https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8 Symbols, characters, settings, and Thematic Patterns en-us 2017-04-21 03:04:20 UTC 2017-04-21 04:37:04 UTC hello@padlet.com gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167410204 page 3, "And the cleft lip, just left of the mid-line, where the Chinese doll makers instrument may have slipped, or perhaps he had simply grown tired and careless." 
commentary: Hassan's cleft lip symbolizes his class, he is a Hazara therefore he is underprivileged and his race is more prone to birth defects because of money, sicknesses, etc. ]]> 2017-04-21 03:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167410204 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167410510 page 49, "And kites, of course. Flying kites. And running them." 
commentary: The kite symbolizes how Amir's sins begin and then at the end of the book the kite symbolizes his redemption because of Sohrab.]]> 2017-04-21 03:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167410510 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167410721 page 192, "Come. There is a way to be good again." -Rahim Khan
Commentary: Rahim Khan could symbolize God, throughout the book he has been the voice of reason, wise, and only God can decide whether one is good or not. ]]> 2017-04-21 03:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167410721 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167411031 page 220, "I want you to go to Kabul. I want you to bring Sohrab here."
commentary: Sohrab symbolizes Amir's redemption, bringing Sohrab to the Caldwell's can help him to somewhat right his sins from the past. ]]> 2017-04-21 03:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167411031 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167411351 page 15, "my father molded the world to his liking." "people were always doubting him. They told Baba that running a business wasn't in his blood and he should study law like his father. So Baba Proved them all wrong by not only running his own business but becoming one of the richest merchants in Kabul."
commentary: Baba was determined to show what he could do, proving his worthiness by becoming the most successful merchants in Kabul. ]]> 2017-04-21 03:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167411351 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167411758 page 93, "Then Hassan DID pick up a pomegranate. He walked toward me. He opened it and crushed it against his own forehead. 
commentary: Hassan is almost shrewd when he smashes the pomegranate in his head. being a Hazara he is judged and mistreated, he demonstrated how he is supposed to take what is thrown at him, literally.  ]]> 2017-04-21 03:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167411758 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167412439 page 165, "I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with. I opened my mouth and almost told her how I'd betrayed Hassan, lied, and driven him out, and destroyed a 40 year relationship between Baba and Ali."
commentary: Amir is envious of Soraya and how she wasn't afraid to speak of her past. He wants the truth to come out but is too afraid to tell. ]]> 2017-04-21 03:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167412439 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167412992 pages 315 & 317, "I'd remembered the way mosque had jolted Sohrab from his stupor when we'd driven past it, how he'd leaned out the window looking at it." "father took me to the Blue Mosque."
commentary: Sohrab is reflective of being at the Blue Mosque, his father took him their so it reminds him of his father, which he then starts to miss his family.  ]]> 2017-04-21 03:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167412992 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167413790 Page 75, A havoc of scrap and rubble littered the alley. Worn bicycle tires, bottles with peeled labels, ripped magazines, yellowed newspapers all scattered amid a pile of bricks and slabs of cement. A rusted cast-iron stove with a gaping hole on its side tilted against the wall. but there were two things I could not stop looking at: one was the blue kite against the wall, close to the cast-iron stove; the other was Hassan's brown corduroy pants thrown on a heap of eroded bricks." 
Commentary: this is where Amir had the chance to finally stick up for Hassan but was too scared, worried about himself, the kite and Baba's approval, ]]> 2017-04-21 03:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167413790 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167414262 page 197, "we sat on a wispy mattress set along the wall, across the window overlooking the noisy street below. Sunlight slanted in and cast a triangular wedge of light onto the Afghan rug on the floor. Two folding chairs rested against one wall and a small copper samovar sat in the opposite corner"
commentary: without this visit with Rahim Khan, Amir would have no chance at redemption, this is where Amir can turn his life around and "be good again."]]> 2017-04-21 04:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167414262 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167415022 page 234, The adobe ceiling was low, the dirt walls entirely bare, and the only light came from a pair of lanterns set in a corner. we took off our shoes and stepped on the straw mat that covered the floor. Along one of the walls sat three young boys, cross-legged, on a mattress covered with a blanket with shredded borders." 
Commentary: this is the first place Amir stays in Afghanistan, this place shows him how life has treated the people of Afghanistan, the children are starving and Amir thinks they are looking at his watch instead they're looking at his food. ]]> 2017-04-21 04:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167415022 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167415655 page 326, "the lawn outside the American Embassy in Islamabad was neatly mowed, dotted with circular clusters of flowers, bordered by razor-straight hedges. The building itself was like a lot of buildings in Islamabad: flat and white."
Commentary: the Embassy is the entrance into Sohrab's new life, little does he know that this Embassy will do nothing for him. ]]> 2017-04-21 04:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167415655 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167415936 page 73, I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out different if I had but I didn't. I just watched. Paralyzed."
commentary: Fear is the theme of this scene, Amir was scared to stick up for Hassan because he was afraid of what happen to himself or the kite. ]]> 2017-04-21 04:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167415936 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167416058 page 145, "the tenets of Pashtun men. Especially when it came to the chastity of a wife. Or a daughter."
commentary: General Taheri pretty much only cares about his honor, Baba will soon ask if Amir can marry Soraya through Afghan honor and tradition. ]]> 2017-04-21 04:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167416058 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167416168 page 165, "I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with. I opened my mouth and almost told her how I'd betrayed Hassan, lied, and driven him out, and destroyed a 40 year relationship between Baba and Ali."
Commentary: Amir is guilty he has not told the truth to anyone and he is the cause of all the things that have occurred since Hassan was raped]]> 2017-04-21 04:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167416168 gelaukhuf18 https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167416305 page 192, 226, "A way to be good again." Amir has a chance of redemption, to make his life better He must fiind Hassan's son and take him safely to the Caldwell's who he eventually finds out that they never existed, making it his responsibility to take care of Sohrab. ]]> 2017-04-21 04:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gelaukhuf18/u9dfpl3665l8/wish/167416305