Kite Runner Discussion #1 by Rebecca Tussey https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6 Period 6. Add a new discussion thread or respond to someone else's en-us 2017-02-08 12:53:29 UTC 2017-02-08 18:55:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png What is the significance of the title which Sohrab gave to Assef, Agha? What does that reveal about how Assef tries to build his image? Does this correspond to the goals of the Taliban? bjones2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152564830 (P.S. Agha means warrior)

]]> 2017-02-08 18:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152564830 Why do you think Baba refused to get chemotherapy even though he knew that he was leaving Amir in a country that he is not familiar with? lhill2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152564944 2017-02-08 18:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152564944 Why did Assef sexually assault people? cmorrison2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152565033  What are his personal issues?]]> 2017-02-08 18:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152565033 Why did Amir stray away and disregard Hassan after he was raped? Do you think he would have been different or reacted different or even stood up for Hassan while he watch him get raped? https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152565551 if he knew he was his step brother^^^

]]> 2017-02-08 18:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152565551 Do you think Amir redeemed himself by the end of the book or did he continue to just be selfish? (someone deleted my original question) rtussey https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152565724 2017-02-08 18:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152565724 did this book change your thoughts on current events in any way? cmorrison2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152567283 2017-02-08 18:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152567283 Why was Amir so embarrassed of Hassan when they were little? Why did Amir never refer to him as his friend? Was it just because he was a Hazara? lhill2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152568733 2017-02-08 18:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152568733 Do you think Amir was right when he said that Baba didn't like him because he killed his mother? Was that the only reason? lhill2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152569470 2017-02-08 18:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152569470 Why do you think that Soraya's family along with other Afghanis continued to heed certain tradtions when they moved to America but disregard others? apickering2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152571496 For example, they cared about correct dating procedure during Amir and Soraya's courtship.

]]> 2017-02-08 18:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152571496 What do you think of gender roles in the Kite Runner? How were women treated differently in Afghan versus America? How did Amir view this gender distinction? apickering2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152572109 2017-02-08 18:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152572109 When Soraya told Amir her whole story of what happened in Virginia, why do you think Amir didn't overreact? Soraya said that he didn't react like other men she had told. Why do you think he didn't? lhill2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152572138 2017-02-08 18:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152572138 Anonymity ahall2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152573897 I wanted to bring up the connection to lord of the flies, with Jack and the Mask, and to compare it to Assef and how he hides behind the Taliban. Personally I believe that Assef gets worse as far as how he hurts people when he joins the Taliban because he feels as if he is do it in the name of the Taliban rather than his name.]]> 2017-02-08 18:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152573897 Who do you think influenced Amir's life the most? kthompson2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152574346 2017-02-08 18:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152574346 Did your opinion of Amir change throughout the story? How so? akoch2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152574433 2017-02-08 18:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152574433 What Charlotte asked akoch2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152575391 How do you think this book helps show rape culture?]]> 2017-02-08 18:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152575391 Do you guys think that the life of Hosseini overlaps with the life of Amir during the book? ejimenez2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152577858 2017-02-08 18:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152577858 Where do you guys think Amir would fall within Freud's iceberg theory? (Superego, ego, id) kthompson2019 https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152578537 2017-02-08 18:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rtussey/KR1P6/wish/152578537