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Page 28: Amir would read to Hassan and even though Hassan is illiterate, he is always excited for what Amir is about to read. Hassan is even better at solving riddles

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Austin-  “It said the Hazaras had tried to rise against the Pashtuns had ‘quelled them with unspeakable violence'” (Hosseini 9). The extremely violent conflicts between the Hazaras and the Pashtuns was something that surprised me while reading the first 6 chapters.

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Tyler Cooper- I was surprised by Baba's father taking in Ali after handing down the ruling that the men would have to join the military for a year. Even though he seemed to have been a good person it must have been very hard for Ali to change so quickly and then have to change again after Baba's father was killed. Pg.24-25

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On page 29, Rostan heard his son's dying words that resonated with Hassan who is illiterate. I was surprised that he had such strong feelings toward these words if he was illiterate. How did he understand what those words meant so well?

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Pg. 9: Amir recalls looking through history books about Afghanistan finds nothing about the Hazara people. He realizes the censorship that is taking place and even goes as far as confronting his teacher about the problem.

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In Chapter 4, we learn how two drunk and high drivers killed Ali's parents in a car accident. The killers were brought to a court where Amirs grandfather was the judge. The two killers were sentence to serving in the military. This is how Ali first became apart of Babas life when the family adopted Ali to be a friend for Baba growing up. PG 24-25 Brendan

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Aislinn- I was surprised how he blamed himself so much for his mothers death and he said that, "I always felt like Baba hates me a little. Why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn't i?" (19)

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His father was talking about his son in his office and explained how he doesn't believe how different he is from his son. He says if he hadn't seen his wife give birth to him then he wouldn't believe that it was his son because he's so mellow and doesn't fight back (22)

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Even though Amir and Hassan are so close, Amir still almost looks down on Hassan and even is a little mean to him at times. For example, on page 28, Amir tells Hassan the incorrect definition for words Hassan doesn't know. Amir feels superior to Hassan because he is literate.

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I am surprised by this quote on page 30, when Hassan gets ridiculed for not knowing how to pronounce imbecile. "My favourite part of reading to Hassan was when we came across a big word he didn't know. I'd tease him, expose his ignorance." I am surprised by this behavior, considering they are such great friends.

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Page 28: Amir would read to Hassan and even though Hassan is illiterate, he is very interested in what Amir is going to read. Hassan is even better than Amir at solving riddles.

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Amir's father believes there is only one real sin in the world and that is theft. He was a unique outlook on how every bad act a man commits is truly a type of theft. Page 18. Jack.

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I am surprised that Amirs mother died when giving birth to him & Hassan's mother left him a few days after giving birth. (10)

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On page 18, I was surprised by the fact that Amir was learning so many things from other people about his own father. I was surprised that he learned from other people as opposed to his own father. Wouldn't you learn more from someone you have a closer relationship with?

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Page 10: I was surprised that Sanubar had completely disowned her child because of his appearance. This made me wonder why she would even have a child with Ali if she hated him so much.

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After Hassan's mother gave birth to him she laughed at him and took up a left a few days later. She had no heart, not even to care for her own children. Page 10. Jack.

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Max Harwell - Hasan fears him and his dad getting sent away. (37)