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Baba is born
Amir explains "in 1933 Baba was born (hosseini 24)" This tells us about how old baba is -
Baba builds an orphanage
When Amir is explains about his childhood life he says "in the late 1960's baba decided to build an orphanage (hosseini 13)" While telling about his fathers previous good deeds, Amir is showing an example of his life -
Eid with Amir
Amir tells about Eid in the year 1974 when he says "children opened gifts and played with dyed hard boiled eggs (hosseini 44)" Amir is explaining his heritage and beliefs and sharing how they work -
Enjoying 1975
Amir explains how he remember's how "my memory of the rest of that winter 1975 is pretty hazy (hosseini 86)" He says how he doesn't remember much of 1975 but it was a good year for him and Baba -
Amir's 13th birthday
Amir "...turned 13 that summer of 1976 (hosseini 93)" Amir's birthday us big for him as it's a day Baba focuses only on him which doesn't come very often -
Reaching America
On page 125 Amir and Baba "...reach Fermont, California 1980 (hosseini 125)"
This is a huge day as it's when they finally get to there destination! -
Reaching America
On page 125 Amir and Baba "...reach Fermont, California 1980 (hosseini 125)"
This is a huge day as it's when they finally get to there destination! -
Race to the U.S.
When Amir says "we sat across from the young women who broke into prayer every time the truck jerked (hosseini 110)" when Amir and Baba race to the US to find freedom they meet new and different people along the way -
Arrangement
When Amir explains "...we talked some more, I learned he had lived in the house since 1981 (hosseini 199)" Rahim khan has been living in the same place due or an arrangement he made with Baba -
Graduation
When Amir says "that summer of 1983, I graduated from high school at the age of 12 (hosseini 131)" While this isn't just a huge accomplishment of Amir, Baba is also proud to say his sin graduated. -
College
Amir "enrolls in junior college classes that fall, the day after I graduated high school, I told Baba (hosseini 134) " It is a huge deal to Baba when he heard the news that his son would be enrolling in college in a foreign country. -
Spring quarter ends
When Amis is in college his first "spring quarter ends and I had aced all my classes, which was a minor miricale... (Hosseini 144)" After Amir succeeds in his quarter at college' he takes it as a mirica -
Finding Hassan
Amir says "... There were lost if reasons I went to Hazarjat to find Hassan (hosseini 203)" While Amir is telling us he went to find Hassan because he wasn't told he was dead. -
Hassan
When Amir hears Rahim khan explain "after all, it had been 1 years since Ali and Hassan left your fathers house (hosseini 204) Amir realized how long Hassan had lived in fright there, on his own. While Amir had a happy life. -
Truth
When Soraya tells her parents about how "the doctor said we could adopt (hosseini 186) " she is speaking the truth about her inability it reproduce. This is heart breaking to not only Soraya and Amid but also to Soraya parents -
Take over
While sitting and drinking tea with Rahim khan, Rahim khan says "during the takeover in 1992... Factions claimed different arts of Kabul (hosseini 199)" This is telling us how Kabul was slowing being taken over the whole time Baba and Amir were gone. -
The Taliban takeover
In the article it says "by the ne dof 1994 Mullah had nearly 12,000 followers..." -
Mr. bin laden has arrived
In the article it says '...who arrived by chartered jet at Jalalabad Airport in May, 1996..." -
Back to Pakistan
When Amir tells Soraya "I have to go Pakistan....Rehim khan is very sick (hosseini 191)" He is admitting he must go back and take care of Rahim khan. He must atone. -
Pakistan bound
Amir explains "a week later I sat in a window seat one week later on my way to Pakistan (hosseini 194)" this is showing how Amir was determined to get back and take care of his old friend -
9/11
According to thhe artice, The New York Times"The United States has ben millitary involved in Afghanistan since 2001, when it led an invasion after the Sept. 11 attack by Al Qaed." -
Taliban defeat
According to the article, "Despite their defeat in 2001, the Taliban continued to wage a guerrilla warfare from a base in the mountains and largely lawless tribal area on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border" -
Book written
On page 1, Amir begins to write about his life experience when he say's "looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty six years (hosseini 1)" This is showing how Amir is realizing himself after 26 years of denial. -
Obama removes Gewn. McChrystal to lead the war
in the new York Ti mes article it says, 'In June 2010, president Obama removed Gen. McChrystal...to lead the war effort there." -
Withdrawing from afghanistan in 2011