The novel, The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini shows us how a teenager craves for his father's approval. It teaches us about the different social classes that existed in Afghanistan in the early 1980s. Hosseini does a great job showing how their relationship evolves from disapproval to approval. We see that a father figure is necessary for a child as he grows up. The book shows us that Ami has a father figure who is her father's business partner. Baba gives Amir a hard shoulder at first because he wants his son to be tough. Once they immigrate to America, Baba is proud of his son for graduating from high school. It is obvious at the beginning of the book that Baba does not see how Amir is his son. He has a hard time understanding that idea because they don't have much in common. When talking to Rahim Khan he tells Amir “Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And this is theft. Every other sin is a variant of theft. Do you understand that?”(17) This is a teaching moment for Amir. This is the first and only time Baba sits down and tells him what he believes and teaches him some of his knowledge. Baba says this because he himself witnessed a theft along with his grandfather. He also says: “When you kill a man, you steal a life, you steal his wife's right to a husband, you steal the father from his children. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. See?" (18) As a reader, we see that Baba has deprived Amir of the ability to have a father to look up to. Amir found this idea both hilarious and terribly frightening. He enjoyed having a decent conversation with his father, but he feels guilty because he killed his beloved wife. Amir feels that the least he could do for his father would be to be similar to him, but this weighs on Amir's