The Place For my Kite Runner Book Review!

The questions that I chose for this essay was:

1.  For what audience(s) is this book intended, and how can you tell? (In other words, for whom would you recommend this book?)

2.Find out about the author. How did they end up writing this particular book? How is the         author's life reflected in the book?

Do not copy and paste an author's bio from other sites into your review! Link to it, quote and cite it, or write your own.

• 3.Pick a character that interested you and write about them in depth. You can also analyze a relationship between two different characters.

• Hint: If you just retell the events that happen to your character, that's not "in depth." You will need to zoom in on certain critical moments that truly show your character's nature, and explain how they do.

The book, The Kite Runner, is a historical fiction by Khaled Hosseini. This book had illustrated many scenes that had actually happened in Afghanistan back in the mid 1900s where the Soviets tried to invade Afghanistan. The book was first published in 2003 by Riverhead books. Later the movie of the Kite Runner was released in 2008 on DVD. In the book, the narrator was Amir who was a boy who was born and raised in a wealthy family in Kabul. The book shows a young kid who went through his life with many obstacles and issues.

   

The author, Khaled Hosseini, from the book of The Kite Runner was born and raised in Kabul. When he was eleven years old, he immigrated to the US with his family after the soviets invaded. Khaled did not write this book as an autobiography and he had thoroughly explained he is not Amir. Some scenes of Amir is related to him though like writing stories and flying kites.The Kite Runner was his first novel he ever wrote and he was a physician before he became a writer. He relied on his memories and experiences with Hazara people to write the Kite Runner. The author wrote the Kite Runner because he wants to portray Afghanistan’s language, cultures, and authentic passion. In the year of 2003, he went back to Kabul and all he could see was ware fares. Many people were injured and in the streets were beggars, orphans, and beggars. I received many of these information about the author of The Kite Runner from this website.

When I think about the book, The Kite Runner, I think about Amir who was the main character. In the beginning, he believed that he had lost many of his father’s love because of his little servant Hassan who had stayed with Amir for a long time had drove all the attentions from his father. Amir knows that Hassan is loyal to him, however Amir feels that Hassan is taking his father away from him. Once when Amir saw Hassan getting raped by Assef, he was scared and didn’t know what to do. Amir started to dislike Hassan, so he planned a trap trying to remove Hassan. He placed a watch on Hassan’s bed and lied to his father that Hassan stole it. Amir’s father forgave Hassan, however Ali who was Hassan’s father insisted that they leave. Amir found it relieved that Hassan left, however he finds him guilty in a way.

After a while, in the story Amir changes and that was the time when he went back to Afghanistan to see Rahim Khan. Rahim Khan had told Amir the whole story that Hassan was actually his half brother and how Amir could help Hassan by saving Hassan’s son, Sohrab.

“I looked at the round face in Polaroid again, the way the sun fell on it. My brother’s face, Hassan had loved me once. loved me in a way that no one ever had or ever would again. He was gone now, but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul. Waiting.” (page 227)

Amir was imagining Hassan because he misses Hassan and his guilt build on him. Amir finds that he owes Hassan a lot and it is time for Amir to return something for him. That means that Amir have to go back to Kabul to find Hassan’s son, Sohrab. He do realized how dangerous Kabul is, however he does not want to forfeit to save his nephew’s lives. Amir wanted to keep Hassan’s little part of him alive because he wants to fix his guilt. From the beginning of the story, it shows a massive change on Amir because from the start, he was a selfish and greedy person who believes that everything should be his including his father. Later on in the story, I had a different impression towards him and it is that he wasn’t as selfish as before anymore. He was willing to risk his life to save his nephew in Kabul and that shows lots of courage to do that.

    In my opinion, I believe that the audiences from this book would be anyone in the world who are concern about Afghanistan or the ones who would like to know more about Afghanistan. The book had portrayed many of the Afghanistan’s history and living styles.

