The Kite Runner Chapter 1-4 Questions by Bela Sousa https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r Add any ideas you have under each question by clicking the + sign! en-us 2019-10-29 14:13:52 UTC 2019-10-31 14:30:48 UTC hello@padlet.com The novel begins with a flashback. What do you think is its purpose? What do you learn about the narrator? How do you think Hosseini’s choice of using first person narration impacts the reader? s201044166 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403886455 2019-10-29 14:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403886455 Chapter two introduces several significant relationships. Describe the relationship between: Amir and Baba, Amir and Rahim Khan, Amir and Hassan. s201044166 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403886780 2019-10-29 14:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403886780 Discuss the difference between being Hazara, Shia Muslim and Pashtun, Sunni Muslim. How is this described in the text? s201044166 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403887116 2019-10-29 14:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403887116 What is Baba’s reputation in the community and how does it impact Amir both positively and negatively? s201044166 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403887517 2019-10-29 14:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403887517 How does the interior narration of Amir help the reader’s understanding of his self-image? How does it affect your opinion of Amir? Why? How do you think Amir would describe himself? How would Rahim Khan describe him? Baba? Hassan? s201044166 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403887665 2019-10-29 14:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403887665 In which ways did Amir and Hassan have typical of childhood friendship and in which ways is it clouded by the inequality of the caste system? How does Hosseini’s choice to have Amir reveal unflattering aspects of his character affect your opinion of Amir? How reliable is Amir as a narrator? s201044166 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403888246 2019-10-29 14:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/403888246 Amir, once again, contrasts Rahim Khan and Baba. What are the characteristics of each man and which are the major differences? Which characteristics of Rahim Khan make Amir see him as his “rescuer”? https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/404164737 2019-10-29 21:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/404164737 Which other incidents (from this or any previous chapters) indicate that guilt is a large component of Amir’s psyche? https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/404164978 2019-10-29 21:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/404164978 Baba has a good reputation within the comunity in Afganistan, everyone seems to know him. https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405012573 2019-10-31 14:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405012573 helps the reader to https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013009 2019-10-31 14:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013009 Hazara are the minority https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013090 2019-10-31 14:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013090 B https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013115 2019-10-31 14:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013115 Hosseini choice of using first-person narration impacts the reader because it allows the reader to feel for the main character amir s2010120851 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013142 2019-10-31 14:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013142 Within the fist chapter you learn that the narrator has gone through some sort of significant event of which he is still working to over come. - Morgan https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013225 2019-10-31 14:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013225 Being Hazara they are typecast and discriminated against https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013235 2019-10-31 14:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013235 Vivian - It gives the reader insight on what’s coming up in the story, and once they get to that point they will know it is significantWe learn the narrator (amir) made mistakes and is guiltyWe are able to better understand Amir, seeing what goes on in his mind lets us know why he does what he does, but it does not necessarily make us like him https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013334 2019-10-31 14:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013334 Hosseini choice of using first-person narration impacts the reader because it allows for the reader to feel for the main character Amir s2010120851 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013338 Grayson

]]> 2019-10-31 14:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013338 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013370 Amir is the protagonist, a child, and Pashtun. Amir tries desperately to please Baba, constantly failing him. Baba is a wealthy Pashtun man, father of Amir, Rahim Khan’s friend. Hassan is a servant boy to Amir and Baba. He is like a brother to Amir and Baba treats him as family. Hassan is a Hazara boy.]]> 2019-10-31 14:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013370 https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013686 Hayden: We learn that the narrator has done something that shapes him who he is today. The first person helps the reader understand more of the narrator because we know everything he thinks about.]]> 2019-10-31 14:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405013686 The flashback helps to foreshadow that is going to happen later on in the story, and the impact it has had on his life -Morgan https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405014493 2019-10-31 14:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405014493 Amir and Baba have a distant relationship because Baba has a hard time bonding and accepting Amir while Amir wants to earn his approval https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405014626 -Abby ]]> 2019-10-31 14:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405014626 It foreshadows that something will happen later in the book that he feels guilty about . - Lindsay https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405014796 2019-10-31 14:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405014796 It is clear that Amir is very dependent on Baba, he looks to him as a role model in his life. He is constantly trying to impress Baba and be the son he wants him to be, which results in them feeling very disconnected to each other - Morgan https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405015304 2019-10-31 14:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405015304 Lily https://padlet.com/s201044166/3lhwsuqs1i6r/wish/405016839 It is typical as he is not yet a man and made foolish choices, he was a scared boy. It influences the audiences to view because they adore Hassan. Hassaan is a ray of sunshine and Amir caused Assef to strip away his innocence by not standing p for him. It reflects badly on Amir and the audience recognizes that. Amir is very hard on himself making him slightly unreliable as a narrator

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