Comparing Baba And Amir In The Kite Runner

In the novel Baba and Amir never really saw each other as similar until the truth had come out about Hassan. Both had their strengths and weaknesses. Baba has strong morals and believes in courage. Whereas Amir is weak and wants to be a writer. But, as the book progresses the lies and deceit show where father is like son. Once Amir realizes Baba’s lie to him he comes across a revelation that he and his father do ultimately have some unsavory similarities. This horrific realization comes himself in the novel “as it turned out, Baba and I were more alike than I’d ever known.” For Amir this can actually be a positive thought in some gloomy ways. He no longer had to worry if he was anything like his father. Most people throughout the novel thought