RSG Enkhuizen Kite Runner 21-25

1. The Kite Runner
Analysis Chapters 21-25

2. A look back: CH 16-20
Baba, Ali, Hassan, Farzana,
Sanaubar
Finding Sohrab
Kabul has changed under the
rule of the Taliban
Official buying kids
Ghazi stadium

3. Chapter 21
Amir’s trip down memory
lane
"Amir and Hassan. The
Sultans of Kabul”
The soccer game
Halftime
Arrange a meeting

4. Chapter 22
The meeting
Official walks in
His looks
His story
Sohrab
“old Babalu”
His reasons for his God
being great

5. Chapter 22
Pure evil
The fight
Why is this the condition?
The hospital
Amir getting beat up, his
reaction, and laughing
Sohrab to the rescue
Which eye?

6. Chapter 23
In hospital, in Peshawar
His injuries
Rahim Kahn’s letter
About the alley scene
About Baba
Helping Sohrab

7. Chapter 24
In Islamabad
"the city Kabul could
have become someday"
Paying Farid
Sohrab’s gone
The mosque
Sohrab & Amir

8. Chapter 24
Amir & Sohrab’s talk
What do they have in
common?
“will God put me in hell
for what I did to that
man?”
Feeling “dirty”
"Would you like to come
live in America with me
and my wife?”

9. Chapter 24
Hawks in San Francisco
Telling Sohrab about
Hassan
Asking about San
Francisco
Calling Soraya
Adopting Sohrab

10. Chapter 24
What is the only way to
adopt Sohrab?
Kaka Sharif has the
answer
Bathroom scene

11. Chapter 25
Hospital
Spending time at the
hospital
Sleeping & dreaming
Amir asks for forgiveness
To America

12. Chapter 25
Amir forgiving Baba
Amir standing up to the
General
"You will never again
refer to him as 'Hazara
boy' in my presence. He
has a name and its
Sohrab”
Sohrab does not say a
word

13. Chapter 25
September 11, 2001
The United States invade
Afghanistan
March 2002. Sohrab is “part
of the background”
Kites
‘Lift-and-dive’
"For you, a thousand times
over!”

14. Most important in
the book
Links between Assef & Amir
Class
Powerless vs. powerful
Redemption
Fathers & sons
Influence of countries on
lives
The past

15. Symbolism
The similarities between
Amir & Afghanistan
Rape
The cleft lip
Kites