Baba and Amir

     In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the relationship between Baba and Amir goes through an emotional roller coaster. At the beginning of the novel, the relationship between Baba and Amir was not a very strong relationship. Amir spent most of his life thinking that Baba was wishing that Amir could be more like him. He also believed that Baba blamed him for the death of his mother due to the fact that she died while giving birth to him. The relationship got to a certain point where Baba stated to Hassan "If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him our of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son" (Hosseini, 98). They communicated civilly, but never had the father son relationship greatly desired by Amir. Through the act of kite flying and kite running, Baba and Amir finally achieved the father and son relationship Amir had always wanted. Baba and Amir finally began to live life as a family. They went from civil communication to bonding like no one else. The core of the relationship was all based on winning Kite Running tournaments. Even though Amir tried greatly to sustain the relationship that they had regained, it was not enough. Slowly their relationship began to diminish throughout the rest of the novel. Their relationship truly was challenged throughout the course of the novel, but in the end, they ended up right back where they had begun.