disapproval to approval. We see that a Father figure is necessary a child when growing up. The book shows us Ami has a father like figure who is his father 's business partner. Baba in the beginning gives Amir a hard shoulder because he wants his son to be tough. Once they migrate to America Baba is proud of his son for graduating high school. It is obvious in the beginning of the book the Baba does not see how Amir is his son. He has a hard time wrapping his head around that idea because they do not have much in common. When talking to Rahim Khan he
He tells Amir “Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. Do you understand that?”(17) This is a teaching moment for Amir. This is the first and only time Baba sits down and tells him what he believes and teaches him some of his own knowledge. Baba says this because he himself has been a witnesses of theft with his grandfather. He also says “When you kill a man, you steal a life, You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone 's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. Do you see?” (18) As a reader, we see that Baba has robbed the ability of Amir to have a father he can look up to. Amir found this idea both exhilarating and terribly frightened. He loved that he had a decent conversation with his father but he feels guilty because he had killed his beloved wife. Amir feels as the least he could do for his father is be similar to him but he is not. This weighs on Amir 's