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Post by Julian coffman on Apr 2, 2020 16:49:17 GMT
“...mice-eating, flat-nosed, load-carrying donkeys” (Hosseini 9). This is how the sunni muslims looked at the shea hazeras; they were ashamed of them and would think of themselves as superior to them.
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Post by Damaris Hernandez on Apr 2, 2020 16:50:40 GMT
" He knew I stood there and done nothing.He knew I betrayed him and yet was rescuing me once again, maybe the last time" "I was a liar, a cheat, and a thief." (Hassan,105) This right here is an example of redemption and guilt. Amir has been feeling guilty after doing nothing to protect Hassan, and you see that right here in this quote. Amir sees himself as a liar, and as someone who betrayed his friend.
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Post by Ben Seupaul on Apr 2, 2020 16:52:08 GMT
"I caught one final blurry of Hassan slumped in the backseat before Baba turned left at the street corner where we'd played marbles so many times." (109)
I saw this as an example of the guilt motif because in the passages that Amir is describing ali and hassan leaving he seems to focus on things that he and hassan would do together, and because of this it seems that amir is starting to regret blaming hassan for stealing money and a watch since it made him loose his only friend.
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Post by Eric Still on Apr 2, 2020 16:55:47 GMT
"Baba came right out and asked, 'Did you steal that money? Did you steal Amirs Watch Hassan?' Hassans reply with a single word delivered in a thin raspy voice: 'Yes'." (105)
Hassan has made a sacrifice for Amir and therefore it represents the motif on friendship and loyalty
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Post by Melanie Calderon on Apr 2, 2020 17:03:39 GMT
"He knew I'd seen everything in that alley, that I stood there and done nothing. He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.I loved him in in that moment, loved him more than i ever loved anyone, an d i wanted to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake".(Hosseini 105)
This is an example of Guilt and Redemption with his friendship with Hassan, he regrets what he did and allowing what happened to Hassan happen to him, and its making him feel redemption and was going to say something but in the end didnt think it was a good idea because it would have ruined his bond with his father, but yet after all that has happened Hassan was still protecting him and thats what led him to feel guilty.
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Post by Jaiyn Perez on Apr 2, 2020 17:06:47 GMT
"Baba never said so, but I knew he saw my car sickness as yet another of my array of weakness - I saw it on his embarrassed face the couples times my stomach had clenched so badly I moaned" (Hosseini 105) At the beginning of Chapter 10 the Father and Son motif is shown. Baba and Amir are traveling and Amir is feeling car sick. Amir knows this is one of his weaknesses. He thinks Baba is embarrassed of him. Readers can make the inference Amir doesn't feel loved by Baba and wants to be the best so he can receive the love. This motif repeated times through out the book, Amir is constantly searching for approval from his father.
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Post by Jaidyn Perez on Apr 2, 2020 17:09:01 GMT
"Baba never said so, but I knew he saw my car sickness as yet another of my array of weakness - I saw it on his embarrassed face the couples times my stomach had clenched so badly I moaned" (Hosseini 110) At the beginning of Chapter 10 the Father and Son motif is shown. Baba and Amir are traveling and Amir is feeling car sick. Amir knows this is one of his weaknesses. He thinks Baba is embarrassed of him. Readers can make the inference Amir doesn't feel loved by Baba and wants to be the best so he can receive the love. This motif repeated times through out the book, Amir is constantly searching for approval from his father.
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Post by Lyla Dollar on Apr 2, 2020 17:15:28 GMT
"Do you have to always be the hero? I thought, my heart fluttering. Can't you just let it go for once? But I Knew He couldn't - it wasn't in his nature. (pg 115) This quote indicates the theme of letting go of the past. This is because Baba is not as powerful in America as he was in Kabul.
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Post by Elijah Borjas on Apr 2, 2020 17:21:56 GMT
"...a day to celebrate how the prophet Ibrahim almost sacrificed his own son for God." (76).
this shows sacrifice because Amir watches Hassan, sacrifices him, so that Amir can have better relationship with Baba.
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Post by Gillian Phillips Block 3 on Apr 2, 2020 17:32:46 GMT
"I wanted to tell Ali it was not the book, but I who was unworthy... I ended up tossing the book on the heap of gifts in the corner of my room. But my eyes kept going back to it, so I buried it at the bottom"(Hosseini 103).
The book is reminding Amir of Hassan and how Hassan would do/sacrifice anything for him but he wouldn't do the same for him. The book is simply a constant reminder of his deep-seated guilt; therefore, he doesn't want it in his sight.
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Post by Catie Heitz on Apr 2, 2020 17:37:55 GMT
"Their heads turned. Then a smile played on my father's lips. He opened his arms. I put the kite down and walked into his thick hairy arms. I buried my face in the warmth of his chest and wept. ......I forgot what I'd done. And that was good."
This scene takes place right after Amir sees Hassan get raped. The motif here is guilt, however the redemption part is for a different guilt, not the one he now carries after abandoning Hassan. Amir hoped that if he won the kite fight, his father would be proud of him and except him. This would take away the guilt of his mother's death. This gives him redemption in one part of his life, but it is not worth it because he is overcome by the guilt he obtained in Hassan's situation. Now he will have to find redemption for this guilt.
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Post by Carson Woodhouse on Apr 2, 2020 17:41:24 GMT
"What was I doing on this road in the middle of the night? I should have been in bed, under my blanket, a book with dog-eared pages at my side" (Hosseini 113).
This quote is an example of the dream motif. Earlier in the chapter, Amir was talking about how you couldn't trust anyone in Kabul. You can't trust your neighbors, friends, and even family members. Amir wishes he was back at home where he was safe and comfortable.
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Post by Fatima Cabrera on Apr 2, 2020 17:46:11 GMT
"He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time. I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone, and I wanted to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake" (105) This is an example of Guilt and redemption because toward the end of the chapter Amir started to feel guilty because he then realized that after everything he put Hassan through Hassan still was willing to protect him. Also, he wanted to redeem himself by telling the truth but he just wanted to move on from all of it.
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Post by Aspen Smith on Apr 2, 2020 17:53:28 GMT
"The words I'd carved on the tree trunk with Ali's kitchen knife, Amir and Hassan: The Sultans of Kabul...I couldn't stand looking at them now" (Hosseini 87).
The motif that this quote shows is regret. Amir regrets carving their names in the tree trunk, when he and Hassan were fighting.
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Post by Michael deibert on Apr 2, 2020 18:19:14 GMT
The words I'd carved on the tree trunk with Ali's kitchen knife, Amir and Hassan: The Sultans of Kabul...I couldn't stand looking at them now" (Hosseini 87). The motif in this qoute is regret.Amir feels bad for what he did and how he left his friend behind.after what amir did to hassan, the craving in the tree it brings him a lot of guilt and shame.
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