Whewwww

i must admit i was a little nervous about this quiz, cause it had been so long since i read the book, but it wasn't as bad as i thought i answered alot of the questions opinionated but with what goes with that part of the question. And again this semester has drawn to an end and what do every student hate the most besides tests are final exams, yes there will be alot of studying this weekend considering i only have two days of classes next week and they all will be crucial and tense, cause i want to do well on my exams, i dont feel as though i been slacking off but you know i have to put together everything i learned, but my plate is going to be full, not only do i have to dig deep and study for three finals but i have three kids, yeah this is going to be interesting. Cant wait to see what type of essay topic i will have for this book, luckily this was an interesting book, i think i am going to read the next one.

The Kite Runner

1. Topics in the Kite Runner

• The women weren't allowed to be seen in without a scarf covering their faces, not allowed to speak in loud voices, nor make eye contact.
• There were several betrayals amongst Amir and Baba. Amir betrayed Hasaan by lying on him, driving him out of there home, and destroying a forty year relationship between Baba and Ali. Baba betrayed Ali by sleeping with his wife and conceived a child.
• There were at least three sets of brothers being mentioned, the brothers that killed Ali parents when he was a child, since Baba's father adopted Ali and they grew up together they were sort of like brothers, although Ali was considered the servant, but the servants' son, Hasaan grew up with Amir and they spent alot of time together, they could have been percieved as brothers in the beginning, but in the end they ended of being blood brothers.
• The hidden guilt was more of a burden on Ali and he couldn't find the tone to tell no one what he had witnessed happen to Hasaan. He realized once someone knew of what he had been hiding in him for so long, was now considered open guilt, it was up to him to make it better again by abiding by Rahim Kahn's death wish.
• The Redemption for Ali came after learning Hasaan was his brother and he had a son in Kabul, he must go and get him and bring him back to safety, to someone whom will care for him, that was the least he could do after all Hasaan has went through for him.
• The Exodus/Journey when Baba and Amir had to leave discreetly for freedom and safety after the Russian soldiers invaded Kabul. They had to ride in the back of trucks, sleep in basements for a week due to transportation mishaps, and finally travel in fuel trucks.
• The Father & Sons patriachal society consists of honor and pride, they could talk freely about women, only a suitor was suitable for marrying their daughter and the honorable thing was to send the father and ask for their daughter's hand in marriage.
• The Hazara were beneath the Pashtun in the class distinction.

2. Style

• The parallelism or resemblance was vividly clear after Baba's funeral and the mourners were speaking of how good Baba had been to them in the many years, and Amir realized he had been defined by Baba and the marks he had left on people lives. Hasaan had some resemblance with his son, the looks, the slingshot traits, and trustworthy.
• The character foils could have been Amir and Soraya (one taught their servants how to read and write while the other read to them or mock them of words they didnt know), Amir and Hasaan (one took the friendship for granted while the other would give his life), and Baba and the General (one had to much pride to receive government assistance while the other one willlingly accepted the funds and kept his family on on welfare, one of them seek work in the US where the other one never held a job in the US in hopes that Afghanistan one day be restored.)
• In Foreshadowing, Amir knew his father didn't have long to live but he wanted his father to be apart of a very importand special day for him so he relied on his father to ask for Soraya's hand in marriage.
• Amir had the flashback towards the end of the novel in San Francisco when he purchased a kite and tried to enlighten Sohrab on how his father use to enjoy being a kite runner, but Amir took more pleasure out of it than Sorhab.
• The negative aspects out-weighed the positives. The negative ones were sad and could have been prevented throughout conversations like the betrayals that have taken place, and Sohrab almost commiting suicide.The positive ones were during happy occasions like the wedding and publishing his first novel, and living in a better condition than Kabul had become.

