Post B

To add on to my post b from last week, I found another quote that shows the distance between Amir and his father. "Baba and I lived in the same house, but in different spheres of existence. Kites were the one paper-thin slice of intersection between those spheres" (49). Other than that, Amir never mentionned his father in the section I read this week.

Also, really random but this book sort of reminds me of Harry Potter. First of all, there's a boy called Hassan who lost his parents when he was really young. Now he lives with Amir and his father, Baba. Amir (Dudly) likes to trick him and never really stands up for him. Usually it's the other way around. At one point, Hassan scared off the bullies with his slingshot which could represent Harry's wand. And of course, their was a leader to the group of bullies that did all of the talking. His name was Assef (Malfoy). Assef said to Amir, "'Now I have a vision, and I'm going to share it with our new president. Do you know what it is?' I shook my head" Assef continued, ". . .We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here (Hassan). His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood'" (40). This also brings up the mud blood conflict in Harry Potter and shows that Assef is a lot like Malfoy.

So far The Kite Runner has been really interesting and I can't wait to keep reading.

Post A

"His blue eyes flicked to Hassan. 'Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood.' He made a sweeping, grandiose gesture with his hands. 'Afghanistan for Pashtuns, I say. That's my vision" (40). This quote shows that different cultures have different beliefs. I disagree with what the boy said in this quote and I thought it was good when the boy he was talking to scared him off with his slingshot.

World Issues Post

I decided to focus on the US-Russia Nuclear Conflict.

1)“World Welcomes Russia Weapons Vote” from BBC News.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/713807.stm
2)“Russian-American Relations” from the Embassy of the Russian Federation found on Google.
http://www.russianembassy.org/embassy/rus-usa.htm
3) “Losing Russia—The Costs of Renewed Confrontation” By Dimitri K. Simes accessed on SIRS.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-3601&artno=0000270363&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=&title=Losing%20Russia&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=Y