https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183 en-us 2015-03-12 23:23:52 UTC 2016-12-09 18:39:55 UTC hello@padlet.com tonyamarquez1_1 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142861778 2016-12-09 17:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142861778 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142862998 He states that he needs to get away from everything and San Francisco can be the place where he can start over and get away from his past]]> 2016-12-09 17:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142862998 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863268 Amir described his new life in America as a river where he can let his sins and memories sink to the bottom and continue on with his life. ]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863268 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863282 Amir believes that America would not be able to hold on to his past. ]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863282 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863289 The passage seems to imply that America was free from recognizing its sins and the writer (Amir) envies it and wishes to follow that same path. He also talks about it in the past tense, meaning that it had changed somehow.]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863289 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863309 This passage shows a open door for Amir to get away from his past, and start over.]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863309 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863331 The passage describes the river as a welcoming supporting object that can provide an individual with a new start. Memories, sins, and ghosts of Kabul being dropped no longer allowing Amir to suffer. America will provide an escape with a new future for Amir.]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863331 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863344 Amir enters America and he is shocked to see how it is not like his home. Many things are different such as the culture and people.  The passage goes over on how he lets go of his sins as he feels as if they drift away.]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863344 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863448 What stood out to me in this passage is the way that Amir expresses, "...unmindful of the past.". Especially in today's society, I feel like  we are always moving forward, looking for the next big thing.]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863448 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863452 i noticed the way Amir described America in way like it was a get away to run away from his problems and stressful worries of the past and Amir had described Kabul as a city of ghosts.  ]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863452 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863459 The sentences are broken up into short clauses.]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863459 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863482 A river itself is a powerful force of nature that, no matter what, keeps flowing in the same direction. This is how Amir views America, as a long-desired opportunity to leave his guilt behind and move on with forward-flowing America instead of being stuck in the past within Afghanistan. Maybe Amir's dream about the lake represents Afghanistan, not flowing anywhere, just sitting in the same spot(in the past) where a current doesn't wash away your sins, but instead lets them sit and fester, where monsters can get you.]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863482 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863485 More than anything, I noticed how prominently Amir is focused on running away from his past. ]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863485 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863489 I notice that Amir is just glad that he doesn't have the constant reminders of his sins that the memories in Afghanistan show him. ]]> 2016-12-09 17:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863489 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863532 Amir considers America to be a clean slate, where he doesn't have to be tormented by the atrocities he had witnessed and the sins he had committed, namely not helping Hassan. In this passage, there is imagery and anaphora.]]> 2016-12-09 17:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863532 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863556 What the passage is trying to convey is how Amir is not happy with his decisions and although he can't change that; He can start a new by going to America to escape that past.]]> 2016-12-09 17:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863556 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863615 Amir is saying he feels liberated, he finally feels free.

]]> 2016-12-09 17:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863615 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863618 2016-12-09 17:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863618 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863653 I noticed that Amir described coming to America as a new beginning and to forget about his past in Afghanistan. ]]> 2016-12-09 17:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863653 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863657 Amir describes America with great passion and of all a place for him to prosper as a person.]]> 2016-12-09 17:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863657 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863658 I noticed, through the passage, that Amir see's new opportunity in America. ]]> 2016-12-09 17:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863658 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863964 He is talking about how America is much different than Afghanistan and how his life is starting all over again.]]> 2016-12-09 17:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142863964 rh0084 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142864008 Amir mentions that American is a place to forget his sins (Not helping Hassan)]]> 2016-12-09 17:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142864008 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142864434 well what i noticed is that they are using america as a new beginning and that that the past is in the past so they need to move on with the future and never look back.]]> 2016-12-09 17:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142864434 rh0084 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865195 He uses the metaphor of america as a river, to show how he wants to continue forgetting about his past. It was a place to let it drown.]]> 2016-12-09 17:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865195 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865200 The way the author applies America to being a river through the rhetorical device of a metaphor, creates an image of the readers mind to be powerful yet forgiving.

]]> 2016-12-09 17:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865200 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865210 Amir uses imagery and personifications to describe]]> 2016-12-09 17:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865210 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865214 Khaled Hosseini also uses personification in this passage and a river as a metaphor for America]]> 2016-12-09 17:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865214 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865220 He uses imagery to represent the river as a getaway, and it also includes past tense. ]]> 2016-12-09 17:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865220 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865222 i also noticed that amir used a llot of first person (obviously because its his point of view). also there was some figurative speech , and used personification and imagery.]]> 2016-12-09 17:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865222 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865270 I noticed that Amir didn't really care what happened to him just as long as he gets away from his past..."let the waters carry me someplace far."]]> 2016-12-09 17:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865270 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865277 He establishes that a river never stops flowing no matter what. I think its important where he says, "roaring" which makes the river sound powerful enough to wash away his sins from the past and create a new and improved conscious Amir]]> 2016-12-09 17:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865277 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865303 Amir is using past tense describing the moments and memories that he and Hassan had as children and imagery ]]> 2016-12-09 17:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865303 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865329 He uses strong imagery of the river example, and within his sentences he repeats one word as he lists things, I forget what that's called.]]> 2016-12-09 17:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865329 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865376 Amir appears to have full faith and excitement in the new land he has discovered. He used a lot of figurative language to describe his feelings, to make the passage more intense.]]> 2016-12-09 17:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865376 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865397 The imagery he shows lets you see what he's seeing.]]> 2016-12-09 17:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865397 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865889 He uses first person and personification. When he uses the metaphor of America being a river he ]]> 2016-12-09 17:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865889 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865902 He uses imagery and a calming tone to describe the relief he feels by being able to start over in America]]> 2016-12-09 17:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865902 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865931 There is the analogy of ghosts which we can infer that these "ghosts" are really memories that will haunt Amir, lingering on the back of his mind. In truth he may never be able to forget these tragic events,even though he has escaped to America.]]> 2016-12-09 17:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142865931 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142866704 stahp]]> 2016-12-09 17:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142866704 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142866859 Amir describes America as a place where he can escape from all of his troubles and sins. He infers about the ghost and how America was a river.]]> 2016-12-09 17:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142866859 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142867026 He uses imagery to talk about how the river flows. He uses it to really describe the movement of it and how his feelings relate to its movement .]]> 2016-12-09 17:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142867026 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142872154 Pokemon Go was different. Pokemon Go was an open door, inviting me in, unmindful of my age and occupation. I could step through the door, capture a Pikachu, and do battle with Gyarados. For Team Valor there would be no defeat, no escaped pokemon, and no low CPs.]]> 2016-12-09 18:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142872154 https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142880937 Piano was different. Piano was the sea, flowing in any direction, in any weather. I could lose myself in these waters, let the keys press as forcefully as a storm or as softly as the calm. Something with no boundaries, no conscious thinking and no worries.]]> 2016-12-09 18:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tonyamarquez1_1/utn3dnuzm183/wish/142880937