Chapter 7 This particular chapter of the Kite runner, is the most important chapter of the book. This is where Amir’s life changes and this is also where he drifts apart from Hassan his best friend. The events of this chapter change both the boys lives completely, being the best of friends for life, doing everything together, all goes down to nothing. This chapter consists of 2 very important events in the book. First being the Kite contest which is held every year, Amir’s father had won this tournament when he was a young boy. This contest was very important for Amir, it was important because he wanted his father to love and respect him more, he thought that winning this contest would be a victory not just for him but also for his father. He thought that winning this contest would bring his father close to him. The other significant part of this chapter was the rape scene in which Hassan, Amir’s best friend, get’s raped by a group of goons. This particular scene changed Amir and Hassan’s relationship because Amir had watched the rape with his own eyes and had done nothing about it. In this part Hassan as a true friend had honored his master and best friend Amir, he did this when he was threatened to give the kite over to the goons or he would get raped. He had picked to protect and keep the kite which Amir had won, but Amir being selfish did nothing about the situation because he wanted the kite to impress his father. What he did instead was ‘nothing’ and just watched his friend get taken advantage of, and was only thinking about himself. This chapter shows the themes of both betrayal and honor. The character to portray Betrayal was Amir and the character to show honor was Hassan.
Chapter seven is the chapter that most of the students in my class might be saying as the most important chapter in of the book(some will be saying it because the teacher said that it was and some will be saying it because of the events of the chapter) but for me the ninth chapter is what I consider as the most important(I'm able to say this because I had read until the ninth and then started writing this journal entry).The chapter shows us Amir winning the Kite flying tournament and Hassan running for the kite. After Hassan caught the kite he is encountered by Assef and his gang(or friends) and is asked to give the kite back. Then when Hassan doesn't accept to the condition that Assef has kept for his release then Assef sexually abuses him(I have a certain doubt here,why would a guy like Assef who hates the Hazara people sexually abuse him when he says that Hazaras dirty their blood in chapter five? It makes no sense to me).Amir who came back for Hassan watches this while hiding behind a mud wall. The author uses a certain trademark technique by using memories and dreams as symbols (when Amir closes his eyes as who couldn't watch anymore and runs away). After Assef abusing him and leaving him Hassan walks back to Amir and gives him the kite.
Chapter eight shows us the after math of what happened in the winter of 1975. Amir barely sees Hassan anymore as Hassan does his work and just goes back to sleep afterwards.The chapter shows us Baba very happy that Amir had won that kite flying competition. The author creates a certain guilty feeling in Amir that he couldn't help him and so he keeps trying to avoid him or send him away(Baba gets really mad at him when he suggests that they could let Ali and Hassan go).In the second half of the chapter Amir's birthday takes place and Assef comes to that party along with parents. The way Rahim Khan behaves and talks with Amir at the party gives us a certain feeling that he knew that Amir had watched Hassan getting sexually abused. The chapter ends with Assef insulting Hassan and Amir feeling very bad about it, the author describes it through this quite symbolic line "Then,mercifully,darkness".
The kite flying event takes place in this chapter. The chapter starts out by the writer describing the morning before he goes for the tournament. Hassan describes a dream which he had on the night before, in which Aamir swims through a lake that is called to have a monster in it. When Aamir proves that there is no monster in the lake, the lake is named after both the boys, “Lake of Aamir and Hassan, sultans of Kabul.”
The writer changes the tone of his writing when he reaches the time of the event. The writer becomes more descriptive of the emotions of the people and also tries to create tension in the scenes of the event. The writer starts off by describing the streets and how lively they were on the morning of the event. “We should get started.” says Hassan. Aamir goes through a mixed and a variety of feelings when he notices Baba and Rahim Khan on his roof. Aamir gets these mixed feelings suddenly and tries to gesture Hassan to go back home. The reason behind these feelings could be the fear of failure in front of Baba on a big scale. Aamir doesn’t want to loose in front of Baba and make him seem even more incapable to Baba.
