Kite Runner Chapters 10-17

Vocabulary

1) innards- the internal parts of the body.
2) burly- large in bodily size; sturdy
3) tarpaulin- a protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax.
4) tattered- torn
5) carburetor- a device for mixing vaporized fuel with air to produce a combustible or explosive mixture, as for an internal-combustion engine.
6) encapsulated- condensed
7) ire- intense anger; wrath
8) inevitably- sure to occur, happen, or come.
9) cardamom- a type of plant.
10) vastness- something that is very large

Connection

When Amir and Soraya's engagment is cut short because Baba is dying, I thought about my friend Tanza. Tanza was pregnant with her second child, and mid-pregnancy she found out that her mother's cancer got worse. Her mother was so ill that she didn't have much longer to live. Tanza just wanted her mother to be able to meet her grandchild before she passed, just as Amir and Soraya wanted to get married before Baba died.

Culture

I stumbled upon the word kofta because I had no clue of the meaning. Well, kofta is a Middle-Eastern meatball. It can be made with beef, lamb, or fish, and spices.

Kite Runner Chapters 1-9

Vocabulary

1) appendage- an addition
2) intricate- complex
3) flank- side
4) congenital- natural
5) atrophied- worse, downgraded
6) thwart-to frustrate
7) garrulous- wordy
8) lore- saying
9) murky- dark, gloomy, and cheerless
10) sloughing- casting off


Connection

After reading chapters 1-9, I started to think about something that has happened to a couple of my friends. Just as Hassan loses his mother, not to death, but to his mother's selfishnessness, some of my friends have been through the same situation. For example, my friend joe's father left him and his mother the day he was born. He didn't even stick around to meet her own son, and he made sure that he was nowhere to be found when joe's mom came looking for him. He pretty much dropped off the face of the earth and never came back. Now, it's been over 18 years and he's still never even made an attempt to meet or take care of his son. How could someone just leave their newborn child without ever looking back? Why haven't the cops found him and arrested him for not taking care of his kid? Many parents take off and get away with not paying a dime of child support, yet the ones who stick around are forced to pay.


Culture















As I was reading, I came across the word Hazara, and I knew it was some kind of person, but I really had no idea of anything else besides that. After researching them, I found out that most of them reside in Afghanistan in a place known as Hazarajat. The Haza speak a language called Hazaragi, both at home and in the public. They resemble the Mongoloids in appearance. They are one of the most resistant ethnic groups when it comes to government control.

Macbeth

This picture is an excellent representation of Macbeth. Firstly, the blood, skull, and bones symbolize the people that Macbeth murders in cold blood. The crown represents the fact that Macbeth killed Duncan, the king, to receive the throne. Besides Duncan, he kills Banquo and has other people go after Banquo's sons.