5h The Kite Runner chap 21 - 25

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The Kite Runner

chapters 19 - 25

"I did something I had done 26 years earlier: I planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress." Why?

1. As a bribe for the Taliban
2. For Farid's family who have helped Amir
3. To hide it from the hotel owner in Kabul

Afghanistan = home

the people are still welcoming and it feels like home

Kabul is distroyed by the war

- beggars

- homes are ruined

- trees cut down

- smells different

"Don't ever stare at them! Do you understand me? Never!"
Who should Amir not stare at

1. the children at the orphanage
2. the Taliban patrolling the streets
3. the beggars in the streets of Kabul

Taliban

beard patrol

cruelty:

- flogging

- stoning to death

- slaves

- people being hanged

"You say there is hope for Sohrab? I pray you don't lie, Agha. But ... you may well be too late." Why?

1. because Sohrab is dying
2. because Sohrab has just been moved to another orphanage
3. because Sohrab is taken by a Taliban member
4. because Sohrab is depressed and does not want to live

Orphanage

many children and many mouths to feed

in return for money, the director let the Taliban take a child

Sohrab was at the orphanage

Sohrab was taken by the Taliban member

Farid: "Nothing that you remember has survived. Best to forget."
Amir: "I don't want to forget anymore."
Which theme of the book is this related to?

1. Redemption
2. Betrayal
3. Father-son relationship
4. Politics and society

Who is the Taliban member that has taken Sohrab from the orphanage?

1. Walid
2. Ali
3. Assef
4. Kamal

How do Amir and Sohrab defeat Assef?

1. Sohrab and Amir tackle Assef and beat him
2. Amir pays Assef a large sum of money
3. Amir convinces Assef to let them both go
4. Sohrab hits Assef in the eye with his slingshot

Amir - Assef - Sohrab

Turns out Assef has taken Sohrab

Amir fights Assef 

In the end Sohrab fires his slingshot at Assef and blinds Assef

Amir is badly wounded

The worst laceration is to his upper lip

How does Rahim Khan know what happened with Amir and Hassan when they were teenagers?

1. He was present at the time
2. He read it in Amir's notebook
3. Hassan told him

Rahim Khan's letter

Amir should judge himself too harshly and forgive himself

Baba felt guilt and also tried to redeem himself

"Everything he did, feeding the poor , building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself."

At first what is Amir's plan for Sohrab?

1. Take Sohrab to America with him
2. Put Sohrab with a couple in Peshawar
3. Put Sohrab in an orphanage to later adopt him

Sohrab

The adoptive couple does not exist

Amir decides he and Soraya could adopt

Difficult because no official death certificate 

for Sohrab's parents

Soraya helps in this process: uncle works at IND

broken promise

Amir promises Sohrab to never put him in an orphanage

The easiest adoption route in through an orphanage

Sohrab tries to commit suicide

Which sentence from earlier in the book comes back at the very end?

1. A way to be good again
2. for you a thousand times over
3. Blood is a powerful thing
4. When you tell a lie you steal a man's truth

life in America

Sohrab is withdrawn and sleeps a lot

importance of family relations 

"You will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab."

"for you a thousand times over"

full circle

Amir would do anything for Sohrab

like Hassan would have done anything for Amir