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Read to chapter 23 by Tuesday February 18

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2/3/20 How has Habib changed so far in the book?

In terms of personality, Habib has become more patient and A little bit more desperate and determined because he was willing to spend 500 dollars to find his daughter and he seems calmer now with Fadi and his wife, Zafoona. She yelled at him but all he did was calm her down and Fadi tried to do something illegal but Habib just explained and lectured him about the consequences of traveling to Pashawar. But outside of personality, his job changed completely. He used to have a PhD and he was a very smart person but now, he is known as a poor taxi driver.

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2/3/20 How has Noor changed so far in the book?

In the beginning of the book, Noor was more of a big sister. She could definitely be annoying to Mariam and Fadi sometimes, but a lot of the time she was a good team player and was easy going with her siblings. Now, after they accidentally left Mariam behind and moved to America, Noor has become more grumpy, and moody towards Fadi. But towards her parents, mostly Habib, she's been really helpful, giving them money to help the family, getting a job, and just being a lot nicer to them other than Fadi.
Even though she blamed herself for loosing Mariam, could this be happening because she really thinks it's all Fadi's fault?

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How has Habib changed so far in the book?

In the beginning, Habib was struggling to help his family. There were just so many things that the Taliban banned. Then, they moved to America, there, he is still poor, but he has become happier. Not many thing are banned.

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2/3/2020 How has Fadi changed so far?

In the beginning of the book he was very scared and nervous. But when Mariam got lost he kind of became stronger. But he felt very guilty about Mariam so he tried to find her  but got caught very early. This act shows his strength and bravery.

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2/2/2020 Pick a theme for the book
I think the theme is perseverance. After they lost Mariam they pushed forward.

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2/2/20 Pick a theme for Shooting Kabul

A theme in shooting Kabul is guilt. At the start, Fadi accidentally lets go of his sister's hand while Habib was pulling them up to the truck. Fadi feels guilty because he thinks that it was his fault for leaving Mariam behind. Everyone else thinks it's their fault. They think that they should have been watching Fadi and Mariam, but Fadi thinks that he should be responsible for Mariam. Fadi feels guilty for all of this.

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1/23/20  Pick a character and name their traits:

Noor:

She’s caring - always protects and cares for her mom

She can be bossy - she bosses Fadi and Mariam around

She can be grumpy - she can get into moods that make her really grumpy from anything you do

She's bold/has strong opinions - when she found out they had to leave, she stood up at the table and said how unfair it was, how this shouldn’t happen

She’s mature - when they're in serious situations/something important is happening, she knows when to be quiet and when to do what - if Mariam or Fadi are being too loud or are doing something wrong, she’s the one to tell them to stop.

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1/23/20  Pick a character and name their traits:

Mariam:

Spoiled because….

She kept on complaining about having the same turnip soup for three days even after she was told by her parents that she should be grateful because many kids aren’t even able to get food at all.
Insisting because…

She insisted on being apart of the conversation about the Taliban and their relationship with her father, Habib. Even though her family said no in the beginning because it was a mature conversation with content she might not understand or be comfortable with talking about.

Determined/stubborn because…

When she is with her brother, Fadi, trying to get through the crowd and into the truck, she starts to worry about her Barbie, Gulmina and where to keep her which doesn’t seem bad or dangerous but then she tries to stop Fadi so he can put it in his backpack. This slows down the process of getting to the truck. Then when they are nearly there, she lets go of Gulmina and insists on getting her back even though their father and her brother are telling her to leave the Barbie. But she continued to try to get her which led to her letting go of Fadi’s hand and then the truck leaves without her, so she is left alone in the crowd.

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1/23/20 Pick a character and name their traits:

Fadi :

He feels guilty for leaving his sister in Afghanistan

Noor blames him

He is having flashbacks about Mariam

His father went back to try and find Mariam but found nothing

Fadi is a very protective and caring big brother

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1/23/20  Pick a character and name their traits:

Habib:

Cares for his family

Protective

Smart

When the Taliban want Habib to join them, Habib really wants to refuse the offer. But he knows that the Taliban would then arrest him, or worse. So to protect him and his family. He decides to leave Afghanistan and go back to the US, where he got his Ph.D. Also, everyone says Habib is smart. Because in the US he went to university, unlike everyone in his family.

