KO- Q 11-20 Flashcards
what occurs when Amir and Hassan are returning from cinema Zainab?
A soldier shouts insults at Hassan: ‘You! The Hazara! I knew your mother…’
Why are Hassan and his father Ali referred to as ‘flat nosed’?
They are Hazaras- Sha’i Muslims
Amir also reads in his mother’s book that they were called ‘mice-eating, flat-nosed, load carrying dokenys’.
What are Amir and his father Baba?
Pashtuns - Sunny Muslims
What did Baba build in late 1960s?
An Orphanage: a symbol of his strength and compassion
What does Baba tell Amir about sin?
‘There is only one sin…And that is theft’
While Amir eats and complains about his homework what does Hassan do?
Make’s Amir’s bed,
polishes his shoes
irons his clothes
packs his books for school
What do Amir and other Afghans awake to realise July 17th 1973?
That the monarchy was a thing of the past.
How is Assef first introduced to the reader?
‘his famous stainless-steel brass knuckles’
‘the blond, blue eyed Assef towered over the other kids’
‘his reputation for savagery proceeded him’
Amir years later: ‘sociopath’
What are Assef’s most striking and shocking beliefs?
‘Adolf Hitler. a great leader. A man with vision’
racism towards Hazaras: ‘His people pollute our homeland’
What does kite flying and running represent to Amir?
At first childhood, happiness and freedom.
Later - His betrayal of Hassan
