Like Father, Like Son

"The slingshot made a thwiiiit sound when Sohrab released the cup. Then Assef was screaming." pg. 291 This quote describes a situation where Amir is being mutilated by Assef and Sohrab, a little abused boy, step in to save his life. This situation is almost exactly the same as when Hassan stepped in to save Amir and himself from Assef twenty years earlier. A change, however, was that this time Amir fought and didn't leave it all to Hassan or in this case Sohrab. I think it shows a lot about Hassan when his little boy steps in to save a man he never knew. It also shows a lot about Sohrab and his little fighting spirit. I think it is interesting the line of father-son traits that are in this book. Firstly, Baba finds himself more in Hassan and Sohrab is definitely Hassan's child. I think that these lines are very important to the novel as a whole and that the situation with Assef was almost identical and the Hassan and Sohrab acted the same way showed a lot about their character and their upbringing, as well as the familial ties.