The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Chapter 1

1) The narrator claims that at a certain moment in the winter of 1975, something happening that made him into the person he is. What is significant about the following quote in regards to this event?

"Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years."

2) Why was Rahim Khan's phone call significant?

3) What can the reader attain from the information given about the narrator? State your opinion on this narrator and what kind of person you believe him to be.

Essay Prompt:

Do you agree or disagree with the following quote? Support your claim with solid examples.

"That was a long time ago, but it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out."

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Chapter 2

1) Describe Hassan. What can you infer from the fact that Hassan would never tell on the narrator to Ali?

2) How is the relationship between the narrator and his father? How can you tell? What does the incident outside "the smoking room" show about the narrator's feelings toward his father?

3) What is significant about the photograph of the narrator, his father, and Rahim Khan? When has Rahim Khan been mentioned before?

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