Assef quotes

There is lots of evidence that we can use to show that Assef has demon-like qualities. For example when he is just about to rape Hassan he says, '...so it will always remind you of what I'm about to do'. Assef wants Amir to never forget this.
When he is talking about the executions he describes it as 'the show', which is very disturbing and shows that Assef takes pleasure in hurting and killing people.
'Assef was standing over them' this makes Assef seem like he looks down his nose at everyone and thinks he is better than them.
"You don't know the meaning of the word 'liberating' until you've done that..let the bullets fly' this shows us that death excites him, not what most people would class as liberating.
 Assef contradicts himself in the way he lives. He says he is religious but then does the things he does. 'Only stopped to eat and pray' suggests he is religious but then massacres people and puts on a 'show' to kill people. Which doesn't sound very religious to me. His head is not screwed on right..

Friday

It was our first supply lesson today and she is really nice. In the lesson we made a massive poster and wrote down the main characters names and themes in the book, Guilt was one of these. We wrote down our thoughts under each title, this really helped because we got to see what other people think.
The lesson after this we looked at a poem by Sylvia Plath called 'You're'. We were then challenged to write our own poem in this style but write it about Hassan. I handed in my poem so sadly it cannot be blogged, what a shame. :/

Chapter 19

At the very start of this Chapter Amir is car sick. This mirrors earlier in the book when Amir and Baba were leaving Afghanistan, he was weak then, and many years later it appears he is the same. However we see that Amir is trying to overcome this in someway by lying and saying 'You were right. I feel better.' In Chapter 19 we see many indications that Amir may be changing. For example when he and Farid were in the car he sticks up for himself, 'No, I want to know. Why do you do that?' this is something Amir never used to do. Therefore showing us that he is changing, getting stronger maybe.

I think that how Hosseini shows that Amir has lead a sheltered life is interesting. The contrast between what Amir is used to and what Kabul is like now is so far from each other. Amir thinks that the little boys are interested in his watch but they are actually looking at his food. Amir only realises this when he over hears Wahid arguing about how they have nothing left for the children to eat. This shows that Amir has never been in that situation and he appears ignorant toward it. It also shows the pride of the Afghan people, that they would allow their guest to have a meal and they would go hungry. I have wrote what i think on the comment that's on Mr.Francis's Blog and I would hate to be repeating myself.. :)

Cirlce of Narrative.

Last lesson we looked at circles of narrative. Hosseini completes one of these circles when he takes us back to the beginning of the novel. He had gone back in time until Chapter 15 where he then travels back to 2001. We knew where we were heading before this because we had to get back at some point. But now we have no idea where we are heading. While we were reading this Chapter we kept finding little hints that Hosseini had left us. For example the phone call, there is a way to be good again, the kites and The Golden Gate Park, which all lead back to before.

Hosseini relates back to the year 1981 a few times in Chapter 15, he is completing the circle of narrative. Is he? I don't actually know but I am guessing he is. Also Hosseini is describing the change in Amir's life through Kabul as well, 'reminded me of a busier, more crowded version of the Kabul I knew' Another reminder of the changes in Amir's life. I don't really know what else to say...