The tournament is written in a very enthusiastic linguistic style where all the kids are excited about the event and how the people are taking advantage of the situation to have a relaxed morning. In the kite tournament, Aamir survives till the end and unexpectedly wins the tournament. During the first hour, Aamir describes his mind as “drifting with the kite” however the number of kites comes down soon, leaving a handful of kites soaring in the open sky. During the fight between the last two kites, the atmosphere is made with tension. The final event takes place when Aamir successfully makes it to be the last one standing cutting all the other kites. Hassan runs to get the last kite of the tournament for Aamir but this act of friendship rather turns out to be a bad experience for Hassan. Assef one of the bullies of Hassan turns out for the time he was shooed by Hassan by his slingshot. Assef agrees for a deal that Hassan would be forgiven if he handed him the kite. Hassan, however denies this offer and is physically abused by Assef. Hassan does not tell Aamir about what happened, nit knowing the fact that Aamir was present watching. Aamir feels bad after the event and regrets the fact that he couldn’t fight for or stand up for Hassan. The chapter however is ended with a happy moment when Baba congratulates Aamir at the winning of the kite tournament.
Chapter 8 of this novel is the next chapter after the rape of Hassan. In the duration of this chapter, the author describes how Aamir feels guilty about the incident and how he feels that he could have stopped it from happening. In the beginning of the chapter, Hassan stays in bed after making breakfast and ironing the clothes, this is the difference of the attitude of Hassan as he tries to avoid contact with Aamir and stays home. Ali becomes curious and finally asks Aamir if something strange has happened, Aamir however snaps that this request and asks him to continue his work. The important part of the chapter however is the party that Baba arranges in the occasion of Aamir’s birthday. In this birthday, there is an obscure scene that occurs when Hassan is made to serve drinks to Assef and his friends. Aamir, unable to take this, goes away from the party and sits alone. Aamir is found by Rahim Khan. Rahim Khan explains to Aamir how he almost gets married one when he was 18. This topic diverts Aamir’s guiltiness and makes him a little comfortable. After this, there is a series of fireworks which go off and then the air is filled with delight. This is the end of the chapter.
This chapter is perhaps the most significant and this is the turning point of the whole story. It starts with the kite-running tournament, which Baba once won in his childhood and so did Amir when he was still young, this is an intense tournament which Amir ends up winning with help from Hassan’s kite running skills, when he wins, Hassan congratulates him and goes to run the last kite for him, Amir meanwhile is the center of attention from the whole town for winning it. However, Hassan, who is going to give Amir the kite, is confronted by Assef and his friends, Assef makes a compromise that Hassan could go if he gives him the winning kite, Hassan refuses, saying that Amir rightfully won it, this makes Assef angry and he tackles Hassan to the ground and with help of his friends, rapes Hassan, Amir is watching the entire thing from behind a wall, he could actually intervene and stand up for Hassan at that moment but, he instead betrays his friend by running away, later Amir sees Hassan wiping his tears, takes the kite from him and they walk home.
The aftermath is that both of them soon drift away from each other as they barely meet after that, Amir is completely guilt ridden and scarred because of this incident, Hassan only completes his daily chores and goes to sleep for the rest of the day.
Baba is finally proud of Amir and is giving him a lot of attention, however Amir is still feeling guilty because of what happened, this causes him to suggest Baba to get new servants (from which Baba gets really pissed at and the recent attention Amir was getting vanishes in an instant).
Soon at Amir’s birthday party he sees Assef with his parents, and that he insults Hassan while he’s serving drinks, this makes him feel bad and while he’s alone sitting, Rahim Khan talks to him (the way he talked, it appears that he knew of Hassan’s rape and that Amir didn’t help him), in the end he doesn’t like any of the gifts he received except for the journal book which Rahim Khan gave him.
you guys are on track now...step away from chapter wise & start on significant passage exploration...check out the iop options & come up with newer ones...dont forget to explore literary features & narrative techniques...
