Class review

Today we got in groups and had to present the assignment that we were assigned to do yesterday. Then we were assigned to read chapter 19-20 today. Then do the discussion question handout we received today.

Class review

Today in class we each had a different assignment. We only had the first half of class to do it. I had the “summarizer”. It wasn’t that hard. I found out some shocking details while reading chapter 17-18.  Rahim khan has summoned Amir to Pakistan to tell him some important news. Amir has found out that Hassan is his biological brother and that he has been shot in the back of his head.

Class reveiw

Today we the took a quiz. I didn’t do as well as I wanted. A while back mr. rease has taught us the process of elimination. I don’t think it works for me because I eliminate the completely incorrect answers, but somehow I don’t choose the right answer. Study shows that technology has some glitches and mr. rease uses zip grader, so that might be the problem of my grade being what it is.

Chapter 12

After nearly a year of longing for Soraya, Amir finally gets the nerve to speak to her. For weeks he talks to Soraya only when General Taheri is away, until one day he is giving her one of his stories when General Taheri arrives. General Taheri throws the story out, and walking Amir away he tells Amir to remember that he is among other Afghans. Amir is disheartened, but he soon becomes focused on Baba, who is ill. Baba is diagnosed with lung cancer but refuses to receive treatment. At Baba’s bedside, Amir asks if he will go to General Taheri to ask Soraya’s hand in marriage for Amir. Baba goes happily the next day. General Taheri accepts. Soraya is happy, but she says she must tell Amir about her past because she doesn’t want any secrets. When she was eighteen, she ran away with an Afghan man. They lived together for nearly a month before General Taheri found her and took her home. While she was gone, Jamila had a stroke. Amir admits it bothers him a little, but he still wants to marry her. 

Chpt. 10-11

It is March 1981. Amir and Baba are in the back of a truck with several other Afghans on the way to Pakistan. Because they can’t trust anyone, they left home in the middle of the night. The rafiqs, or comrades as Amir calls them, have divided society. When they arrive in Jalalabad, where they are to switch trucks, Karim tells them the truck they need broke last week. Baba becomes enraged and attacks Karim for not telling them earlier. Four men caught Kamal out, and when he came back to his father he was bleeding “down there”. They arrive in Pakistan, but once they’re out of the truck Kamal’s father begins screaming. Kamal has stopped breathing. Kamal’s father attacks Karim, wrestling Karim’s gun away. Before anyone can act, Kamal’s father puts the gun in his own mouth and shoots. The story jumps forward in time. Baba and Amir are in Fremont, California, where they have lived for nearly two years. Baba, who works at a gas station now, has had difficulty adjusting to life in the U.S. 

Kite runner chpt. 9

In this chapter Amir has the same image playing over and over in his head. It was the image of Hassan serving Assef and wali drinks off a silver platter. Amir has taken some of his money and his new watch and hid it under Hassan’s mattress. He later blamed Hassan of stealing his money and watch, and Hassan has agreed to it. He now feels guilty and wants to tell everything. Ali and Hassan are leaving. Amir believes that Hassan had already told Ali everything and realized the pain and darkness he caused. Amir has witnessed baba crying and pleading for Ali to stay.

Kite runner chpt . 8

In this chapter I found that ever since the rape happened, Hassan hasn’t been the same. He’s been sleeping a lot. On their way to Jalalabad Amir vomited. While he sat on the rock glazing into the sun with his eyes closed he saw a vision of Hassan corduroy pants. A week later Hassan was tryna rekindle their relationship but Amir keeps pushing him away. Amir tried to preoccupy himself with school work but his mind always wonder off to the alley and sees Hassan’s corduroy pants. Amir started throwing pomegranate at Hassan hoping he would hit him back and that it would make think go back to normal. Later in the chapter Amir has a birthday party. He then sees something he will never forget. He sees Hassan serving Assef and his crew drinks on a silver platter.