The Kite Runner- Chapters 8-9

1. What are your thoughts around Amir now? Has he taken steps towards making things with Hassan right? or has he made them worse? Explain.

At this point in the story, I do not like Amir at all. Hassan is a loyal friend, and Amir has not been a friend back. He completely unleashed his emotions on Hassan by yelling at him and telling him to leave him alone. He also framed him for stealing his money. Originally he was feeling guilty for watching as Hassan was raped, but he has made things worse by being mean to Hassan and pushing him away.

2. Obviously Amir is struggling to with his actions. What was the purpose of the scene with the pomegranates? What is Amir searching for from Hassan?

The purpose of the scene with the pomegranates was to see if he could get a reaction out of Hassan. So far, Hassan has been the perfect friend, and I think Amir was testing Hassan. He was searching for a reaction out of Hassan. The purpose of the scene was to show that Hassan would never do anything to hurt Amir.

3. Characterization: what do we learn further about Amir, Hassan, and Assef in this section?

We learn that Amir will do anything to gain his father's love. We learn that Hassan cannot hurt Amir, and views him as a friend. We learn that he is a huge bully, and that he admires Hitler.


I chose the picture of the "Dad's Favorite" T shirt because it seems that Hassan is the favorite kid. After hassan was framed, Baba still wants Hassan to stay. Baba also likes how brave Hassan is in comparison to Amir.

3rd MP Reflection & 4th MP Preview

I think that i did a good job with theme 6. This was something I enjoyed writing because I liked the topic I chose. Something I will try t do in the future is pick a good topic because it is easier to write that way.

The TMD project was very successful. My group decided to make a magazine that also had a website. I liked how we used different types of projects to make one magazine. Using the different types of technology was different and interesting. We tried to make use of the class time and I think it worked out well.

My expectations for the 4th marking period is for it to go fast. I expect that the class will have a more laid back tone and that we will start to talk about college more and more. I think that the film project at the end of the year is going to be fun and will be different from film projects in the past.