Characters
The main character.
Who is Amir?
The country the story starts out in.
What is Afghanistan.
After the kite tournament, Amir witnessed this in the alley.
What is Hassan getting raped?
"Boboresh! Boboresh!" Page 65 (Means "cut him")
"Inshallah" Page 58 (Means "god willing")
What is real dialect?
"The pure Afghans, not this flat-nose here." Page 40
"The book said that my people had killed the Hazaras, driven them from their lands, burned their homes, and sold their women." Page 9
What is the idea that Hazarans are less than Pashtuns.
Well respected Afghan and father to two.
Who is Baba?
The place Amir and Baba move to.
What is California?
Death of main parental figure.
What is Baba dying?
"It's just a Hazara" Page 75
"But my father was rich and everyone knew him, so I was spared the metal rod treatment." Page 91
What is depicting social class?
"Said the soldier wanted a half hour with the lady in the back of the truck." Page 115
"I was fully aware of the Afghan standard that favored my gender." Page 146
What is the oppression of women?
Brave main character, skilled with a slingshot, and a great kite runner.
Who is Hassan?
Where the main character grew up.
What is Kabul.
One common method involved hiding in the tank of a fuel truck.
What is Amir and Baba leaving Afghanistan?
"On a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1974" Page 1
"along Spreckels Lake on the northern edge of Golden Gate Park." Page 1
What is realistic setting?
This is my favorite German.
Who is Dustin?
Gave Amir a journal for his birthday.
Who is Rahim Khan?
Where Amir won his blue kite.
What is the Kite Tournament.
Amir gained Baba's respect from this.
What is Amir winning the Kite Fighting Tournament?
"Playing in the yard one day, building a snow fort" Page 44
"During the school year, we had a daily routine... washed up, prayed the morning namaz, and prepared my breakfast." Page 27
What is detail of day-to-day events?
This person is as good as Caden.
Who is anyone other than Erin.
The dancing Hazaran boy in Afghanistan.
Who is Sohrab?
Where Amir and Baba would go every Sunday.
What is the American flea market?
Rahim Kahn encouraged the main character to sacrifice everything for this.
What is Amir returning to Afghanistan?
This person is better than Erin.
Who is everyone?
No one.
Who is Erin's Friends?