https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45 About kites and stuff en-us 2020-09-03 17:49:29 UTC 2020-09-11 16:59:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1e6-1f1eb.png https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721581724 During the story the two main countries that go back and forth are America and Afghanistan. 
 

]]> 2020-09-04 17:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721581724 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721608835 Kabul, Afghanistan, and Fremont, California.]]> 2020-09-04 17:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721608835 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721610681 2020-09-04 17:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721610681 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721612032 Throughout the story, Amir experiences the most internal conflict. There are many examples of how Amir experiences these conflicts. The first instance appears in chapter three. It is evident that Amir does not meet Baba's expectations, but Amir still tries not to disappoint him. Later in the chapter, Amir recalls that his mother died during childbirth. Amir asks himself if this is why Baba hates him. However, this only adds to the build up of self doubt. Another example appears in chapter 18. This chapter comprises Amir's own thoughts more than anything else. Amir feels responsible for Hassan's death, even though there is little to nothing he could've done. Amir then pieces together the evidence that Baba was Hassan's father. He realizes how much Baba took from Him, Hassan, and Ali. However, Amir's internal conflict doesn't have a sorrowful ending. Amir recognizes that he isn't too old to start fighting for himself.]]> 2020-09-04 17:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721612032 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721616814 The time period in this story starts around 1975 in the winter season. It ends around the year 2002. ]]> 2020-09-04 17:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721616814 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721617955 Baba starts out in the story as a somewhat young adult. He is quite popular in Kabul, and is a wealthy business man there. He is very mentally capable, and is hard working and smart. He is also in good physical shape while in Afghanistan, but that eventually changes as he grows older. ]]> 2020-09-04 17:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721617955 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721623746 The first quote I chose was said by Rahim Khan and is "Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors." The reason I chose this quote was because I believe it describes Amir and Baba's relationship very well. Throughout the book Baba is always trying to make Amir into someone he is not. Baba wants Amir  to be manly and sporty, when In reality, he just isn't like that. Amir likes books, education, and other things. Since Baba still try's to make Amir into his ideal son, it creates issues between them.]]> 2020-09-04 17:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721623746 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721629689 Hassan, different from Amir in this matter, experiences external conflict, rather than internal. Hassan was born with a cleft lip and was persecuted for his race and cultural beliefs. In Hassan's youth, he was taken advantage of because he was a Hazara, especially in chapter seven. Later in the story, Hassan and his wife are murdered by the Taliban because of their ethnicity. Even though Hassan was tormented for who he was, he was able to find happiness in the little things he had. ]]> 2020-09-04 17:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721629689 jwviehmann21146 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721631176 In the lower ranks of the social standings, so struggled economically. His life is very hard with his wife and Baba, as well as many other struggles. Through all of his life, he still remains loyal to Baba, even though he doesn't have to. Ali is a selfless character who even throws away his life with Baba that he worked so hard to keep by helping Hassan to get money. He is an extremely humble and loving character who does everything with what little power he has to help people.]]> 2020-09-04 17:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721631176 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721637586 Khaled Hosseini is the author of The Kite Runner, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller. ]]> 2020-09-04 17:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721637586 iqsmith21130 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721649394 Hassan ]]> 2020-09-04 17:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721649394 iqsmith21130 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721649838 The second theme in the book is betrayal and redemption. While we only see one example of betrayal in the book, which is Amir betraying Hassan. Hassan would do anything for Amir, yet he finds out that Amir will not do the same, even incriminating Hassan to get rid of him. In betraying Hassan, he forced him to betray his own morals, and lie. He betrayed himself to avoid betraying Amir. The redemption theme is the rest of the book, Amir making amends. By visiting Afghanistan, By looking for Sohrab, by taking him in, it was about Amir coming to terms with himself. Amir’s redemption. ]]> 2020-09-04 17:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721649838 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721652547 Baba is very interested in helping out people, especially in Afghanistan. He funded a orphanage, and he even did the blueprints and everything for it, despite not being an architect. He likes to do thing he believes he can accomplish, even if others doubt him. Another one of Baba’s big motivations is winning. Baba always talked about his accomplishments and what he has done. He wants his son, Amir, do follow suit, but it does not happen quite like this. This causes slight conflict between Baba and Amir as they, despite being father and son, are quite different.]]> 2020-09-04 17:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721652547 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721652583 Kabul was a great and prominent city before the Soviets invaded. It was a beautiful city full of color and people. It was like a normal city, there were the upper class people who were like Amir and Baba. There were the lower class people who were more like Hassan and Ali. They held games like kite fighting, soccer, cricket and even basketball.These were the more popular sports. The city is said to be 3,500 years old. In the story this is where Amir grew up until the soviets came. Him and his dad have Avery good life there and are friends with their servants. Amir and Hassan played with kites and won city wide tournaments. They did what normal kids did back then. They played games, climbed trees and skipped stones. They also looked down upon Hassan’s people and often persecuted them.]]> 2020-09-04 17:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721652583 jwviehmann21146 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721656354 Sohrab is like a clone of Hassan in many ways. they both were raised in the same household and get abused by the same person. They suffer the same fates and experience the same joys, including kite running. They are so identical they seem like the same person raised at different times. The thing that had the greatest impact on him later in life was when he believes that Amir is going to leave him. it is sad for him that he attempts to commit suicide. This becomes a complete turn-around in Amir's faith. He didn't abandon him and he feels sorry for what he did.]]