Thursday, January 29, 2009

Assignment 2: The Kite Runner Chapters 3&4

Please respond in a blog entry to ONE of the questions below. Your response should be at least one paragraph in length and should be posted by Monday, February 2, 5 pm. Also, please comment on at least one of your classmate's responses.

1. Describe Amir’s relationship with his father: Are they close or distant? What kind of bond do they share? Do you think they have a healthy or unhealthy relationship? Give at least 2 examples from the text to support your response.

2. At the end of chapter 3, Amir says that “Rahim Khan had been wrong about the mean streak thing.” What does he mean by this? Explain this statement and give at least 2 examples from the text to support your interpretation.

Just a reminder that a typed copy of your narrative essay is due 5 pm Friday the 30th!

2 comments:

  1. i choose the first question.
    Amir's relationship with his father is unhealthy,they are distant.On some aspect their relationship just depend on the blood,nothing more,they just live toghther.
    For intance,Amir lined to his father only because he want Baba himself that it is a luxury for Amir to own his father.Besides,on page 17,'it wasn't often Baba talked to me, let alone on his lap'; when Amir asked Baba quetions, Baba just grunted twice as he was preparing his speech.Additionally,on page 18.'i was always learning things about Baba from other people'.And Amir always ate dinner alone, Baba did not come home until after dark.The place they live can be called a home.All above indicate that Amir and his father are distant.

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  2. I choose the first question.
    I think their relation is close and health.
    We see that Baba built the aorphanage.I think he loved Amir very much.He knew Amir was lack of mother's love and he didn't wanted other children like Amir.So he built it.It demonstrated that Amir played a significant role in his heart,so he paid much attention to the feeling of Amir.
    In the chapters of 3&4,we also could see Baba often talked with Amir and tanght him some essences of living.Maybe Baba was not a humourous people,but he loved Amir very much in his own way.


    Terry

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