Lit Circle #2

  • Baba is born

    -Zahir Shah becomes king of Afghanistan
  • Amir Born

    -Amir was born
    -Mother died giving birth to him
    -Was taken care of by a nurseing woman that Baba (Amir's dad) hired
  • Hassan Born

    -Hassam was born
    -Born with a cleft lip
    -Mother ran away 5 days later, refused to touch him
    -Born to a Shi'a Father and Sunni Mother
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    Amir and Hassan become friends

    -Formed a brother-ship
    -A is from a rich family
    -H is from the family that is the servent to A's Famliy
    -Fed by the same breast
    -H looked up to A
    -H followed in A's footsteps
    -Class Conflict foreshadowed to be a major player in the event of Winter 1975
  • Orphanage was made

    -Amir is jealous of the orphaned kids
    -Baba proves people wrong by succeeding
  • Period: to

    Amir's first story

    -Amir writes his first story about a man who's tears turn into pearls
    -Hassan give constructive criticism and Amir feels resent.
  • Period: to

    Times change

    -Gunshots erupt on the street, and Afghanistan becomes a republic
    -Assef, a notorious bully, try's to beat up Amir but Hassan saves him
    -Around the same time Hassan as a birthday present gets plastic surgery and his lip is fixed
  • Turning Point

    -Referenced repeatedly throughout the text
    -Described as a turning point in the character's life
    -Winter of 1975
  • Kite Running

    -The districts set up a game for the children, kite running, and Amir and Hassan seem to win
    -Amir is out searching for Hassan who went off to find the last kite
    Amir finds that Assef traped Hassan but he does nothing, then Assef rapes Hassan
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    Break of friendship

    -After the rape, Amir stops talking to Hassan for a while intill he brings Hassan up to a pomegranate tree
    -At the tree Amir pelts Hassan with fruit asking him to hit him back, etc.
  • Beginning

    -Amir reflects on what happened in the winter of 1975
    -Lives in San Fransisco, used to in Kabul
    -Storytime with Amir starts