Ok so on Friday the 8th of October we read through chapter two and studied it, which was reeeeally fun :) Although I didn't pick up on everything (well most things to be honest) I got a few so I am happy :)
A few of my favourite bits of Chapter two are:
1) "and the cleft lip, just left of midline, where the Chinese doll maker's instrument may have slipped, or perhaps he had simply grown tired and careless". This presents Hassan as a victim, and just makes me go 'ahhh' as it maked Hassan sound really sweet and delicate!
2) "I am a baby in that photograph and Baba is holding me, looking tired and grim. I'm in his arms, but it's Rahim Khan's pinky my fingers are curled around." I looooove this because it demonstrates that their relationship was rocky even at the beginning of Amir's life.
3)"Mine was Baba.
His was Amir. My name"
Looking back on it now, I think the foundation for what happened in the winter of 1975-and all that followed-was already laid in those first words." I think this is just really clever, because it shows how the feel about eachother, again as children, and foreshadows the whole book in just a few sentences.
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