3. Settings

• In the winter, Kabul had a kite flying tournament
• Eid, three days of celebration after the holy month of Ramadan
• five daily prayers, the mullah believed azam, calling for faithful to unroll their rugs and bow their heads west in prayer

4. Five minor characters and their role

• Karim, a people smuggler
• Aziz, a fuel truck driver
• Mr. Fayyaz, hotel manager
• Farid, a driver when Amir returned to Pakistan
• Farzana, Hasaan's wife

yadda yadda

its me again, i think this paper will probably not be as bad when i get started. i like when the other students come to me for help that really makes me feel as though i am not lost and at least they have some confidence in my work and will ask for advice. i dont mind it makes me work harder though cause if i dont understand something when its the same problem that others come and ask of me i look it up and try to help them out to the best of my ability, but now we are drawing so close to the end of the semester, which is pretty excited cause you get to meet new professors and the assignments are almost the same just little more difficult so the longer you decide to stay in college you have to learn to be diversified and patient. i would like to thank all my professor for helping me see the better me, the work i thought i couldnt do as well as the patience to deal with it. thank you all.

uggghhh

well its has been a while and the ending of this semester is beginning to be a challenge, i would have never guess that so many professors in different assignments like to request essays. writing has never been one of my strongest subjects but i have been doing quite a bit and my professor tells me that my creative writing has picked up, i guess i am very hard on myself when it comes to something that puts my self esteem into play. like for instance, i dont think i am good at writing, words begin to flow and before i know it i have written more than what i thought i would have. the most challenging out of these is now the research paper, because its going to take alot of time and my kids will be spending alot of time with me in the library, they think it will be educational for them, in which it will, but actually its so they can keep busy while i am trying to gather as many notes and books as possible, so i can go back to my place of serenity and work in peace.

End of Semester and "oh my...."

I knew college wasnt going to be easy street, but i know now exactly what the saying means by "pick your own poison." You would think its better to choose your own road of life, so that you wouldnt have to blame someone else for the torture. What i mean by that is, when it comes to choosing how many classes to take, who would have ever thought that they all would give such demanding work at the same time as if you dont have time for your normal life. Okay maybe you're still wondering what am I talking about, during spring semester I had four classes and it didnt seem so bad, but hasnt that all changed in the fall. I only have three classes, and each class is overpowering of writings. I can admit that its one of my weakest subjects, but in order to have a passing grade, i must read and write on a specific topic. It doesnt seem like thats such a bad thing especially when you are on the outside looking in. This semester ends in less than four weeks and i have at least three chapter books to read and write from five to seven pages per book. The holidays are coming up and i dont feel like this will be an enjoyable one. No one likes to take the time they get off and do work, but i must look at the bright side and say its almost over, and be thankful that i pass these classes.

Exam anxiety

its rainy very hard outside, and i think it may be that way for the rest of the day. one of those days where i just would like to stay at home and do nothing. some people avoid school and think that the rain is a good excuse not to get out. well for me, i am totally opposite, i hate making up work and i just feel like school dont last forever. besides i have a major test that i would really like to have at least two more days to study for. if i tell you about it like saying its only twenty terms to know and only one group of sentences to write a paragraph on, you probably be like thats not bad. well that's the short version of it, the long version would be this. there are sixty terms but i only need to know twenty and there are four different categories of five to six questions to create an essay and i only need to really understand one, but the catch is, i dont know which ones, out of the terms or the essay questions, the professor will choose. but even if i got two more days to study i will still be in the same boat i'm in now, uneasy, i just dont want to take this kind of exam.

Friends or Not Friends

I use to have a best friend until they became someone I truly despise. What I mean by that is, the things we did in high school, should be left there, and the things we got into hanging out together, before the kids, should be left alone now that we are grown. I recently got married so of course my new best friend automatically became my husband, since he is someone i can trust and tell all my secrets to, and not have to worry about hearing them again. Well a couple of years has passed and our best friend relationship has been going down hill, i dont like it when your female friend becomes insanely jealous to the point where they downgrade to misery loves company. Meaning if their life is going so well with the people they decide to add to it, then they would rather call and ponder on some horrific event from the other person past. Just to make a statement to say, i wonder do you think like me, or is your life as miserable as mine, but using a totally diffent episode. It use to be a time when you see one, you see the other but now the friendship has boiled down to, if i see you or hear from you then okay, but if not then there will be no sleep lost.
My only question would be, if you have been friends for so long and gotten to know each other from day to night, why is it so easy to throw away almost two decades? But again I am not in mourning because I have a new best friend, that loves me the same if not more than i love him, so who needs the additional drama.