Kite Runner Chapters 6-10 Flashcards
“Would you ever ask me to do such a thing, Amir Agha?”
- form of protest as it shows how even when treating their “supeiriers”, they are still faced with all kinds of discrimination and demeaning attitudes all due to ethnicity
- Chapter 6
- Dialogue from Hassan
- Kite running in a previous competition
“Wished he’d let me be the favourite”
-protests how No matter how many riches someone may have, they long merely for the love and support of their parental figures though that is often not given
-chapter 6
- Thoughts from Amir after Baba bought Hassan and him a kite each
“You know, i like where I live…it’s my home”
-protests grow children of such a young age have accepted the harsh reality of their lives all due to how the world perceives them
- Chapter 6
- Hassan’s dialogue
“Loyal Hazara. Loyal as a Dog”
- Protests how Hazaras are not only dehumanised but treated as accessories to the upper classes
- Chapter 7
- Dialogue from Assef
“Ill let you keep it so it will always remind you of what I’m about to do.”
- protests the horrific treatment of the Hazara ethnicity and how it has become normalised eve in the younger generations to the point where something as sinful as rape becomes childish bullying
- Chapter 7
- Dialogue from Assef
“It was the look of the lamb”
- Protests how Hazaras can be used and belittled for the wellbeing of the Pashtuns and upper classes and how they’ve been taught to merely accept this
- Chapter 7
- Amir’s internal thoughts
- Lamb is sacrificed at the end of Ede to bring about luck and remember how Ibrahim was willing to sacrifice his son to prove his faith to Allah
“I watched Hassan get raped… I said to nobody”
- protests the horrors some children have to witness all due to the toxic masculinity normalised in modern day Afghanistan
- Chapter 8
- Amir’s Dialogue and internal thoughts\
- Shows the extent of even seeing these thins and the damage they cause to a child
“Red dripping down his face like blood… “Are you satisfied?””
- Protests the mistreatment and casual nature of violent attacks on the Hazara ethnicity and how they have to be willing to receive all this just to aid their masters
- Chapter 8
- Hassan’s dialogue and Amir’s thoughts
- Under the pomegranate tree which was once a sign of innocence but that was used against Hassan to hurt him and aid Amir
“I wondered if, on some level, their son frightened them”
- protests how violence has been drilled into the younger generation and these actions are so common its putting the upper classes at risk
- Chapter 8
- Amir’s thoughts about Assef at his party
- contradicts how he is supposed to respect and love his parents
“Kneading Hassan in the chest with a knuckle. Then, mercifully, darkness”
- protests how people would rather be ignorant to the issues of the world than deal with the problem head on as it allows them to continue to live happily and blissfully unaware of any troubles
- Chapter 8
- Amir’s thoughts at the party when Assef is beating up Hassan
- shows how he would rather ignore than make a change even for his friend
“This was Hassan’s final sacrifice for me”
- The actions of the Hazaras are solely to benefit the Pashtuns
- Chapter 9
- Amir’s thoughts
- Protests the lack of fight left in the inferior as they have been molded into servants from the very start
“I saw Baba do something I had never seen him do before: He cried.”
- Protests not only how the two different ethnicities can’t be friends but how a grown man by social standards is meant to be strong and feel nothing even during great loss
- Chapter 9
- Amir’s Thoughts when Baba cries at Ali and Hassan departure
“It’s his price for letting us pass”
- Protests the lack of honour and respect held by people just for merely not understanding another persons culture
- Chapter 10
- Karim’s dialogue when the Russian soldier wants to take the woman with the black shawl and take advantage of her just so the truck can pass through the border safely
“This was the summation of his life: one disappointing son and two suitcases.”
- Protests not only how easy it is to be demeaned when someone else tries to take power and they see you as inferior but also how quick children believe they are disappointing for merely not fitting the social standards
- Chapter 10
- Amir’s thoughts after leaving the gas tanker and seeing Baba only with two suitcases
“Kamal’s father shoved the barrel in his own mouth”
- Protests how little people have to live for and how easily they turn to death at the hands of the corrupt
- Chapter 10
- Amir’s thoughts
- After Kamal dies from the fumes of the gas tanker, Kamal’s father grabs Karim’s gun and threatens Karim with it before shooting himself with utter grief and loss
