Response to Kirsner

I think that there is a huge shift and you can see how Amir’s life is just beginning to take off and flourish while Baba’s life has definitely downgraded. I think that its interesting that even though some of the the refugees lives have demoted and they don’t have the same positions that they used to, their characters have not changed. Everyone still sees Baba in the same way, and Baba still has the same passion like when he was outraged by someone asking for his ID after they knew him for years. Amir comes to America with open arms because he is running from something and needs this clean slate. I am not sure if the stress and being in the new country was the sole reason for Baba to be getting sick, because he was a heavy smoker, but I agree that having to work that hard at that age was not the ideal way for him to live. He did that to give his son a good chance at life, and even till the very end he still was doing the best thing that he could for Amir, because that's who he will live through. I was not surprised when Baba denied chemotherapy, and even less surprised when he smoked all the way back from his diagnoses, because I don’t think Baba is afraid of his end. Even though he would probably been happier living the ends of his life in a non occupied Kabul, I think he still appreciates America for what its doing for his son.