Chapter 7
ReplyDeleteThis particular chapter of the Kite runner, is the most important chapter of the book. This is where Amir’s life changes and this is also where he drifts apart from Hassan his best friend. The events of this chapter change both the boys lives completely, being the best of friends for life, doing everything together, all goes down to nothing.
This chapter consists of 2 very important events in the book. First being the Kite contest which is held every year, Amir’s father had won this tournament when he was a young boy. This contest was very important for Amir, it was important because he wanted his father to love and respect him more, he thought that winning this contest would be a victory not just for him but also for his father. He thought that winning this contest would bring his father close to him.
The other significant part of this chapter was the rape scene in which Hassan, Amir’s best friend, get’s raped by a group of goons. This particular scene changed Amir and Hassan’s relationship because Amir had watched the rape with his own eyes and had done nothing about it. In this part Hassan as a true friend had honored his master and best friend Amir, he did this when he was threatened to give the kite over to the goons or he would get raped. He had picked to protect and keep the kite which Amir had won, but Amir being selfish did nothing about the situation because he wanted the kite to impress his father. What he did instead was ‘nothing’ and just watched his friend get taken advantage of, and was only thinking about himself.
This chapter shows the themes of both betrayal and honor. The character to portray Betrayal was Amir and the character to show honor was Hassan.
Chapter seven is the chapter that most of the students in my class might be saying as the most important chapter in of the book(some will be saying it because the teacher said that it was and some will be saying it because of the events of the chapter) but for me the ninth chapter is what I consider as the most important(I'm able to say this because I had read until the ninth and then started writing this journal entry).The chapter shows us Amir winning the Kite flying tournament and Hassan running for the kite. After Hassan caught the kite he is encountered by Assef and his gang(or friends) and is asked to give the kite back. Then when Hassan doesn't accept to the condition that Assef has kept for his release then Assef sexually abuses him(I have a certain doubt here,why would a guy like Assef who hates the Hazara people sexually abuse him when he says that Hazaras dirty their blood in chapter five? It makes no sense to me).Amir who came back for Hassan watches this while hiding behind a mud wall. The author uses a certain trademark technique by using memories and dreams as symbols (when Amir closes his eyes as who couldn't watch anymore and runs away). After Assef abusing him and leaving him Hassan walks back to Amir and gives him the kite.
ReplyDeleteChapter eight shows us the after math of what happened in the winter of 1975. Amir barely sees Hassan anymore as Hassan does his work and just goes back to sleep afterwards.The chapter shows us Baba very happy that Amir had won that kite flying competition. The author creates a certain guilty feeling in Amir that he couldn't help him and so he keeps trying to avoid him or send him away(Baba gets really mad at him when he suggests that they could let Ali and Hassan go).In the second half of the chapter Amir's birthday takes place and Assef comes to that party along with parents. The way Rahim Khan behaves and talks with Amir at the party gives us a certain feeling that he knew that Amir had watched Hassan getting sexually abused. The chapter ends with Assef insulting Hassan and Amir feeling very bad about it, the author describes it through this quite symbolic line "Then,mercifully,darkness".
Journal Writing
ReplyDeleteChapter 7
The kite flying event takes place in this chapter. The chapter starts out by the writer describing the morning before he goes for the tournament. Hassan describes a dream which he had on the night before, in which Aamir swims through a lake that is called to have a monster in it. When Aamir proves that there is no monster in the lake, the lake is named after both the boys, “Lake of Aamir and Hassan, sultans of Kabul.”
The writer changes the tone of his writing when he reaches the time of the event. The writer becomes more descriptive of the emotions of the people and also tries to create tension in the scenes of the event. The writer starts off by describing the streets and how lively they were on the morning of the event. “We should get started.” says Hassan. Aamir goes through a mixed and a variety of feelings when he notices Baba and Rahim Khan on his roof.
Aamir gets these mixed feelings suddenly and tries to gesture Hassan to go back home. The reason behind these feelings could be the fear of failure in front of Baba on a big scale. Aamir doesn’t want to loose in front of Baba and make him seem even more incapable to Baba.
The tournament is written in a very enthusiastic linguistic style where all the kids are excited about the event and how the people are taking advantage of the situation to have a relaxed morning.
