Brian Tran
Reading Response Log
1.”That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong What they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realized I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years now." -chapter one
This quote, located at the beginning of the first chapter, gives heavy insight into what lies ahead. In the second sentence, the narrator hints at a memory from the past. We then know this memory is traumatizing in one way or another as the narrator attempts to "bury" or forget about it. To further conclude that it was traumatizing, the narrator mentions of it clawing it's way out, a term used to describe how it haunts them. Finally in …show more content…
This character trait is shown when Amir attends a buzlashi match with Baba. There he began to cry as the rider is stomped upon by the horse of which . This trait is then supported again later on in the story as Amir chooses to run away rather an stand up for what's right. Baba is also related in this matter as he does not praise Amir very often for being more like Baba, a righteous man. Foreshadowing also takes place in this quote as the main theme of it includes a character flaw, meaning it will eventually lead to a trial of some sort to test this …show more content…
Her secret was outspoken. Dealt with. I opened my mouth and almost told her how I'd betrayed Hassan, lied, driven him out, and destroyed the forty-year relationship between Baba and Ali. But I didn't. I suspected there were many ways in which Soraya Taheri was a better person than me. Courage was just one of them." -chapter twelve (p. 165)
Taken from a conversation between Soraya and Amir, this quote talks mainly focuses on how Amir almost reveal all his secrets like Soraya did. After Sorya revealed all her secrets to Amir, he almost did the same, but didn't. This made him envy her as she was able to reveal her secrets freely while he had to keep quiet. If he didn't, relations between him and Hassan, as well as Baba and Ali would break, as words of the rape and cancer spread loose. She was also courageous while he was cowardly.
8."Here is another cliche my creative writing teacher would have scoffed at; like father like son. But it was true wasn’t it? As it turned out, Baba and I were more alike than I'd ever known. We had both betrayed the people who would have give their lives for us. And with that Clem this realization: that Rahim Khan had summoned me here to atone for not just my sins but for Baba's too." -chapter eighteen (p.
Reading Response Log
1.”That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong What they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realized I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years now." -chapter one
This quote, located at the beginning of the first chapter, gives heavy insight into what lies ahead. In the second sentence, the narrator hints at a memory from the past. We then know this memory is traumatizing in one way or another as the narrator attempts to "bury" or forget about it. To further conclude that it was traumatizing, the narrator mentions of it clawing it's way out, a term used to describe how it haunts them. Finally in …show more content…
This character trait is shown when Amir attends a buzlashi match with Baba. There he began to cry as the rider is stomped upon by the horse of which . This trait is then supported again later on in the story as Amir chooses to run away rather an stand up for what's right. Baba is also related in this matter as he does not praise Amir very often for being more like Baba, a righteous man. Foreshadowing also takes place in this quote as the main theme of it includes a character flaw, meaning it will eventually lead to a trial of some sort to test this …show more content…
Her secret was outspoken. Dealt with. I opened my mouth and almost told her how I'd betrayed Hassan, lied, driven him out, and destroyed the forty-year relationship between Baba and Ali. But I didn't. I suspected there were many ways in which Soraya Taheri was a better person than me. Courage was just one of them." -chapter twelve (p. 165)
Taken from a conversation between Soraya and Amir, this quote talks mainly focuses on how Amir almost reveal all his secrets like Soraya did. After Sorya revealed all her secrets to Amir, he almost did the same, but didn't. This made him envy her as she was able to reveal her secrets freely while he had to keep quiet. If he didn't, relations between him and Hassan, as well as Baba and Ali would break, as words of the rape and cancer spread loose. She was also courageous while he was cowardly.
8."Here is another cliche my creative writing teacher would have scoffed at; like father like son. But it was true wasn’t it? As it turned out, Baba and I were more alike than I'd ever known. We had both betrayed the people who would have give their lives for us. And with that Clem this realization: that Rahim Khan had summoned me here to atone for not just my sins but for Baba's too." -chapter eighteen (p.