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Redemption
Why does Amir feel as if he needs to help Sohrab?
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Flashback
“I remembered the time when I’d promised Hassan I’d buy his family a color TV when we both grew up”.
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Farid
Who is a former mujahedin fighter
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Guilty Conscious- He was raped by Asseef and because he shot him in the eye
Why does Sohrab feel guilty at the mosque?
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This is irony because it shows how Amir has been suffering through many pains and difficulties through his surgery and the injures that he now has, but he had still not stopped smiling.
“I was tired and in pain. My jaws throbbed. And those damn wounds in my chest and stomach felt like barbed wire under my skin. But I started to laugh anyway”.
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Raymond Andrews
Who told Amir to give up on trying to get Sohrab over to america.
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Because he is Family
Why does Amir feel like that it is his duty to bring Sohrab to America.
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This quote is based on exaggerations. For instance “my throat would rip” and “my chest would explode”. They are no meant to be taken literally but they are extremely exaggerated.
“Screaming until I thought my throat would rip and my chest explode”.
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Soraya
Who is against the way afghan women are supposed to behave.
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