    “Usually, each neighborhood held its own competition. But that year, the tournament was going to be held in my neighborhood, Wazir Akbar Khan, and several other districts-Karteh-Char, Karteh-Parwan, Mekro-Rayoan, and Koteh-Sangi had been invited. You could hardy go anywhere without hearing talk of the upcoming tournament. word had it this was going to be the biggest tournament in twenty-five years.” (Page 55)

    People in this world may not know about the traditions at Afghanistan.The kite running tournaments had been going on for many years. I do not believe that anyone would knew that kite running tournaments in Afghanistan were important unless they were Afghanistan people or historians. Kite running is a tradition in Afghanistan that happens every year and kite running portrays many of Afghanistan’s living styles and history. The Afghans had been kite running for many years meaning that Kite running had been part of their everyday life. Kite Running had been to be something that children in Afghanistan would usually do because it is fun and when you win, it shows pride. Kite Running was a way for Afghanistan people to receive excitements and help kite runners to earn confidence. These excitements brings happiness to all Afghans in their every day lives. Without kite running, Afghans’ living styles would change.

    Another quote from the book also featured some of the Afghans’ cultures and living styles.

“ The tension in the air was as taut as the glass string I was tugging with my bloody hands. People were stomping their feet, clapping, whistling, chanting, “Boberesh! Boberesh!” Cut him! Cut him! I wondered if Baba’s voice was one of them. Music blasted. The smell of steamed mantu and fried pakora drifted from the rooftops and open doors.” (Page 65)

     The way that they describe the food like steamed mantu and fried pakora gives me a more deep understanding with Afghans’ cultures because if I had never read this book, I would know what kind of food are those. The book showed many ways of how Afghanistan would celebrate their excitements. For instance, they talked about how music was everywhere and how everyone was cheering. This convinced readers that Afghans are really cheerful and love to have fun. This book had also taught many Afghanistan words to readers which shows Afghanistan’s cultures. Like the word, Boberesh! Boberesh! meaning Cut him! Cut him! had taught readers some of the Afghanistan languages. I believe that before any readers that had read this book wouldn’t know what the word Boberish means.

    Overall, the book The Kite Runner was really dramatic and the way that it describes the setting of Afghanistan had gave me an understanding about what it was like in Afghanistan. I was able to feel the way that the characters had felt in the story. This book was awesome and I find that any teens or adults would love it if they read it!

Kite Runner! Last Response! :D

    After reading the last paper clip, I really hate Assef. He raped so many people including Hassan and his son named Sohrab. I find that when Assef got hurt in the eye from Sohrab’s slingshot, he earned it. I believe that I would like the story more better if Assef actually died. He did too much bad Karma, why didn't he die at the end? I realized that life is unfair because Hassan is a good person and he died. Assef did bad karma and was a bad person however he didn't die instead he lost an eye.

    In the story, Rahim Khan ended his contact with Amir by giving Amir a letter. I had the question in my mind like where did Rahim Khan go after the letter was send. My prediction was that Rahim Khan died because in the middle paper clip, it says that he was so skinny and sick. Sometimes Rahim Khan would even cough out blood. I find him really weak and it would be impossible for him to move on to somewhere else except death. Also, I realized that Rahim Khan tried to trick Amir into adopting Sohrab in a good way. He lied to Amir about an adoption center that Sohrab could go after being rescued however that adoption center never existed.


    I freaked out when I read pages 343-344 because I didn't know what happened to Sohrab ,however i know that the situation is bad. I started to tear a little as i read those pages because i thought Sohrab was going to die. He is so young and share many similarities with Hassan. The good part was that Sohrab was okay at the end. I dislike how Sohrab ignored everyone when Amir and him arrived in the United States. I find him really impolite ,however I know that there are many reasons why Sohrab was acting that way. I can step on Sohrab’s shoes and understood that his life is full of hardships. He lost almost all his family member except Amir in such a young age. Also, he was raped by Assef causing him to lose trust towards people.  


   After finishing this book, I realized that this book is really dramatic and intense. This book was great! :)

Future With Sucess Response to Andy's Blog

I think about success all the time. I ask myself questions like how my future should be. From reading Andy’s blog, I think more into my future success.

Success means many things to people. To me success describes a positive result or wished-for ending through the achievement of goals. The key to success lies in hard work and perseverance. Ultimate success in life can only come from hard work. I came to understand this philosophy during my experience in studying the subject, Pre Calculus. I feel proud of myself for making a change in my life that will assist me in the future.

                                 
    I agree with Andy that success describes a positive result because for my ideal success is to have accomplishments and become successful one day in the future. For my successful future, I dream myself graduating from Harvard University majoring Business and earn myself as the CEO of the Abercrombie and Fitch Company.

