the kite runner chapter 1-5
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The Kite RunnerAnalysis Chapters 1-5
Characters
Amir
Hassan
Baba
Rahim Khan
Assef
Chapter 1Very cryptic.
Winter 1975 (12 years old)
“made him what he is today”
Phone call
Kites
Hassan
Chapter 2Early childhood
Amir & Hassan are friends.
Who takes the blame if something goed wrong?
Amir’s house
Hassan:
House
Mother
Father
Chapter 2
Hazaras & Pashtuns
"a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that not even time could break”
Amir & Hassan’s first words
Chapter 3About Amir’s relationship with his father.
What feeling do you get? What does Baba think of his son?
Drinking
Stealing
Why does this make Amir feel guilty?
Poetry vs. soccer
Chapter 3The Buzkashi tournament
Rahim Khan & Baba in the study:
Baba: “ [Amir is] a boy who can't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up for anything”
Rahim Khan tries to defend Amir
Chapter 4About Amir’s relationship with Hassan.
Story about Ali
Ethnicity and friendship
Amir’s “harmless pranks” on Hassan: “imbecile means “smart”
Why does Hassan believe this?
Chapter 4
Storytelling turns into story writing
Reactions of:
Baba
Rahim Khan
Hassan
Chapter 5July 17, 1973. War breaks out.
Amir and Hassan go to the pomegranate tree.
Assef, Wali & Kamal
Assef:
Brass knuckles, German mother, torments Ali.
Chapter 5Assef tells a story:
Basically:
Assef wants to tell the new leader about Hitler.
Amir wants to leave. Assef wants to fight.
Hassan to the rescue.
Hassan’s birthday present.
Most important"a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that not even time could break”
The story of "Rostam and Sohrab”
Hassan’s birthday present.
“That was the winter Hassan stopped smiling”
Important quotes“That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.” (CH1)
“A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.” (CH3)
“Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise, none of us had any notion that a way of life had ended.” (CH5)