Chapter 22 Flashcards
Where does Amir meet Assef?
In Wazir Akbar Khan
How does Assef refer to America?
as a whore
How did Sohrab enter the room?
with a shaven head, make up on and bells attached to his ankles
What had happened to Assef?
he was serving time in jail when a guard selected Assef to be kicked many times. Asset passed a kidney stone as a result, began to laugh, and viewed it as a sign that God wanted him to live
How badly did Assef beat Amir?
Amir is hurled against a wall, jaw shattered and ribs broken
Although Amir’s body felt broken because of the beaten, what did he feel?
he felt healed
How does Sohrab blind Assef?
he sends one of the brass balls from the table base into Assef’s left eye
What is significant of the brass balls?
they serve as a reminder of the table Amir saw in Pakistan when he wished his life could be as easily fixed
What term does Assef love?
ethnic cleansing
What does the term ‘ethnic cleansing’ which Assef like do?
“Ethnic cleansing. I like it.”
it places the Taliban with other global monstrosities
What biblical story does the scene between Sohrab and Assef mirror?
David and Goliath
How have some critics perceived the half-German lineage of Assef?
as a metaphor for the way that European occupation of Afghanistan had raped and destroyed a once vital country
Where was the massacre of Hazara’s that Amir had read about and Assef bragged about?
Mazar-i-Sharif
How is it evident that Assef has sexually abused Sohrab?
Asset rubs his belly and bites his ear lobe
“Afghanistan is like a _______ ______, littered with garbage, and someone has to ___ ____ ____ _______”
beautiful mansion
take out the garbage
