"The Kite Runner" (Cantey)

Characters

100

This is the name of Amir's father

Baba

200

This character calls Amir and says "there is a way to be good again"

Rahim Khan

300

This is the name of Amir's wife

Soraya

400

This is the name of Hassan's son

Sohrab

500

Identify the speaker: “Please think…It was a shameful situation.  People would talk.  All that a man had back then, all that he was, was his honor, his name, and if people talked…We couldn’t tell anyone, surely you can see that” (Hosseini 223).

Rahim Khan

Plot

100

This is who kills Hassan

He was shot by the Taliban

200

This is one of the reasons Rahim Khan calls Amir and asks him to return to Afghanistan.

1. He wants to see him again before he dies

2. He wants Amir to redeem himself

3. He wants to make sure Sohrab is safe

300

Rahim Khan reveals that this is the name of Hassan's actual father

Baba

400

This is how Ali died

Stepped on a land mine

500

This is how the Afghanis originally viewed the Taliban when they came into power.

As heroes

Literary Theory

100

This is the act of buying things for status within a social class

Conspicuous consumption

200

The loyal retainer, the hero, and the damsel in distress are all examples of these

Literary archetypes

300

This term describes the dominant group's unwritten rules that are enforced through all aspects of our society

Hegemony

400

This character in The Kite Runner is the clearest example of a villain

Assef

500

This is the author who wrote the book "Orientalism"

Edward Said

Geography

100

This is the city that Amir and Baba live in when they move to America

Fremont, California

200

This is where Rahim Khan calls Amir from

Pakistan

300

This is the city in Pakistan where Amir meets Rahim Khan

Peshwar

400

This is who lived in Amir and Baba's house in Kabul after they left Afghanistan

Hassan and Farzana

500

This is the name of the soccer stadium that Rahim Khan attends in Kabul

Ghazi Stadium

Mrs. Cantey

100

This is Mrs. Cantey's maiden name

D'Almeida

200

This is the name of Mrs. Cantey's Boston terrier-chihuahua mix

Seamus

300

This is where Mrs. Cantey went on her honeymoon

Japan

400

This is the name of Mrs. Cantey's husband

Travis

500

This is the national park where Mrs. Cantey was married

Olympic National Park