As far as I can see from these first four chapters, I think Amir has a delicate but typical relationship with his Baba. Same as all the fathers and sons, Amir and Baba love each other a lot. Out of this love, Amir pretends to be a passionate soccer spectator in order to build a strong connection with Baba although he does not like sports at all, just as what is written on Page 20 in chapter 3. And so does Baba. It is just because of this love that Baba desperately expects Amir to be a tough guy who can stand up for himself as he is. It seems like Baba does not appreciate Amir's weak gengle character at all, but I honestly don't consider this as what Baba said " 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."(Pg. 23) which makes readers believe they are totally different. On the contrary, I believe due to the same blond they share they do have lots of characters in common. Maybe it is not that obvious, but still exists without denying.
I do think they have a healthy relationship. To be quite honest, they have some kind of typical dad-and-son relationship which is much different with the relationship between mine as a daughter. They may not show their care for each other that obviously with words or actions, but I can still feel the love between Amir and Baba. Maybe, as we can see from the chapter 4, Baba is not that care much about Amir's writing works which the boy is proud of, but still I believe, from the bottom of Baba's heart, he does love the way Amir is as he loves the outstanding strong writing suit Amir's mum has in the past.
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Qian Zhang, This is an interesting argument that they have a healthy relationship! I think many of your classmates would disagree with you. I don't I agree with you on this point, but I do agree with your first point that they have more in common than it appears at first. This will be revealed later in the book, too.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point that Amir and Baba love each other. But they are actually different because they have different hobbies and interesting.
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