Activistic Culture In 'The Kite Runner'

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1. A. She was self-aware when decided to talk Hassan’s family and help them out. She had a soft and friendly tone in her voice when she talk to his family. She was also aware of how she spoke to them when she was providing them with food. She was friendly and she told them that they could eat the food because she had already eaten and that the food was all theirs, so she they didn’t feel too bad.
1B. She adapted to the culture when she went to the market to buy some groceries, she didn’t acted professional and instead talked with the venders like if she was one of them.
1C. She use empathy when she send Hassan the books that he ask her to recommend to him. She probably thought that he didn’t know much about the French way of cooking, so she
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An example of that is when she talks to the employees and tells them that the day before a customer receive a plate that did not reflect the restaurant standards. You could see the employees being concern about it. Another example of how the Madame Mallory expresses collectivistic culture is when she fires the employee that set fire to Hassan’s family’s restaurant. She knew that it wasn’t right what he did because she is also a person that is loyal to her community.
3b. She wants to be the best so she works hard and focuses on being the best by selling the best food with the best ingredients. She is also always herself even if other people don’t like her, She clearly states this when she goes to complain with the major of the town and she says that she doesn’t care if people think she is not like by everyone. She is also unique by the way she dresses with very nice clothes and her expensive
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Hassan mother taught him how took almost every dish he knows how to do. She also influence him on trying new things. Since then, that’s what he has always done, he has made new recipes and improve old ones by adding a couple of spices that his family uses. Also that’s why when he goes to work at Madame Mallory’s restaurant he decides to change a recipe that is really old. Madame Mallory has always used the same French recipes and that’s why she is surprise when he changes the recipe, but since she tries it and likes it, she goes with it.
Sea urchin: A small sea animal that lives on the ocean and that has a shell with spines. Some people eat what is in the inside of the mouth.
The quote relates to my answer by backing up that Hassan used this quote to continue experimenting. He knew that every animal he used for cooking had its own taste, every ingredient gave it a different flavor. Just like the Sea urchin that had a shell and spines, in the food industry he notice that the French recipes had a shell that he could open and change it to make something even

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