Dana's Assignment #2

Amir's relationship with his father:

Based on chapters 3&4, I noticed that Amir’s relationship with his father is distant, unhealthy relationship.
At first, Amir remembers and is somewhat jealous of the physical contact that his father had with Hassan, when he describe how Baba touch Hassan, he said “he even put his arm around his shoulder”. He doesn’t like Baba get close to someone else. He want Baba only be close with him because Baba is his father. In addition, Amir recounts examples of Baba not listening to him. When he tries to talk to his father, Baba was always grunted instead of pay attention about what his son said. Amir states that the complex nature of his relationship with his father is a combination of love and fear.
However, Amir felt so proud of Baba when Baba gave a speech. He felt everyone likes his father made him proud because he is Baba’s son. Amir introduces his love of language and talent for words, but when he shares his success in the Battle of the Poems, Baba is disinterested. Baba only said “well, that’s very good, isn’t it?” Like he was not even concerned about what story Amir had wrote. Amir always felt like Baba hated him a little bit. Because he believed that he had killed Baba’s beloved wife. Both Amir and Baba recognize that Amir's interests, talents, and abilities do not match those of Baba, particularly when Baba was a boy growing up. The incident with the sporting matches illustrates the difference.
Amir loves Baba but in the mean time, he hates his father. Baba felt angry that he couldn’t believe Amir is his son. The relationship between them is irreconcilable and unhealthy.