Analyzing a Novel: The Kite Runner

1. Who was your favorite character and why? Which character did you dislike most throughout the story and why?
Hassan, was my favorite character because he went through alot living in Afghanistan trying to survive, and by him getting raped by Assef, i think that just made him a stronger person. The person that i dislikes throughout the whole book was Assef and his friend because they were so wrong to rape an innocent boy, i'm kind of glad that Assefs friend died in the gas tank. Nobody deserves to die but then again nobody deserves to get raped, but i think that thats what he gets.

4. What is the historic time, place and social background of the novel? How does it affect what happens in the story?
The historic time was in the 90's when the Russians tried to take over Afghanistan, Where from 1996-2001 during "Operation Enduring Freedom". The Taliban has regrouped scince 2004 and revived as a strong insurgency movement governing at the local leval and fighting a "Guerilla War" against the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It affects what happens in the story because the Russians are trying to take over there country so they have to move before "them or their people" get killed, hurt or tortured.

3. Which did you enjoy better, the novel or the movie? Please give specific reasons why.
I enjoyed the book more, because the book had more detail, alot was going on, it explained how the characters felt. The settings throughout the book was well detailed. But i really like the movie also it was interesting i actually got to saw what the character looked like. I thought it was cool because, Our class been reading this book for a long time and the book has just been describing the character to us and it was interesting to finally see what my favorite character looked like. But i loved the book more.

7. What is the theme of the novel? What do you think was the message the author was trying to convey by writing this book?

Betrayal, because Amir betrays Hassan by framing him for theft.
Redemption, cause Amir tries to make it up to Hassan by adopting Sohreb, many other characters try to find redemption like Baba .
Guilt, Amir feels guilt his entire life for what he did to Hassan and for not helping him when he was getting raped.
Lying, Baba lies to Amir by not telling him that Hassan was his brother.
Honor because Baba kept his secret about Hassan because of what society might say.

ROAd lESS tRAVElEd

December of '08, I found out i was pregnant, words couldn't explain how I felt. When I found out, I was at planned-parent hood, they told me in these exact words "hunny I'm sorry, but you are pregnant, what do you want to do?". I cried and cried she told me she would have to call C.P.S because I was only 14, and I was to young. They recommended that i should get an abortion, I was considering it, especially because the babies father wasn't in my life at all. He basically had sex with me and never called. Scince he was never in my life, never was never wasn't. My plan was to get an abortion and nobody was ever going to know, Not even my mom, I didn't give a fuck what my baby dad wanted because that bitch never bothered to call me after he had sex with me I just kept it a secret until i started getting big. I finally told my mom when I was 4 months pregnant, it was the end of march, a week before I turned 15. She was very dissapointed in me, we tried an abortion but they said, i was 5 months I knew I wasn't 5 months because N didn't miss my period in November. Then when we finally figured out that were keeping it I started going to an O.B.G.Y.N they told me I was 5 months at the time the abortion people told me I was a month more then I already was, my mom fliped. I guess she really wanted to get that abortion. The O.B.G.Y.N told me I was having a boy, that's what I wanted they told me my due date August 27 2009, I was happy and so was my babies dad. He started talking to me when I was 2 1/2 months pregnant. I asked him why didn't you ever call me? he told me, he waited for me to call, but I told him I had been waiting for his call. August 31, 2009, I finally had my bundle of joy i don't regret having a baby at all; he's my world. Having a baby helped me realize I have to set an example to my child, and grow up. It's real, this crazy life I never thought I have but, I believe things happen for a reason. I love my son Tyrice Michael Jacquett!

ShOUlD MARiNE MAMMAlS bE kEPt CAPtiVitY ?

My opinion is, I think that marine mammals should not be kept in captivity. One is that the mammals perform tricks, and shows i believe that is not normal for the mammals. Second they need to live in the sea where they belong, then the third thing is that they shouldn't be tortured fed fish and ice in order for them to do what they want them to do.

The first thing that marine mammals should not be kept in captivity is because they have to perform tricks that are exaggerated variations of their natural behaviors. Plus marine animals could get really hurt by doing tricks such as that i think that is very dangerous for people like us and mammals like them.

The second thing that marine mammals should not be kept in captivity is because they need to live in the ocean. A mammal should not be kept in a place such as sea world because they are wild mammals they belong in the ocean/sea because animals should not be kept in sea world because when we go to sea world we are going for our entertainment and truly i think that the mammals were not created for our pleasure. We shouldn't put mammals lower than us, which means that in my point of view mammals should be aloud to enjoy their habitat and live with there family freely, instead of living in sea world trapped behind thick glass windows, missing their family, having no fun! It's a nightmare to me. Imagine yourself trapped behind glass windows and people come to see you for their entertainment, you are not in your original habitat you really miss your family and also maybe the food u eat there is a type of food you don't like and if u don't like it well to bad, u have to eat it or u will die of hunger.So now u know how mammals feel and you also know how you would feel if u were an mammal stuck at sea world.

BlOOD tYPES

1.What are the four blood types?
The four blood types are A, B, AB, O

2.O+ is the most common blood type.

3.What does it mean if you have blood type B? Blood type O?
Group B has the only the B antigen. Group O has neither

4.Blood type O is considered the universal donor. What does "universal donor" mean?
It means that it can donate blood to everyone.

5.Blood type AB is considered the universal recipient. What does "universal recipient" mean?
It means that it can receive blood from everyone.

6.What percentage of African Americans have blood type O+?
47%

7.Which racial group has 0.2% of its population with blood type AB-?
Hispanic

8.True or False-- Blood type is passed genetically from parents to children.
True

9.If both parents have blood type B, what are the two possible blood types of their children?
O and B

10.If one parent has blood type A and the other has blood type B, what are the possible blood types of their children?
O, A, B, AB

11. What does it mean when a person is Rh positive? Rh negative?
Rhesus is a protein if your blood has it, you're Rh positive if it doesn't you're Rh negative

12. When is a person's Rh factor a problem in pregnancy? Why?
If you're Rh negative and your baby is Rh positive, your body may produce Rh antibodies to fight the baby's blood.