Chapter 13 Flashcards
How much does Baba spend on the wedding?
nearly all of his life savings
Amir finds out that General Taheri is waiting for what?
the monarchy to return to rule Afghanistan, thinking that his services will be needed
What does General Taheri suffer from?
migraines
Why can’t Soraya get pregnant?
as she has “unexplained infertility”
How does General Taheri react to the idea of adoption for Amir and Soraya?
he is wary of knowing the bloodline of the infant
How does Amir view being childless?
as a form of divine justice
What quote from Soraya reveals her characters desire to respect her old world traditions and new world sensibilities
when she says that she “won’t bruise his precious ego” (her fathers)
Why does General Taheri not work, keeping his family on welfare?
as he feels it is below him
What does General Taheri not allow his wife to do?
to sing in public, even though she was once a great singer
What did Soraya’s father make her do one she was brought home from her run away love?
he made her cut off her hair
While in 1988 Amir finishes his first novel, what follows?
Him and Soraya cannot concieve
What is a paradigm?
a typical example or pattern of
who is portrayed as a paradigm of Afghan manhood
General Taheri
Amir says he could have done what, and Jamilia would still have approved of him because of the limits of Afghan culture on women?
could have went on a killing spree
Amir says that even if he had went on a killing spree, Jamilia still would have approved of him, why is this?
as in Afghanistan culture, a woman needs a husband in order to lead a meaningful life.
How did Soraya hint that she lost value?
due to her running away with an Afghani man
Why was Amir never exposed to Afghan double standards?
as he was a privileged, man
What does Amir find out about General Taheri (2)
that he suffers from migraines once a month and he is still waiting fro Afghanistan to be restored so that he can go back and resume his government work.
What does Soraya say about Amir that parallels what Fahrid notes about him being a “tourist here”?
that he is “so different from every Afghan guy I’ve met”
Why had the Soviet pulled out of Afghanistan, at the same time that Amir publishes his book?
in response to the collapse of the Soviet Union, fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the cold war
explore the fact that the wedding song is the same to that in which the Russian guard sand during their escape from Afghanistan?
this reappearance of the strong suggests that the past cannot be escaped; this explains why during the most intimate moment of the wedding, Amir is thinking about Hassan “who’s face he had seen in the mirror undefr the veil”
What does Baba’s cancer, the generals migranes and Jamila’s hypochondria suggest about America?
the ill effect that living in the USA has on the generation of Afghans and while it offers protection, it does not offer them their culture.
