The Kite Runner Flashcards
Amir’s father in law
General Taheri
Setting of the book for the first half?
Kabul
The first city we know is
Sam Francisco
Narrator for most of the book
Amir
Stoned people to death
Assef
Assef’s gift to Amir for his birthday
A book about hitler
Birthday gift from Rahim Kahn
Leather bound book- only gift that didn’t feel like blood money
allah u akbar
God is good
Word that means student
Talib
Farsi word Agha means
Sir/master
Upper class
Pashtuns
Lower class, round features
Hazara
How did Hassan die
Shot in the head
Farsi for father
Baba
Baba’s dearest friend
Rahim khan
1/2 bother, servant, and best friend to Amir
Hassan
Hassan’s wife
Farzana
Amir’s wife
Soraya
Ali gets made fun of for his limp, he’s called
babalu meaning boogieman
Farsi is what?
Language
Hassan’s son’s name
sohrab, from story in Shahnamah
Shahnamah
Story they used to read under the pomegranate tree
Hassan’s mom, laughed when she first saw him and left
sanaubar
Hassan was born with what?
Hair cleft lip, Amir gets cut in the same spot
On the phone Rahim Kahn says on the phone-
There is a way to be good again
Birthday party, they call came for who, what were the gifts from
Baba, blood money
Who tells Amir he’s always been a tourist
Farid
Islamic fundamentalist
Taliban
Who wants ethnic cleansing of hazaras?
Assef
Amir’s mother in law
Jamila
What does Amir think about to calm down
Kite flying
How did Ali die
Land mine
Who killed Hassan and farzana
Taliban
Who first invaded Afghanistan and who after
Russia, Taliban
Amir’s story that Hassan finds a pothole in?
Cry for pearls, kill his wife, why not just cut an onion?
Who is peaking down an alley and has for 26 years
Amir
Raped Hassan and held him down
Assef, Wali, Kamal
Who was raped later and died of fumes
Kamal
Who couldn’t have kids?
Soraya
Who said “a boy who won’t stand up for himself is a man who won’t stand up for anything”
Baba
Amir’s mother died how
Childbirth
What did Baba call his wife
Princess
What does Amir call Soraya
Swamp princess
Amir’s first word
Baba
Hassan’s first word
Amir
What were the couple, that had rocks threw at them til death, accused of
Adultery
Where did the executions happen
ghazi stadium
Ali was adopted by
Baba’s father
Amir tried to get rid of Hassan how
Cash and watch under his Hassan’s bed
What is the major symbol in the book
The pomegranate tree
What did Amir make fun of Hassan for
He couldn’t read
Babas one sin
Theft
Amir’s mom
Sofia
“There’s no monsters Amir, just water”
Hassan
Redemption is when your guilt comes from good thing
Rahim khan
Amir and Baba both did what to their closest people?
Betray them- Amir, Hassan- Baba, Ali
Which ethnic group is Sunni
Pashtuns
Which ethnic group is Shia
Hazaras
Who is the lawyer that helps Amir
Omar Faisal