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1/25/20  HW: Who are some of the secondary characters in the book? How do they affect the protagonist?

Some of the secondary characters are:

1. Habib (father of Fadi)

2. Zafoona (mother of Fadi)

3. Noor (older sister of Fadi)

4. Mariam (younger sister of Fadi)

Habib affects Fadi in a leadership way. He is the leader of the family and he is kind of Fadi’s role model. Habib and Fadi are also pretty close. Fadi finds himself questioning and wondering of Habibs’ decisions were all the correct things to do. He sometimes found himself wishing Habib had never moved the family back to Kabul in the first place.

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1/25/20  HW: In what ways has the main character changed in the book so far?

Fadi’s whole family thinks it is their fault that Mariam was left behind. Fadi thinks it is his fault. This is really getting to Fadi. Fadi has a special connection to a book that he got in Afghanistan. It's been 6 weeks no one has found Mariam

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2/2/20 Pick a theme for Shooting Kabul:

The theme that I chose is responsibility, and to take responsibility for your actions because after Mariam got lost on the truck, everyone blamed it on themselves especially Fadi and Habib (his father). Even though none of them know who's fault it was, they are all taking the responsibility for her and all the guilt that comes with it. Right now in the book, Habib has everyone thinking it's his fault because he is the Father of the family and it's his duty to protect everyone but Fadi, inside wants to tell everyone what he considers the truth. Which is that it is his fault that Mariam got lost and abandoned. If Fadi ever does confess, it will show Fadi as a responsibly and guilty person, even if it isn't his fault.

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1/25/20  HW: Who are some of the secondary characters in the book? How do they affect the protagonist?

There are secondary characters in every book, including the book I’m reading right now, titled Shooting Kabul. There is Fadi’s(Main character) family, which includes Habib, Noor, Zafoona, and the one who was lost in Afghanistan, Mariam. Fadi feels like he was the one who's responsible for leaving Mariam behind, but so does everyone else. Hearing this, Fadi just thinks that that strengthens the fact that he is responsible.

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1/25/20  Pick an important quote and write about it:

“Everyone thinks it’s their fault she’s gone. But it’s my fault, not anyone else’s. I’m the one who doesn’t deserve to belong to this family. I’m the one who’s torn it apart.” Fadi thinks this at the end of chapter 6. This quote says that Fadi messed up. It’s saying that Fadi Doesn’t deserve to come to the US, but he did.

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1/25/20  HW: In what ways has the main character changed in the book so far?

Fadi has changed so far in the book by becoming more aware and cautious since he lost Mariam. I think this happened because he feels guilty for letting go of Mariam's hand so now he wants to make sure nobody else gets hurt or lost - Olivia Hirano

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1/25/20  Pick an important quote and write about it:

“Everyone thinks it’s their fault she’s gone. But it’s my fault, not anyone else’s. I’m the one who doesn’t deserve to belong to this family. I’m the one who’s torn it apart.” (72)

This is something Fadi thinks after he hears another one of his family members take the blame for losing Mariam. Fadi deep down thinks it’s his fault because he’s the one who let go of her hand, leaving her behind. He believes he is the person to blame, even though he couldn’t really do anything different in that situation. He tried his best, and so did everyone else. This quote shows that Fadi feels responsible, guilty, out of place, and he feels like a disappointment to his family. He feels as if he doesn’t belong and that he doesn;t deserve to be a part of his family.

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2/1/20 Pick a theme for Shooting Kabul:

One theme for Shooting Kabul is blame and guilt. In the beginning of the book, Fadi and his family leave  Kabul to escape the Taliban. In the process, they accidentally leave behind the youngest of the family, Mariam. After this, Fadi thinks it's all his fault, and when he starts to hear the rest of his family blame themselves for the mistake, he feels thee guilt pile onto him. When they left Mariam behind it was because Fadi could no longer hold on to her and had to let go, dropping her from the truck, leaving her there. Fadi feels the guilt build onto him more and more as his family start to think it's all their own fault. But the question is, was it really Fadi's fault?
I wonder if this story was written in another characters perspective if the blame and guilt would be different to the reader. Maybe if the perspective was from Habib, then he would be saying how it really is all his fault because he's the leader of the family and that everyone else is blaming themselves but he thinks it really is his fault. He would then be the "guilty" one instead of Fadi.