vocab
themes
amir
hassan
literary devices
100

without principle

what dose unscrupulous mean? 

100

Amir's feelings towards Hassan's relationship with Baba and Ali

what is jealousy

100

amir's father is

Baba

100

amir 

what is hassaun first word

100

Baba walked out of the welfare office like a man cured of a tumor

simile

200

laugh at with contempt and derision

what dose scoff mean?

200

Baba and Amir, Ali and Hassan

what is fatherhood?

200

died at child birth

who's amir's mom?

200

the gift from baba

what is surgery?

200

Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba.

metaphor

300

a feeling of alarm or dread

what dose trepidation mean?

300

The way Hassan feels about Amir, and how Amir feels about Baba.

what is loyalty? 

300

nicest house in the neighborhood

where dose amir live?

300

hassan was described as this

hazarah

300

Two opposite characters, who highlight one another's character traits


foils

400

a beam used as a main support in a structure

what dose girder mean?

400

The treatment of Hazaras and treatment of Pashtuns.

what is inequality?

400

tugs the string twice

what's the signal to throw the kite?

400

sanabar rejected him

who is hassan?

400

what is bloob money

biblical allusion

500

showing or motivated my sympathy or understanding

what dose benevolent mean?

500

Hassan and Amir's friendship, their adventures and their bond.

What is brotherhood and friendship?

500

2002

what year dose amir narrate the story? 

500

the face of afghanistan to amir

hassan

500

the past claws its way out

personification