Baba
What does this character look like?
A large man, six feet and five inches tall with a thick beard and wild, curly, brown hair.
How could this character's personality be described?
Proud, an independent thinker, determined, but also emotionally distant (until he moves to America with Amir) and impatient. Baba also seems untouchable or unreachable since he towers over ordinary men and can do a lot more than they can.
In what chapters does this character appear?
Baba is first mentioned in the first chapter but isn't fully introduced until the second. He appears/is mentioned in all the chapters in the novel.
What are the key events in which this character is involved?
- Speech about how theft is the only sin (chapter 3 page 16)
- Foreshadowing of the Taliban's taking over Afghanistan (chapter 3 page 15)
- Standing up for the young woman who's about to get raped by the Russian soldier (chapter 10 page 100)
- Revelation of Amir and Hassan being brothers (chapter 17 page 195)