Baba expresses a great deal of pride and attachment to his culture. As a result, the move to America fills him with a loss of identity. He recovers some of it at the San Jose Flea Market, amid his fellow countrymen once more.
The escape from the culture of his birth realizes Ami, however. Though he enjoyed much of childhood, Hassan's attack in the alley gives the whole of Amir's childhood a bad taste.
Though, in America, he spurns some of his culture, in talking to Soraya privately without her father's blessing, he honors it in asking his dad to go to the General concerning their relationship.
Finally, Amir becomes proud of his blended culture. He never forsakes the better parts of his birth country. he also enjoys many of the more progressive aspects.....
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