Baba And Amir Relationship Analysis

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While Amir and Baba live in Kabul, innocent Amir labors zealously for his father's love and respect. Amir is a dedicated young man with a passion for writing who tries time and time again to show Baba, his father, his made-up stories. Amir pours his heart and soul into these objets d'art, but the most Baba can muster up if he even listens to one is "Well, that's very good, isn't it?" This statement alone seems to devastate Amir, telling him that his best work is not good enough for his only living parent. Furthermore, Baba constantly crushes Amir's psychological state throughout his childhood by expressing that he does not like Amir's personality; Baba even exclaims that "If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son." Could you imagine how you would feel if your only parent said this about you? I would describe this stage of Amir and Baba's relationship as and astronomically weak, strained, and especially unaccepting; it seems as though the two are both enemies fighting a silent war. When Amir moves to America, he grows very close to his father. He completes high school in America, and his father even takes him out drinking. The duo's relationship is further strengthened when Baba has Amir drive to "the south end of the street," and Baba gives Amir …show more content…
I think that because Baba hurt Amir so badly by never revealing this fact, he caused Amir to become overprotective of Sohrab's emotions. When General Taheri calls Sohrab a "Hazara boy," Amir almost violently retorts that Taheri "will never call… [Sohrab] by that name again in… [Amir's] presence." I think this shows that Amir's relationship with Sohrab in America is desolate, bereft, and ready to fall apart at any given moment. I hope Sohrab will eventually open up to Amir, and I wonder if Amir will always accept Sohrab for who he is in the
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