5h The Kite Runner chap 7 - 12

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The Kite Runner

chapter 7 - 12

What happens to Hassan when he runs the blue kite for Amir?

What does Amir put under Hassan's mattress? Why does he do that?

Amir - Hassan - Assef

Hassan is raped by Assef

Amir sees it happen but doesn't step in to stop Assef

Amir gets Hitler's biography as a birthday present from Assef.

Amir is guilty and doesn't know what to do

- asks his father for new servants

- asks Hassan to hit him

- in the end puts a watch and money below Hassan's mattress

Fleeing Afghanistan

While they flee they run into a Russian officer

Baba prevents a rape

juxtaposition Baba - Amir

What does Baby give Amir as a birthday present? How do both feel?

What does Amir want to study in college? What's Baba's reaction?

Life in America

Baba refuses benefits and get a job at a gas station

Flea markets on the weekends

Amir get a car as a present for his graduation

Amir wants to study English and Creative Writing

What is Baba diagnosed with?
How does he decide to treat it?

Why does Amir ask Baba to meet with General Taheri?

Baba is going to die

Refuses treatment for his lung cancer.

Doesn't want help from a Russian doctor. 

Decides not to treat the cancer and decides to hide it.

Baba goes to General Taheri to ask if Amir may marry Soraya.

Traditional values still important even in USA.