> 2020-09-04 17:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721656354 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721677559 2020-09-04 17:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/721677559 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/728352898 This is the place in America where Amir and Baba flee to when the Soviet’s invade. Amir and Baba spend their life here being somewhat successful. Amir starts a family here and a lot more. This place isn’t as important as Kabul but does help convince Amir to return to Kabul. Amir takes Hassan’s son, Sohrab back here after learning that Hassan was killed.]]> 2020-09-08 17:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/728352898 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/728362779 Baba is a important character, especially in the beginning and middle parts of the book, and as the book goes on, Baba starts to change. Baba is the father of Amir, and is quite harsh in the beginning to him. He does not mistreat him, but he is not a fan of what Amir has been doing. Baba likes to win, and he likes sports and is very involved and popular in the community. This causes Baba to be disappointed by his son, who he is mostly into school. Over time, this starts to change. Once in America, Baba starts to appreciate what Amir is doing, instead of criticizing him. He is fine with Amir going to college for fictional writing. Eventually he becomes proud of Amir, especially when Amir gets married. Even with these changes in personality, Baba still has a strong will, and will not be forced to do something against that will of his. Baba also experiences physical changes. Baba is looked at as a strong and smart man who could do anything. It is said that he even wrestled a bear and won. But as the story goes on, Baba starts to get older. Eventually, he starts to lose lots of weight, which is caused by cancer. Baba still tries to live life to the fullest for the time he has left to live, though. He helps Amir in the marriage process, and appreciates everything Amir has to offer, even though it was different than he originally wanted. ]]> 2020-09-08 17:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/728362779 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/729603453 Amir is the narrator as well as the protagonist of the The Kite Runner. Amir is the protagonist because he experiences the most change throughout the story. From a selfish child to a selfless adult, Amir recognizes his how his self-centered childhood affected his adult life. Here is a quote that shows how Amir realizes he's changed: "What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace. I laughed because I saw that, in some hidden nook in a corner of my mind, I’d been looking forward to this." ]]> 2020-09-09 01:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/729603453 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/732308695 One of the important events in this story is when 9/11 takes place. As you know this causes disruption in America and war over in Afghanistan. The war heavily impacts places that Amir was familiar with and so he and his wife took jobs in a charity to help raise money to build hospitals in Afghanistan. ]]> 2020-09-09 17:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/732308695 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/732352722 When Amir was like a teenager in Kabul, the Soviet army invaded his city so he and Baba had to run away to America. The Soviets plan was going well since they didn’t expect so much resistance. The people were supplied with weapons by some countries and were able to push back the Soviets until they retreated. ]]> 2020-09-09 17:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/732352722 iqsmith21130 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/732373810 Hassan is kind, honest, loyal, and incapable of hurting anyone. Even when Amir is yelling at him, assaulting him with pomegranates, he does nothing in retaliation. Hassan is understanding. He lies to protect Amir when he says he took the money, lies because he knows that this is what Amir wants, he wants Hassan gone, so he does what his friend wants. Amir goes through a lot in the story, second only to Sohrab. He is bullied, discriminated against, raped, and betrayed. He has to watch his wife get beat, and is finally killed because he is a Hazara. His life isn’t a happy one after the kite tournament. It does improve as an adult, Getting married, having a son, meeting his mother, but in the end, the cruelty that plagued his childhood comes back one last time to take him away from his son. ]]> 2020-09-09 17:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/732373810 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/732393017 This quote, spoken by Rahim Kahn, perfectly describes Amir's privilege: "He pointed to an old man dressed in ragged clothes trudging down a dirt path, a large burlap sack filled with scrub grass tied to his back. 'That’s the real Afghanistan. That’s the Afghanistan I know. You? You’ve always been a tourist here, you just didn’t know it.'” Rahim Kahn says Amir never experienced what people around him did. ]]> 2020-09-09 17:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/732393017 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/733211352 A common theme and description associated with Amir is guilt. Amir finds himself in many instances were he feels guilty after making a decision. This was seen in both his childhood and adulthood. A quote, from his childhood, explains how Amir felt guilty after not helping Hassan: "I would always feel guilty about it later. So I'd try to make up for it by giving him one of my old shirts or a broken toy." ]]> 2020-09-09 22:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/733211352 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/733216234 2020-09-09 22:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/733216234 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/733216858 2020-09-09 22:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/733216858 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/736168213 The most important relationship in this story is between Baba and Amir. Amir is trying to win his father over and his father is trying to like a son who isn't like Amir at all. This is a big reason for many problems that come later with them in the book. This also comes up with Soraya and her father general Taheri. Soraya rebels against her fathers thoughts of thinking women should work in the house and not have jobs of their own. Last of all the story ends with Amir trying to find redemption in fatherhood.]]> 2020-09-10 17:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/736168213 wceby21033 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/736197291 Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, which is where the story takes place you a large part of the beginning. He moved to the United States in 1980, which is similar to what happens in the novel. From this, we can see that Hosseini was inspired by his past experiences, since the novel reflects a lot of his life, like being born in Kabul, moving to America, and becoming a writer. ]]> 2020-09-10 17:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/736197291 wceby21033 https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/736229179 Hosseini has a lot of reasons for writing The Kite Runner. First off, it reflects his life. As previously mentioned, I lot of what happened in the novel, happened to the author in his own life. Another reason is to show everything that Afghanistan is going through, and how to changed. Afghanistan was not always the way it is now, and they are having some hard times. Hosseini writing this novel would give people awareness of what is going on in Afghanistan. This would make sense, given that Khaled Hosseini is a “Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency,” and he is, “The founder of the Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit [foundation] that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.”]]> 2020-09-10 17:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jwviehmann21146/k8hnh7wtadbbgz45/wish/736229179