Differences Between Baba and Amir on Their Trip to Peshawar.

In the book The Kite Runner, Baba and Amir experience a dangerous journey from Kabul to Pakistan, but the book makes it seem like they endured it differently. Baba was more calm, and collected while Amir was scared and nervous. “You open your mouth. Open it so wide your jaws creak. You order your lungs to draw air, NOW, you need air, need it NOW. But your airways ignore you. They collapse, tighten, squeeze, and suddenly you are breathing through a drinking straw.” (Hosseini. Pg. 129) Amir was freaking out in the fuel tank, while Baba seemed quite calm when he turned on his wristwatch. All of the smells around Amir were disgusting; and he was so thankful to be out of the fuel truck because it was such a terrible thing to endure. Except when Baba got out, he was just happy, and it seemed like nothing was wrong.

Sitting in the back of a truck for hours until you reach Jalalabad already doesn’t sound nice, but getting carsick makes it even worse. When Amir got car sick, I thought that it wasn’t only because of the bumpy roads but also the stress that it gives you. Baba on the other hand seemed not scared at all considering he stood up for a woman he barely knew. “The basement was our home for the next week and, by the third night, I discovered the source of the scratching sounds. Rats.” (Hosseini. Pg. 126) In the basement, all Amir did was worry about the rats and the smell and the surroundings, but Baba just sat and waited, a little angry by now but still calm and collected. Over all, the differences between Baba and Amir on their trip to Peshawar were very different, Amir was worried and scared, while Baba held his composure, and was calm and collective.