The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
At the end of the chapter, we learn that Amir’s first word was “Baba,” and Hassan’s firstword was “Amir.” Amir says he thinks that “the foundation for what happened in the winterof 1975—and all that followed—was already laid in those first words” (11). Discuss thesignificance of these “first words.” What might they foreshadow? What do they suggestabout the relationship between Amir and Hassan, and what do they suggest about therelationship between Amir and Baba?