Andy is right that success lies in hard work and perseverance because I had once experienced a situation that taught me about success. When I was in sixth grade, I did not care about my classes and I did not touch any of my homework. I thought I am too smart to do all those things because I believe that I would still get As in all my classes. However as my first report card came, I realized that my grades had deeply dropped to C+s and Bs. I got really disappointed because I wanted to go to private university when I graduate from high school. I started to work harder and at the end of the next report card, I got all As. This situation had taught me a lesson to work harder to earn my successes.

My situation was a lot similar to Andy. I am happy for Andy that he understood his philosophy from one experience just like me. Success is really important to me and in order to achieve this, I must work hard. I know that if I don't work hard, then my dreamed future would be ruined, so I know I should try my best.

My Life with the Violin/Viola.

Violin was really important to me and I started when I was in fourth grade. My first violin teacher was really strict and mean. She screams at anyone that doesn't know how to play twinkle twinkle little star. It was my luck that I remember my fingering to play that song.

As I grew older when I reached sixth grade, I made a huge improvement. I was the number one violin player in class which mean I was first chair. My teacher had always been giving me lots of attention and sometimes he told me to be his music assistant showing the class how the song would go using a violin. My hard work from practicing had finally paid off. The first orchestra that I joined was the Muse Orchestra and because of that orchestra, I had met a famous conductor named Michael Morgan. Also, the Muse Orchestra had gave me the chance to play at the Paramount Theatre and many other famous places.

The first time that I realized that playing violin was worth it was when I had represented Oakland to go play violin at San Jose University with other music students around the Bay Area. I was able to meet new friends and perform some of the hardest pieces that I had never seen before. This was one of the best experiences for me as a musicianist.

Later on, I joined another orchestra named Berkeley Youth Orchestra when I was in eighth grade. I started to play viola at that orchestra and I had made great improvements from there. In my opinion, I find that this orchestra was actually challenging in a way because for a violist, we can't really play high notes. When we had to play this song called Indiana Jones... I had to reach my fingers really high in order to play the high squeaky notes.

After I graduated from middle school, I was lucky enough to become a music mentor at my old school as a violist. I was able to teach young musicians all the things I learned over the past five to six years. I was proud to be a music teacher and because I get paid :D

The Kite Runner <>---- second response. :)

    After reading the second paper clip of The Kite Runner, I realized that there are real such things as karma because in the book it said that there aren’t any way that Amir and his wife Soraya can have a baby. They tried everything, however it did not work. Amir was a selfish person in past and that it lead to bad karma causing him to have no children. As I go farther in the book, there was good karma going on because Hassan was a loyal and nice person and that lead up to give Hassan a sweet little boy were Hassan and his wife had.

Also, there was a change on my perspective towards Amir. In the beginning i found him a selfish, greedy guy. As i read the second paper clip, he isn’t as selfish as i thought he would be. At the part where i was reading this book, i realized that he regretted and went to save Hassan’s son from danger. Another example is when he went to find Hassan’s son, he stopped at his friend’s house. He realized that they were really poor and Amir felt bad for them. At the end, Amir gave a wrist watch to the little boy of the family and he also placed a few crumbled dollars under the mattress before he left. From this, I could tell that Amir is actually a kind person after all.

Another thinking that came up from reading this book so far is how come Amir and his father did not use the money that they use for Amir’s wedding for a down payment for a house. They held the wedding for $ 35,000 dollars and i was wondering why didn’t they buy a house first and settle everything instead of living in a one bedroom house. Also,they could even use these money for a better life by starting a business of some sort. This could help his father with his health and could give everyone a better life. In my opinion, i believe that having a wedding that is $35,000 dollars is not worth it. It is better if they could actually use it more wisely.

Response to Luis Alba's Post about Subsitutes.

    This is a response post for Luis Alba about substitutes. I totally agree about what Luis had said about substitute subbing for classes.

“I hate it when people try and take advantage of substitutes like if they do not even know the rules of the school. In my old school, taking advantage of substitutes continuously happened throughout the year. I admit it I also used to take advantage but sometimes there is a limit.”

    I agree with what Luis is saying because usually I am one of the students that would take advantage of having substitutes. Usually I would ask the substitute to let me use the restroom without using a bathroom pass. I would think that the substitute will not know about bathroom passes, so if I go I won’t need one. Once when I was sixth grade and we had a substitute, i took the advantage of going to the restroom without asking and stayed in the restroom for fifteen minutes. The substitutes did not even notice.
   
