the kite runner, pp1
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The Kite RunnerFGI
April 9, 20232
Baba and Ali P. 4 “They stuffed their pipes – except
their favorite three topics: politics, business, soccer.”
April 9, 20233
Hassan’s origins P. 5 “It was there, in that little shack,
that Hassan was born in the winter of 1964…In the eighteen years that I lived in that house, I stepped into Hassan and Ali’s quarters only a handful of times.”
April 9, 20234
Mothers P.6 “While my mother haemorrhaged to
death during childbirth, Hassan lost his less than a week after he was born. Lost her to a fate most Afghans considered far worse than death: She ran off with a clan of traveling singers and dancers.”
April 9, 20235
Hazaras P. 8 An old history born written by an
Iranian called Khorami. “The book said a lot of thing I didn’t know, things my teachers hadn’t mentioned. Things Baba hadn’t mentioned either. It also said some things I did know, like that people called Hazaras mice-eating, flat-nosed, load-carrying donkeys.
April 9, 20236
p. 31 Story writer -- identity Rahim Khan writes a note: “God has
granted you a special talent…the most impressive thing about your story is that it has irony…”
April 9, 20237
Winning – male approval P. 63 “Then I saw Baba on our roof. He
was standing on the edge, pumping both of his fists. Hollering and clapping. And that right there was the single greatest moment of my twelve years of life, seeing Baba on that roof, proud of me at last.”
April 9, 20238
p. 68 The subaltern? Assef: “Why he only plays with you when no
one else is around? I’ll tell you why, Hazara. Because to him, you’re nothing but an ugly pet. Something he caqn play with when he’s bored, something he can kick when he’s angry.”
P. 69. “I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t. I just watched. Paralyzed.”
April 9, 20239
p. 98 Stealing of the watch “He knew I’d seen everything in that
alley, that I’d there and done nothing. He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time….I wasn’t worthy of this sacrifice; I was a liar, a cheat and a thief.”
April 9, 202310
America P. 116 “Amir loved the idea of America. It was living in America that gave him
an ulcer.”
April 9, 202311
Fatherhood P. 169 “The idea of fatherhood
unleashed a swirl of emotions in me. I found it frightening, invigorating, daunting, and exhilarating all that at the same time. What sort of father would I make, I wondered. I wanted to be just like Baba and I wanted to be nothing like him.”
April 9, 202312
p. 263 Assef again “My entire adult life, whenever I heard
Daourd Khan’s name, what I swaw was Hassan with his slingshot pointed at Assef’s face, Hassan saying that they’d have to start calling him One-Eyed Assef instead of Assef Goshkor. I remember how envious I’d been of Hassan’s bravery. Assef had backed down, promised that in the end he’d get us both. He’d kept that promise with Hassan. Now it was my turn.”
April 9, 202313
Rescue… P. 292 “Your father was a good man. But
that’s what I’m trying to tell you, Sohrab jah. That there are bad people in this world, and sometimes bad people stay bad. Sometimes you have to stand up to them. What you did to that man is what I should have done to him all those years ago. You gave him what he deserved, and he deserved even more.”
April 9, 202314
Questions Who are the most significant characters
in the book and why? What the most significant events and why?
What do you think of the novel overall? What do you think the novel tells us
about the subaltern?
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