He would do anything, even as a child, to please Amir. Even after he grew up and had a son, he told his son about his love for Amir. “And, under the same roof, we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba. His was Amir. My name." (Hosseini, 12). If this were a romance novel for teenagers, it would be a love triangle. Between Amir, Hassan and Baba. Amir has spent his whole life trying to make Baba like him, to forgive him for having killed his wife, to understand him and create that special bond between father and son. Baba instead turned his attention to the servant's son, Hassan. Later in the story we find out that Hassan is also Baba's son, but this happens after both they are dead and Amir is a grown man. During his childhood Amir would do anything to get his father's attention like Hassan did Baba, feeling guilty, gave his attention to Hassan and treated him kindly, guiltily for failing to recognize Hassan as his son. Yet Baba never treated Amir unkindly, other than the fact that they never got along. Hassan didn't go to school and spent his time helping Ali with household chores , but he was respected by Baba and received gifts during holidays and a kite for the flying season. Amir and Baba also didn't click the way they both would have liked. Amir tried to feign interests in sports for Baba, but after seeing a rider being trampled by his horse, he began to cry during the only sporting event that Baba also brought along. “I cried the whole ride home. I remember how Baba's hands tightened around the steering wheel. Narrow and open. Above all, I will never forget Baba's courageous efforts to hide the disgusted expression on his face as he drove in silence." (Hosseini, 23 years old) This was Amir's memory of the sporting event. Amir's need for love from Baba , led him to stand in the alley and watch Hassan being raped, knowing that when he brought that blue kite to Baba he would earn his love Hassan on the other hand couldn't love Amir A less