English 12 AP
9/25/2012
“…but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve
learned, about how you can bury it. Because the
past claws its way out.”
–Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
Respond in a paragraph:
Do you agree or disagree with the protagonist Amir?
Explain. Relate to a life experience and/or a literary
work that you have read.
English 12AP
9/26/2012
“What does he know, that illiterate Hazara? He’ll
never be anything but a cook. How dare he criticize
you?” –Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
Respond in a quote:
-Who is the voice that utters this quote?
-Why is this quote uttered?
-What does the quote elucidate regarding the
relationship between Pushuns and Hazaras?
-What does this quote foreshadow?
English 12 AP
9/27/2012
“By the following winter, it was only a faint scar.
Which was ironic. Because that was the winter that
Hassan stopped smiling.”
-Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
Respond in a paragraph:
To what is the narrator Amir referring? What does
Amir mean by it “was ironic”? Of what is the scar a
symbol? What event is Amir foreshadowing?
English 12AP
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10/01/12
“Salvation. Redemption. If Baba was wrong
and there was a God like they said in school,
then He’d let me win.”
–Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
Respond in a paragraph:
Explain the quote’s significance as well as
the irony in Amir’s statement.
English 12AP
10/4/2012
“Come. There is a way to be good again,
Rahim Khand had said on the phone just
before hanging up… A way to be good
again.” –Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
Respond in paragraph:
Provide the quote’s context. Explain the
quote’s significance. Relate the quote to past
events in the novel. Relate the quote to the
motif of self-redemption.
English 12AP
10/09/12
Record the following:
Theme:
a) a declarative statement (sentence)
b) written in third person
c) that relates to the universal human experience
Example: Love is NOT a theme. The theme is what the author
says about love. “Love in its lustful form is all-consuming.”
Another example: Guilt is NOT a theme. The theme is what the
author says about guilt. “When overwhelmed with guilt,
forgiveness from the one harmed is insufficient. One must find
self-redemption.”
English 12AP
10/10/12
“I felt like a man sliding down a steep cliff,
clutching at shrubs and tangles of brambles
and coming up empty-handed. The room
was swooping up and down, swaying side to
side.” (The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini)
Respond in a paragraph:
Provide the quote’s context and significance to
the overall plot and theme of the novel.
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English 12AP
10/11/12
“A sadness came over me. Returning to
Kabul was like running into an old forgotten
friend and seeing that life hadn’t been good
to him” (Hosseini 246).
Respond in a paragraph:
1. Provide the quote’s context.
2. Explain both the truth and the irony in the
quote.
English 12AP
10/15/2012
“The moment felt surreal– no, not surreal, absurd– it
had knocked the breath out of me, brought the world
around me to a standstill” (Hosseini 281).
Respond in a paragraph:
Provide the quote’s context.
Explain how the use of hyperbole (or overstatement)
elucidates the quote’s significance to the novel’s
plot.
English 12AP
10/16/2012
“If America taught me anything, it’s that quitting is
right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts’
lemonade jar” (Hosseini 338).
Respond in a paragraph:
Provide the quote’s context.
Explain the metaphor.
Discuss the significance of the quote in relation to
the novel’s plot and a potential theme.