PT GR 11 ELA The Kite Runner Ch 1-2 Study Guide

(Eileen) How does Amir feel about his father?

- Amir feels so proud and really loves his father because he had built the most beautiful house in their neighborhood, which everyone agreed about it. - He is also very kind with the neighbor around him, and always like to greet and help them when they needed, even if they didn't pay or help him back. - Baba is a very success person and will always be, that's what made Amir be proud of his Father. - Even so, Amir together with Baba didn't have a really close relationship. - They didn't talk so often, which makes Amir think that this was caused because Amir had killed his beautiful and lovely wife when giving birth to Amir.

How old is the narrator in Chapter 1 ?

38 (narrator recalls an event that occurred in 1975, when he was twelve years old and growing up in Afghanistan. 2001-1975=26, 26+12=38)

Q) What was Hassan's first word?

Amir

Based on your 4 answer above, what do you think Amir means by the last statement in Chapter 2?

Amir is referring to relationships, as often out relationships with others cause us to act in one way or another. The most important person in Amir's life was Baba..... he would have done anything to gain his father's love and approval. For Hassan..... the most important person was Amir. What happens to the relationship of each of these characters is directly affected by the one they love most.

Q) What was Amir's first word?

Baba

Family picture 3 in Amir's house

Baba (father) and his best friend and business partner standing outside the house - neither of them smiling Amir is a baby in the picture - his dad is holding him looking tired and grim Rahim Khan stands off to the side - but his dad is holding onto the finger of Rahim Khan

On page 5 Amir describe his home, and specifically the pictures. Describe each photograph:

Baba built the house they live in, and it's known to be the biggest house in the town. Amir elaborates to show how his family's wealth. The pictures shows that he wants to convey that it was a safe, happy, and wonderful place to live. However, these are old pictures and no recent pictures, it shows that no close family relationship.

What is the date of Chapter 1 ?

December 2001

Family picture 1 in Amir's house

Grandfather hunting deer with King Nadir Shah - Amir is a wealthy, privileged child being raised by a single father with powerful connections.

Who is the first person that Amir mentions in Chapter 2 ?

Hassan

What does Amir's statement reveal about his relationship with Hassan: "Hassan never wanted to but if I asked really asked he wouldn't deny me. Hassan never denied me anything"?

Hassan's loyalty to Amir.

What does the stress on the word always suggest about Amir's realtionship with his father: "He'd close the door, leave me to wonder why it was always grow-ups' time with him"?

He doesn't feel very close to him, there's a lot of distance between them.

What does Amir think about after Rahim Khan's phone call?

He thinks of his past and his friend Hassan. (When Amir gets off the phone, he takes a walk through San Francisco, where he lives now. He notices kites flying, and thinks of his past, including his friend Hassan, a boy with a cleft lip whom he calls a kite runner.)

(Eileen) What does Amir say was also on the phone with him?

His unatoned sins.

Q) Write the first sentence of Chapter 1?

I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.

(Eileen) What was Hassan's first word is this important?

It is important because they grew up together and it shows how close Amir and Hassan really are.

Q) Write the last sentence of Chapter 2?

Looking back on it now, I think the foundation for what happened in the winter of 1975--and all that followed--was already laid in those first words.

Where is the narrator currently living?

San Francisco (California)

What does the symbolism of winter and Amir's dciction suggest about the event that the narrator is recalling from his past?

The description of the winter day in 1975 suggests the narrator is hiding from something. He is trying to bury his past but states that it always claws its way out (foreshadowing). He moved to San Francisco to get away from his past.

diction

is the author's choice and use of words.

Family picture 2 in Amir's house

parents' wedding night - happy picture

Baba and his friends frequently talked about which three subjects?

politics, business, and soccer

symbolism

symbols-like metaphors, similes, personification, and allusions-are a type of figurative language. Symbols must be something material or visible such as colors, objects, animals, people, and places, while the idea it symbolizes must be something abstract or universal.