Hosseini describes Farid as giving Amir 'another dismissive look', with 'a hint of barely suppressed animosity', which presents Farid as being open with his dislike towards Amir. Farid offers Amir a lemon, to help with 'the sickness', and when Amir declines he 'snickered', which shows Farid's lack of respect for him. He says it is 'not fancy like American medicine', which is a sarcastic remark about Amir's life in America, suggesting he does not like that Amir has left Afghanistan.
When Amir says he felt 'like a tourist' in his 'own country', again Farid 'snickered', and says 'You still think of this as you own country?'. As Farid 'snickered' when prior to him asking this, it suggests he feels an irony in Amir calling it his 'own country', as he feels he does not deserve to call it that after leaving. This attitude is due to Farid staying in Afghanistan to fight in the war, whereas Amir left it behind. Farid uses rhetorical interrogative language, asking 'you want to know?' when Amir asks him why he continues to snicker at him. This rhetorical question creates a very informal relationship, probably due to Farid's lack of respect for Amir. He refers to him as 'Amir agha', which although is a respectful term, is used in a sarcastic ironic manner. 'Agha' is used to remind Amir that he is richer than Farid, however it is used in a negative accusatory way, as Farid then says because of the way he was brought up; his father driving 'an American car', 'servants, probably Hazaras' and his growing up in a 'two- or three-storey house', means he is not from 'real Afghanistan'. The bitter, resentful tone he uses is due to him pointing out 'an old man' in 'ragged clothes' carrying a 'large burlap pack' , and saying that is 'the Afghanistan' he knows. Hosseini uses this imagery to depict the picture of poverty, suggesting that Farid is, like the 'old man', poor.
Farid lost two of his daughters 'in a land mine blast', as well as 'toes from his feet and three fingers from his left hand'. This could also be one of the reasons Farid has such a negative response to Amir; because Amir did not stay behind to fight in the war, he did not lose anyone because of it, as opposed to Farid. Amir offers his condolences to Farid because of this, but Farid 'shook his head'. This has a very negative connotation to it, showing he will not accept Amir's sympathy. He says the apology means 'nothing' to him, which suggests that Farid feels that because Amir left the country, he does not understand the concept of losing someone close to him because of the war. It also suggests that Farid's lack of respect for Amir means he will not accept any sort of commiseration from him, and is insulted by it.
Farid then uses the interrogative form, asking Amir what the reasons he has returned to Afghanistan are. He accuses him of only returning to sell off his 'Baba's land', to 'pocket the money and return' back to America, to your mother'. Hosseini uses these accusation to give the reader an explanation as to why he has such a negative attitude to Amir; it is as though Farid has experience people returning to Afghanistan for those reasons before, and he is assuming Amir is returning for the same reasons. Amir does not tell Farid the true reason he is returning, just that his 'mother died giving birth' to him, to which Farid 'sighed'. This sigh suggests that, because Amir has not corrected him, he believes that his accusations are correct.