Final lessons TKR

The Kite Runner
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The Kite Runner
Final lessons
Cameras on - earphones/earbuds
Notebook and pen ready
Notes, the novel

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Oral exam
10 minutes - conversation
15 minutes - The Kite Runner

Rubric

13 January -> CITO kijk- en luistertoets 

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Questions ch 19-22 (last week's work)
  1. Why does Farid keep snickering when he is driving Amir to Kabul? How do you think Amir feels about that and why? 
  2. Look up the meaning of ‘metaphor’ and ‘personification.’ Which metaphor can you find on page 213? What does it mean? What has been personified at the top of p. 214 and why? 
  3. Why does Amir cringe on p. 219? 
  4.  What does the dream on p. 221 show us about Amir’s feelings? 
  5. Explain the quote “Returning to Kabul was like running into an old, forgotten friend and seeing that life hadn’t been good to him, that he’d become home and destitute.” (p. 227) Amir uses the metaphor of ‘friend’ to describe Kabul. What does he say about Kabul and what does it show us about his emotions? 
  6. What is the significance of the scene where Amir and the beggar talk? 
  7. In Chapter 20, the director of the orphanage, Zaman, tells Amir that Sohrab was taken by a Taliban official, who takes children, usually girls, about once a month, for his “sexual pleasure.” The official gives Zaman a great deal of cash. How does Zaman defend his actions?
  8. How does the passage show character development?
  9. Which theme do we see here that we have seen before in the novel? 
  10. How would you describe the Taliban and life in Afghanistan?

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Discussion Questions final chapters 
(23-25)

  • Why was Baba so hard on Amir?
  •  "You're the same you and I. You nursed with him, but you're my  twin." p. 282

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The Tragedy of Sohrab
Although you can read the story of "Rostam and Sohrab" as an allegory for Baba and Amir's relationship, the most obvious parallel is to Amir and Hassan. 

Amir doesn't kill Hassan directly, but he does bring about Hassan's exile from Baba's household. This exile eventually places Hassan in a situation where he is killed. Amir, to some extent, takes the blame for Hassan's death. Like Rostam, Amir figures out much too late who fathered Hassan. 

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Oral exam

Plot 
Events and details
Characters
Relationships
Character development
Themes
Style of the author - techniques, symbols, effect on the reader

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What are the novel's themes?

Slide 9 - Mind map

Which symbols do we come across
in the Kite Runner?

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What techniques does the author use?

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Revision
10 minutes - 
Create at least ten discussion questions you think I might ask you about the Kite Runner. 

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Revision
  • Reread the novel
  • Make an overview of the important events for yourself
  • Study the symbols
  • Study the characters, their development, their relationships
  • Think of two to three scenes which you can use to illustrate which themes the author has used
Ask me questions in class

Tuesday: final listening practice
Friday: final questions, work, anything you need me to help you with  -> speaking, listening or TKR

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