What Is The Connection Between The Kite Runner And The Inheritance Of Loss
As I found myself struggling to get to the next chapter in The Inheritance of Loss, I couldn’t help but to wish that I were rereading The Kite Runner instead. Every time I flipped a page, I couldn’t help but to envision the characters switching roles because even though the two plots varied, the characters certainly didn’t. Everything from the attitude, age, and even specific structure of the members of the two families from both novels mimicked each other as the novels progressed.
The family dynamic amongst these two novels is eerily similar. While the audience is introduced to The Judge and begins to unravel his distant relationship from his unwanted granddaughter Sai, I couldn’t help but to tie it directly to Baba, from The Kite Runner, …show more content…
The master-servant connection is central throughout both books, as we meet the Cook in The Inheritance of Loss and Ali in The Kite Runner. These two wife-less men worked the entirety of their lives to raise their sons, Biju and Hassan, hopeful that they amounted to more than their fathers and had a more respectable job than becoming a servant. The Judge harshly treats, speaks, and even physically abuses his servant, “the cook,” to no extent. The cruelty the cook endures is especially unnecessary because while the judge fails to create any bond with his granddaughter, the cook cares for her and acts as if she’s his own daughter. Sai grows dependent upon the cook for more than just meals, she comes to him for advice and appreciates that he genuinely cares about her, unlike her own family. In Afghanistan, Amir’s father Baba is a local celebrity. He builds orphanages, donates to sick, and even puts his life at risk for strangers, however, he’s the same man that lets his family’s life-long, loyal servant sleep in a shed the size of his bathroom and limp around town to run his errands. Social class is a prevalent issue in both novels and Baba and The judge would consider themselves to be upper class and would be ashamed to associate with the lower class, otherwise known as the people who keep their lives together and their children alive. Baba and the Judge share this sense of power and overall understanding that they are the most significant men
The family dynamic amongst these two novels is eerily similar. While the audience is introduced to The Judge and begins to unravel his distant relationship from his unwanted granddaughter Sai, I couldn’t help but to tie it directly to Baba, from The Kite Runner, …show more content…
The master-servant connection is central throughout both books, as we meet the Cook in The Inheritance of Loss and Ali in The Kite Runner. These two wife-less men worked the entirety of their lives to raise their sons, Biju and Hassan, hopeful that they amounted to more than their fathers and had a more respectable job than becoming a servant. The Judge harshly treats, speaks, and even physically abuses his servant, “the cook,” to no extent. The cruelty the cook endures is especially unnecessary because while the judge fails to create any bond with his granddaughter, the cook cares for her and acts as if she’s his own daughter. Sai grows dependent upon the cook for more than just meals, she comes to him for advice and appreciates that he genuinely cares about her, unlike her own family. In Afghanistan, Amir’s father Baba is a local celebrity. He builds orphanages, donates to sick, and even puts his life at risk for strangers, however, he’s the same man that lets his family’s life-long, loyal servant sleep in a shed the size of his bathroom and limp around town to run his errands. Social class is a prevalent issue in both novels and Baba and The judge would consider themselves to be upper class and would be ashamed to associate with the lower class, otherwise known as the people who keep their lives together and their children alive. Baba and the Judge share this sense of power and overall understanding that they are the most significant men