Opening Questions
Respond to ONE of the following topics. Don't forget to address the prompt in your topic sentence of your post. Discuss the origins of the ongoing conflict between Pashtuns and Hazaras. What effect might this have on Amir and Hassan’s relationship? Characterize Amir and Hassan before the kite tournament. What emotions does Amir experience before the kite tournament? What adjectives would you use to characterize him? What is Hassan’s response? What does this response show about Hassan? Refer to the simile, “I felt like a soldier trying to sleep in the trenches the night before a major battle” (50). Why does Amir compare Hassan to the lamb he saw sacrificed on Eid Al-Adha? (If reading the graphic novel, pages 41-45 will help) Do you think Hassan knows that Amir witnessed the rape? Explain. Discuss Amir’s trip to Jalalabad with his father, contrasting his experience with reality. Why does Amir feel as “empty as [an] unkept pool” (85)? Assess what Assef’s interactions with his parent