When Amir takes Baba to the doctors, the doctor suggests Baba chemotherapy to prolong the cancer but Baba doesn't want any drugs. Amir tells the reader, “He had the same resolute look on his face as the day he dropped the stack of food stamps on Mrs. Dobbins' desk” (156). Baba did not want help even though his life was at stake. Baba also begins to be proud of Amir when he tells General Taheri, "Amir will become a great writer," Baba said. I did a double take” (139). Amir is starting to realize that his father, who was untouchable and a legend in Kabul, was truly human. When Amir tells Baba that he wants to marry Soraya, Baba calls General Taheri to arrange a meeting between the two men. As Amir accompanies Baba to the Taheris for the meeting, he says, “Baba was limping down the Taheris' driveway on one last fatherly duty” (163). In this case, Amir sees Baba as a true father. Amir feels Baba's acceptance when Baba says to Amir on lafz, "It's the happiest day of my life, Amir" (166). Baba is telling Amir that through everything in his life, from his marriage to Sophia, to Amir's victory in the kite tournament, to Amir's high school graduation, Baba has never been prouder. After Baba's death, Amir says: “As the words of the Quran resonated in the room, I thought of the old story of Baba wrestling with a black bear in Baluchistan. Baba had done it