The third and final part of 'the Kite Runner'

Well, we've finished 'The Kite Runner' and here's what I got.
I am actually a little disappointed by the ending of this book. It got too... legal, and then there was an attempt to give it some emotion. It just didn't quite work for me. The events seemed rushed. The characters ended up being not-so believable. and now I feel like a picky and over-analytical reader. Poop.
So... Assef got justice. Sort of. One-eyed Assef. Lucky thing that Sohrab was just as good as Hassan with a slingshot? Coincidence? Cliche? Well, I think it was a bit cheesy.
 
(side note: the suspicions that the Taliban were still following them never really got addressed right?

 "Sometimes people just wandered into the room, like the tall, bearded man who walked in jut before Farid and Sohrab arrived. He wore a brown blanket wrapped around him. Aisha asked him something in Urdu. He paid her no attention and scanned the room with his eyes. I thought he looked at me a little longer than necessary. When the nurse spoke to him again, he just spun around and left." pg.300

"'I don't think you'll be safe here for long,' Farid said. He lowered his voice. 'The Taliban have freinds here. They will start looking for you.'
'I think they already may have,' I murmured. I thought suddenly of the bearded man who'd wandered into the room and just stood there staring at me." pg. 304

That's all that's mentioned of him. Would have made for a good story piece. Lose ends that the author never cleared up, I suppose? Hmm...)

Well yea...

Whoa.

So... I really can't find anything to respond to... so I'm responding to thin air!

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I so totally agree with this post it's scary.  I'm speechless. It's a perfect commentary on life, and also reminded me of Cristian's work of art that he showed to me in his sketchbook. Have him show it to you later. It's so awesome.

Okay, you caught me, here's the REAL response post. Sheesh... can't take a joke?

It is from Cristian's blog so be warned, because this dude is brilliant.

All i can say is wow. There is a lot of crazy things that happen to Amir, and his wife, and Hassan. I truly believe that the main theme of this book has something to deal within the realm of love. There are so much things that represent love. Validation and love have a border that is either very blurry or very defined. In this book The Kite Runner, Amir tells a story of his life and the encounters of love he has.

 So, I do kinda agree with his point that it's been a lot about love, but not completely. I think love is an underlying note in this story, and not the main focus. Since Cristian wrote about love in the book, I'm going to keep this post mostly about this though. Love has to be in every book right? It's not got that same spice, that same zest about reading it. "I went to the grocery store and saw a woman holding pineapples" does not have the same appeal as "I went to the grocery store and saw a beautiful woman holding pineapples. As soon as I saw her my jaw dropped; I had found the girl I wanted to be with for the rest of my life." now does it? It of course is a key element of a novel. It's like glue when your shoe falls apart cause you've stepped in.. well, never mind that. So... yea.

THE SECOND PAPERCLIIIIIP???? :D

          So, the second blog post for us reading "The Kite Runner."

          This section of the book is not nearly as bad... well... at least theres not really any explicit violence. So, to get to it...
          I think that theres a lot that Amir blames himself for. He blames himself for everything that happens to Hassan, he blames himself for he and Soraya's infertility, he blames himself for the death of Baba. Hey, if given a reason, he'd blame himself for the Russians invading Afghanistan. Most of his blame roots from his actions with Hassan as little kids.
          First, Hassan. Amir did so many things he regrets to Hassan. He took advantage of Hassan's illiteracy, he stood by (or, I should say, ran away) as Hassan was getting raped, he framed Hassan of stealing money so that he and Ali would get sent away... but later in the story, you find out that Hassan still cared about him as if he was his brother... even though they were brothers. Sigh... you'd think that they would have told them about their kinship.
          When Soraya fails to become pregnant, and all the test show nothing wrong, Amir starts thinking. He ends up believing that his past sins are the reason it didn't work.

The Kite Runner: "Holy Sheep"

Holy Sheep. I think that "The Kite Runner" is the most messed up book I've ever read. On page 7 it uses the word that starts with a 'C' and ends with a "T." I read that, looked up and said 

"Do you really think this book is appropriate for 9th graders to read?"

It shocked me. That was only page 7. 

It went on, oh trust me. There's racism, violence and rape. You find evidence of racism all throughout the book, with Hassan being discriminated against because he's a "Hazara." It reminded me of Draco Malfoy on page 39 and onward, as if being a Hazara was his equivalent of a muggle. (There's nothing wrong with us muggles *sniff.*) Then of course, the brass knuckles have to come out on page 41: 

 "...I saw with a sinking heart what he had fished out of his pocket. Of course. His stainless-steel brass knuckles sparkled in the sun... 'In fact, you bother me more than this Hazara here. How can you talk to him, play with him, let him touch you?' he said, his voice dripping with disgust."

It shocked me that a little boy could think that way. Of course Hassan saves that day with his trusty slingshot, but the victory is short lived.

On page 75... oh... I don't really want to talk about it at all. It's awful. When I read that part I almost cried. I kept yelling at Amir in my head. I was yelling at Assef too. An act of violence with brass knuckles is enough out of a kid, but going that far just tops my meter of "I CAN'T READ THIS ANYMORE!" Please Mr. Sutherland, can we NOT read this anymore? Holy Sheep.