Black Bear
The black bear is a symbol of Baba and his beliefs. It represents Baba’s characteristics and reactions to important situations. Amir recalled something he once heard, “Lore has it my father once wrestled a black bear in Baluchistan with his bare hands…I have imagined Baba’s wrestling match countless times, even dreamed about it. And in those dreams, I can never tell Baba from the bear.” (13) The bear wrestles a beast just as big as itself and together, the two can not be differentiated. Throughout the story, Baba struggles with his past -a transgression almost as big as himself. Having Hassan as his son and rejecting responsibility for his mistake was something Baba had to live with daily. Just like Baba couldn’t be distinguished from the bear in Amir’s dream, Baba’s sins couldn’t be identified from him; they were nearly a part of him.
Baba is part of the ESTJ- also known as the black bear personality type. The black bears are people who like to share their beliefs, those who may need help about tact and other people’s feelings, and are quite independant but yet, might appear tough. (Mindenhall, 2007) Baba was quite verbal about his beliefs, “Piss on the beards of all those self-righteous monkeys…They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book written in a tongue they don’t even understand.” (18) His opinions were verbalized and shared with his family and friends that would listen to him. Baba spoke his mind, not always mindful of other people’s feelings, “I mean to speak to you man to man. Do you think you can handle that for once?” Many times, Amir felt that Baba didn’t love him and strived to gain his acceptance and pride.
(Icould - Careers Advice, Choices & Ideas." Icould. Charles Mindenhall. Web. 24 Apr. 2015.).
Baba is part of the ESTJ- also known as the black bear personality type. The black bears are people who like to share their beliefs, those who may need help about tact and other people’s feelings, and are quite independant but yet, might appear tough. (Mindenhall, 2007) Baba was quite verbal about his beliefs, “Piss on the beards of all those self-righteous monkeys…They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book written in a tongue they don’t even understand.” (18) His opinions were verbalized and shared with his family and friends that would listen to him. Baba spoke his mind, not always mindful of other people’s feelings, “I mean to speak to you man to man. Do you think you can handle that for once?” Many times, Amir felt that Baba didn’t love him and strived to gain his acceptance and pride.
(Icould - Careers Advice, Choices & Ideas." Icould. Charles Mindenhall. Web. 24 Apr. 2015.).