Chapter 10 Flashcards
What happens in the opening of Chapter 10?
an 18 year old Amir and his father leave Kabul in the middle of the night to the relative safety of Pakistan
Amir’s cowardice is a source of _________ for Baba
embarrassment
Where is the truck that Baba and Amir are traveling in taking them to?
Peshawar
What is revealed about Kamal, one of Assef’s companions who was there for the rape, and what happens to him in this chapter?
Kamal had an encounter with 4 men who, Hosseini strongly hints was similarly raped and eventually killed by gas trying to escape the Soviet Russian’s rule of his home country and Kabul.
How does Amir sum up the total of Baba’s existence in Pakistan in this chapter?
“One disappointing son and two suitcase”
How does this chapter end?
with Kamal’s father committing suicide after the death of his son
What does the 5 year time shift from chapter 9 to chapter 10 suggest about Amir?
that his personal life has become stagnant, frozen in the moment of the winter of 1975, Hassan’s rape. And that nothing of major significance has occurred in Amir’s life between the time he betrayed Hassan and the escape
Why is it hurtful to Amir that Baba stands up for a woman to a Russia soldier on the travel to Pakistan?
as he is unable to demonstrate his son in compassion, decency and understanding, which he could for a total stranger.
What does Baba believe in?
bravery, honour, pride and decency
While Baba demonstrates bravery, honour, pride and decency which makes him a great man, what does this not make him?
this does not make him a great father
What is a quagmire?
an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation
What is Baba caught in due to not being able to identity Ali and Hassan as anything more than loyal servants?
a cultural quagmire (an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation)
What is the only advise Baba could give Amir when in the fuel tanker which is the greatest show of paternal love he has shown his son, and demonstrates he is a morally ambiguous character?
“think of something good”
Although Ali, Hassan and Amir had contrasting lives in Afghanistan, what is significant about the two suitcases that Amir and Baba takes to Pakistan?
The only difference between them all leaving their longtime home, Baba and Amir have one more suitcase
What does the episode about Kamal and his father symbolise?
it symbolises that there is a volatile nature of power and those ruling Afghanistan and demonstrates that when power shifts occur, those who are the abusers may become abused
“bleeding down there”