We spent the lesson talking about the main characters and the themes in the book. We decided that the main characters were Hassan, Amir and Baba...and Assef plays an important role as well. We also discussed the themes, and hopefully I can remember most of them to talk about with you all now:
- Story telling - not only is the book one story, but there are lots of sub-stories throughout. Amir learns alot in this book through other people, just like the reader
- Redemption - Amir tries to redeem himself for watching Hassan getting raped when he was 10 years old by finding and rescuing Sohrab
- Pride - Baba has great pride in himself, and lacks pride for his son. Hassan also gets shot because he stood up to the Taliban, because he was right and telling the truth about the house
- Friendship - The break of friendship between Amir and Hassan, and the friendship between Rahim and Baba
- Love - Amir reaching out for love from Baba, and the love between Hassan and Amir as children, who turn out to be brothers
- Guilt/shame - The shame of Amir throughout the book
- Violence - The different types of violence throughout the book; emotional, sexual, verbal and physical all happened between Amir and Hassan, which drove them apart
I remember there being 8, but unfortunately i failed to remember it, sorry!
TOODLES.
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