Fathers and Sons in the Kite Runner

Right. Fathers and sons in The Kite Runner.

1. Amir's first word is Baba. This shows how important Amir's father is to him, because this is mentioned on page 10, so right at the beginning of the book, which gives the impression to the reader that his father was a huge part of Amir's life from the very beginning.

2. It shows the relationships between fathers and sons, like a son's admiration for his father - Amir's admiration for Baba. 'Lore has it that my father once wrestled a black bear' - this quote shows that he thinks very highly of his father to believe the legend.

3. It shows the relationship of father and son again by showing that the father is the teacher, and the son is the student. Amir will always listen to the words of his father over any other teacher, 'you've confused what you're learning in school with actual education'.

4. Rahim Khan acts as a father figure to Amir when Baba shuns him, e.g. he gives him the book as a present, which is a gift that shows Rahim really knows Amir, and that is the sort of present a father should be buying for his son.

5. Amir's jealousy that another boy could be taking his father's attention; Baba treats Hassan like a son (we later find out that Hassan is his son), like buying him expensive presents (the harelip surgery) and how Hassan gets most of the same treats from Baba as Amir does.

6. Amir teaches Sohrab, like Baba was the teacher to Amir. He teaches him how to fly the kite, 'I'm going to show you one of your father's favourite tricks, the old lift-and-dive'.

7. Sons usually want to be like their fathers, and fathers usually want their sons to be like them, but when it happens, like with Hassan and Ali both being loyal, it turns out that the two people aren't actually related at all.

8. Amir and Baba's different parenting styles - Baba waits for Amir to prove himself before he accepts him, whereas Amir is the one proving himself to be a good father figure to Sohrab, and waits for Sohrab to accept him. Amir is more patient than Baba, like when he wants him to fly the kite, he wait for Sohrab to come to him in his own time ,'looks like i'll have to fly it tanhaii'.

9. Fathers are supposed to be the stronger ones in the father/son relationship, but with Assef and his father it was the other way around, like it says that it looks like his parents are scared of him, 'looming over both...like he had brought them here'.

10. Instead of being ashamed of his son/ son-figure (that would be Sohrab, think father figure but son figure, incase you didn't get what I meant by son-figure) like Baba sometimes was with Amir, Amir is proud of Sohrab and even defends him to General Taheri, 'you will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence'.

There could be so many things wrong with these points, but I hope not. Sorry if there are any spelling mistakes, or punctuation stuff! :)