In the kite tournament, Aamir survives till the end and unexpectedly wins the tournament. During the first hour, Aamir describes his mind as “drifting with the kite” however the number of kites comes down soon, leaving a handful of kites soaring in the open sky. During the fight between the last two kites, the atmosphere is made with tension.
The final event takes place when Aamir successfully makes it to be the last one standing cutting all the other kites. Hassan runs to get the last kite of the tournament for Aamir but this act of friendship rather turns out to be a bad experience for Hassan. Assef one of the bullies of Hassan turns out for the time he was shooed by Hassan by his slingshot. Assef agrees for a deal that Hassan would be forgiven if he handed him the kite. Hassan, however denies this offer and is physically abused by Assef. Hassan does not tell Aamir about what happened, nit knowing the fact that Aamir was present watching. Aamir feels bad after the event and regrets the fact that he couldn’t fight for or stand up for Hassan.
The chapter however is ended with a happy moment when Baba congratulates Aamir at the winning of the kite tournament.
Chapter 8
ReplyDeleteJournal writing
Chapter 8 of this novel is the next chapter after the rape of Hassan. In the duration of this chapter, the author describes how Aamir feels guilty about the incident and how he feels that he could have stopped it from happening. In the beginning of the chapter, Hassan stays in bed after making breakfast and ironing the clothes, this is the difference of the attitude of Hassan as he tries to avoid contact with Aamir and stays home. Ali becomes curious and finally asks Aamir if something strange has happened, Aamir however snaps that this request and asks him to continue his work.
The important part of the chapter however is the party that Baba arranges in the occasion of Aamir’s birthday. In this birthday, there is an obscure scene that occurs when Hassan is made to serve drinks to Assef and his friends. Aamir, unable to take this, goes away from the party and sits alone. Aamir is found by Rahim Khan. Rahim Khan explains to Aamir how he almost gets married one when he was 18. This topic diverts Aamir’s guiltiness and makes him a little comfortable. After this, there is a series of fireworks which go off and then the air is filled with delight.
This is the end of the chapter.
CHAPTER 7
ReplyDeleteThis chapter is perhaps the most significant and this is the turning point of the whole story.
It starts with the kite-running tournament, which Baba once won in his childhood and so did Amir when he was still young, this is an intense tournament which Amir ends up winning with help from Hassan’s kite running skills, when he wins, Hassan congratulates him and goes to run the last kite for him, Amir meanwhile is the center of attention from the whole town for winning it.
However, Hassan, who is going to give Amir the kite, is confronted by Assef and his friends, Assef makes a compromise that Hassan could go if he gives him the winning kite, Hassan refuses, saying that Amir rightfully won it, this makes Assef angry and he tackles Hassan to the ground and with help of his friends, rapes Hassan, Amir is watching the entire thing from behind a wall, he could actually intervene and stand up for Hassan at that moment but, he instead betrays his friend by running away, later Amir sees Hassan wiping his tears, takes the kite from him and they walk home.
CHAPTER 8
ReplyDeleteThe aftermath is that both of them soon drift away from each other as they barely meet after that, Amir is completely guilt ridden and scarred because of this incident, Hassan only completes his daily chores and goes to sleep for the rest of the day.
Baba is finally proud of Amir and is giving him a lot of attention, however Amir is still feeling guilty because of what happened, this causes him to suggest Baba to get new servants (from which Baba gets really pissed at and the recent attention Amir was getting vanishes in an instant).
Soon at Amir’s birthday party he sees Assef with his parents, and that he insults Hassan while he’s serving drinks, this makes him feel bad and while he’s alone sitting, Rahim Khan talks to him (the way he talked, it appears that he knew of Hassan’s rape and that Amir didn’t help him), in the end he doesn’t like any of the gifts he received except for the journal book which Rahim Khan gave him.
you guys are on track now...step away from chapter wise & start on significant passage exploration...check out the iop options & come up with newer ones...dont forget to explore literary features & narrative techniques...
ReplyDelete