    There are many times where some substitutes are really nice.A lot of the substitutes that i had experienced don’t usually yell at my classmates although we are really loud. Once in my old school, there was this lady substitute that let us use electronics when we had free times. Every one in my class brought out their phones and started to text or took out the Ipods to listen to music. To my classmates’ opinion, that was the best substitute ever.

Like what Luis had said about taking advantages when we have substitutes i totally agree because students just find that without their own teachers, it would be okay to take advantages from the substitutes. Sometimes there are substitutes that are strict too and even more strict then our very own teachers. That is why whenever I see my friends finishing that class and they would be coming out. I would rush to them and ask them if the substitute is nice or not. The worst substitute that I experience was the substitute that doesn’t know how to control the class because it would cause the other innocent people in trouble. Once I even experience a time where I got in trouble because the class were too loud so the whole class got detention.

THE EXCITEMENTS FOR BLACK FRIDAY ! :D

Black Friday is the beginning of Christmas shopping season and the Friday following Thanksgiving. Every year there are around one hundred thirty-five million people going Black Friday. This is an immense shopping day because people get really excited. Many stores would be open earlier than they usually are, so people would wait on line really early like at twelve am in the morning. Shoppers would like to have the best shopping items, so they would wait on line early.

This is the time of the year people would go buy presents for each other for Christmas. Many consumers would buy electronics because this day was the best day to buy electronics that can fit their needs. There would be a huge amount of people because of the economy dropping down. People would want to buy clothes or other things that they would be able to afford for and use it for the whole year.There are always things on sale in stores and the sale could be up to eighty-five percent off. The clothes are extremely affordable and that would attract many consumers.

    Every year, my family and I would go shopping for black Friday. I even tried going to a mall in Gilroy at twelve in the morning where my family and I had to wait on line to get into Coaches for an hour and a half. Consumers love to go coaches during Black Friday because their bags were extremely affordable at that time. I seen this consumer who consumed twelve coach bags all at once.There were around forty or more people still waiting on line when i was able to get in.This was one of my best experiences in my life because the weather was really cold, however i did not forfeit and complain about staying there that day.
   
    Black Friday is the day that provide excitements for everyone. Although a numerous of people would stay up all night just to receive things that are on sale, it is worth it. This year I am excited about Black Friday, I am definitely going to GO :D  
   
   

The Intense book called The Kite Runner!

After reading the first 124 pages of The Kite Runners by Khaled Hosseini, I find this book very intense and full of conflicts on every page. The narrator in the story was named Amir who lived in the Wazir Akbar Khan district. He was raised in a wealthy family and lived with his BaBa. Also, he lives in a neighborhood with a friend named Hassan who lives in a mud shack with his father Ali that works for Amir’s family.

Hassan was very loyal to Amir. One example was that in the book when Amir threw pomegranates at Hassan so then Hassan could hit him. Hassan didn’t but instead he picked up a pomegranate and crushed it towards its forehead. In my mind, I know that Hassan didn’t’ want to hurt Amir because Hassan is loyal to him.Another example was that Hassan always help Amir get ready in the morning. The biggest thing was that Hassan doesn’t even go to school. All he does all day was work as a servant.  

As I read, I found that Amir is a selfish brat who don’t treat Hassan as a friend after all what Hassan had helped him on. Amir even said that he believe Hassan is just his servant and not a friend. One of the most intense conflict that I had read from the story was about Hassan getting rape in the alley. Hassan can’t defend himself because two guys were grabbing him. In the conflict, Amir was there however he was hiding where he can’t be seen. Amir didn’t defend Hassan instead he was just standing there watching Hassan getting rape. Why would he just stand there?? He should have ran and get some help or do something.

           Another Intense moment that caused me to tear was the part when Hassan and his father Ali wanted to leave Amir and his dad. Hassan and his father Ali asked Amir’s father to drive them to the bus station so they can go live with Ali’s cousin. Amir’s father refused and started to cry and what did Amir do? Amir wasn’t crying and this show that he don’t really care about Hassan a lot. They were feed from the same breast and they were raise together. Amir should be sadder than Amir’s father! This book so far is telling me that Amir don’t appreciate Hassan!