Fatherhood

The Kite Runner 
Khaled Hosseini

As The Kite Runner continues, Hosseini makes use of the literary device of irony. One thing that is consistent throughout the novel is Amir's confusing feelings for his father. Amir is intimidated, yet admires his father even so. When Amir and Soraya try to have children, they realize that they cannot have children. They also seem to not be extremely keen on the idea of adoption. Much like Amir's relationship with his father, he says that "the idea of fatherhood unleashed a swirl of emotions in me"(Hosseini, 184). Amir's father was his hero. The fact that Amir will never be a father is somewhat ironic. Amir has always wanted to please his father, and I think the fact that he cannot have children is perhaps what his father may have wanted. If Amir could not be the same type of father for his children as his father was for him, then I believe that Amir would have parented his children is different way compared to his father.