Amir's Breakage In The Kite Runner

Mere minutes ago, I was confronted by my son, my Amir, who was begging me to read what he dubbed a “short story”. This isn’t the first incident I’ve experienced with him showing his breakage from the family legacy. Amir has consistently disappointed and underperformed in important skills, (ones I had mastered at his age) including soccer, kite running, and, self-defense. His short story, which I instead had Rahim read for him, is another example of how Amir is just so stubborn that he can’t focus on the countless skills relevant in his life.
Rahim Khan has approached me previously concerning my son, in a somewhat disrespectful manner at that. Rahim declared that “He needs someone who...understands him,” and claimed that skills such as self-defense apparently aren’t important to a man’s survival. I’ve seen the other boys taunt him, the only one willing to fight back is his little Hassan.

I wanted to show how Baba expects Amir to be just like him, and how Baba is almost mad at Amir at one point because he sees him as such a failure. The first journal entry happens right after Baba leaves the scene where Amir tries to have him read his short story, and is at the height of Baba’s disappointment in his son. The first entry also references the conversation Baba has with Rahim Khan, a conversation he seemingly can’t get out of his head. The second entry takes place the night after Amir wins the kite tournament, and I attempted to demonstrate that Baba was curious about what was going on between Hassan and Amir, with a little speculation on his part, and also that Baba is still lacking confidence in his son. The key style I used was irony, demonstrating that Baba really doesn't see how his opinions and actions are making Amir less confident, having an inverse effect. I tried to portray Baba in the sense that he wants to help his son, but can’t seem to get out of his own