Excerpt From Father 'And The Kite Runner'

Do you believe that everyone has a rough childhood? The Excerpt from Father by Alice Walker talks about how her life was not knowing her father and how it affected her. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini talks about the life of a kid named Amir during the wars in Afghanistan. Both these texts are similar because both Alice and Amir go through a rough childhood. The texts have some differences that vary. Overall everyone’s childhood has an affect on them in the future. What everyone goes through during childhood makes them who they are.

For example, everybody goes through a situation in their life whether it is good nor bad. For instance paragraph 1 of the Excerpt from Father by Alice Walker states “In fact, what I regret most about

my relationship with my father is that it did not improve until after his death.” This proves that Alice Walker had a rough childhood. Chapter 3 says “For a long time I felt so shut off from him that we were unable to talk.” This demonstrates how both Amir and Alice Walker had a similarity between them. In other words both of them never understood their father. This makes them and their situation a little bit similar.
In addition, in everybody's life they eventually lose a loved one. For example in Chapter 12 of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini it states “Baba is diagnosed with lung cancer but refuses to receive treatment.” This shows that Amir lost a special person in his life. Chapter 13 explains that “Shortly after, Baba dies.” This compares Amir to Alice because both their fathers died. What if no one had the chance to meet their parents. That would be bad and no one would have a role model.
Finally, both of the texts and both Amir and Alice Walker have some differences. One of the differences are that Alice Walker had to live with her mother while Amir had to live with his father since his mother died. Chapter 1 of the Excerpt from Father said “since I spent less time with him and knew him.” In Chapter 2 of The Kite Runner Amir says “his mother died giving birth to him.” This explains that Amir and Alice both had a different family member that died. Them having a different parent die had shaped them in a different way and has made an impact on their life. This proves that our childhood does shape us to become who we are.
What everyone goes through during childhood makes them who they are. This could be from a family member passing away to them not even living with their parents. But not everyone’s childhood is bad, sometimes people have had good childhoods. Depending on what happens they could become a good person or a bad one. Both texts show similarity and difference. Also Amir and Alice show similarity and difference. Imagine a society without parents or any family members to teach the next generation.