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Kite Runner: Chapter 3
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Notes

Plot summary

This chapter describes Amir’s recollections of his upbringing with
the disapproving Baba, who is presented as a great and powerful
man, as well as being a well-respected community figure
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We see how Amir feels blamed for his mother’s death in
childbirth, who he appears to resemble more with his love of
literature
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Characters

Baba, Amir, Amir’s mother Sofia, Hassan (only mentioned) and
Rahim Khan
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This is ironic, as
Hassan and Amir are robbed of knowing their true fathers due to
Baba’s affair with Sanaubar (Hassan’s promiscuous mother)
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He is clearly rich, making him
powerful, as he built an orphanage over a period of 3 years
(against advice)
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Baba’s supposed wrestling the bear
implies his physical strength and 6 ft 5 stature, as well as
foreshadowing his prevention of the woman on the truck’s rape
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Amir thinks that Baba hates him because he “had killed his
beloved wife, his beautiful princess” when his mother was giving
birth
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According to Amir, “real men didn’t read
poetry… real boys played soccer”, a sport which Amir is
“pathetic” at
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Amir crying at the brutal horse
games also annoys his father, who has a “disgusted” look on his
face and is very “angry”
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Baba believes that there is “something missing” in
Amir, which is found in Hassan
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This
also shows how proud of his father he is and how he is
constantly trying to prove himself to him
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We realise that she was a descendant of the royal family and
taught Farsi literature at the university
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Rahim Khan has
a fatherly bond with Amir, and he criticises Baba for wanting Amir
to have a “mean streak” or be “violent”
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For example, Baba owns and runs with Rahim
Khan “a wildly successful carpet-exporting business, two
pharmacies and a restaurant”
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Resilience,
toughness and courage is needed
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Zakat = the Muslim belief in donating money to the poor
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