How Is Baba Similar To Hassan's Life

As I read pages 77-78, even though I didn’t like it, I found out why Amir didn’t do anything to help Hassan. All his life, he wanted to make his father proud, and he knew with the blue kite he would accomplish that. This part of the book is similar to a window. I was looking into Amir’s hardest decision in life and why he did what he did. Through Amir’s eyes, Baba’s praise was more important than Hassan’s safety. It gave me a view of hardships I never (and hope to never) experience. Hassan was put into a situation just because his job is to serve and protect Amir. It also showed me the ending of an amazing friendship. Therefore, because of Amir’s cowardliness and selfishness, his relationship with Hassan designagrated.
As I read pages 179-180, I saw numerous similarities between Soraya’s life and my life. First, my family believes that a woman should be happily married and stay in a “woman’s place.” There are many double standards that my family doesn’t care for, and it makes my life more difficult. If I had done what Soraya did, I
Sohrab was born into a life of war. His parents were murdered and he was put into an orphanage. There, he was sold and abused until Amir came to save him. And still, he thought he was in the wrong when he saved Amir from getting beaten to death. This situation was like a window to me because it showed me that there are different types of a child’s innocence. I thought that child innocence would be when they have no idea things like rape and abuse exists, but Sohrab’s innocence is the fact that he believes he’s in the wrong even though he was put in horrendous situations and he was protecting someone. He was thought to never hurt someone, even if they hurt you. He was put in situations no one should ever experience. It made me grateful for the situations I’m in today, but at the same time, it made me even sadder that there are children going through this