Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns
Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns
With a same-book partner, discuss all of the following questions. Then, write a
formal response to one question from each section. Remember to include specific
references to the texts(s) –including page numbers. You will be asked to share your
responses in a Socratic Seminar tomorrow.
With a same-book partner, discuss all of the following questions. Then, write a
formal response to one question from each section. Remember to include specific
references to the text(s) –including page numbers. You will be asked to share your
responses in a Socratic Seminar tomorrow.
Section one:
1. What did you learn from reading your book? (about world history, about
gender or class roles, about family, etc). How did Hosseini’s descriptions differ
from ideas that you may already have had about Afghanistan?
Section one:
1. What did you learn from reading your book? (about world history, about
gender or class roles, about family, etc). How did Hosseini’s descriptions differ
from ideas that you may already have had about Afghanistan?
2.
What did you like about your book? What didn’t you like?
2.
What did you like about your book? What didn’t you like?
3.
What do you think the author was trying to accomplish in telling these stories?
Did he succeed?
3.
What do you think the author was trying to accomplish in telling these stories?
Did he succeed?
Section two:
1. How do the themes of shame and courage evolve throughout your book? How
do they shape the characters? What do you think the author is trying to say
about these themes?
Section two:
1. How do the themes of shame and courage evolve throughout your book? How
do they shape the characters? What do you think the author is trying to say
about these themes?
2.
How do the themes of shelter and protection evolve throughout your book?
How does it shape the characters? What do you think the author is trying to
say about this theme?
2.
How do the themes of shelter and protection evolve throughout your book?
How does it shape the characters? What do you think the author is trying to
say about this theme?
3.
The strong underlying force of the novels is the relationship between
Amir/Hassan and Miriam/Laila. Analyze their friendship. In what ways do
they show betrayal and loyalty?
3.
The strong underlying force of the novels is the relationship between
Amir/Hassan and Miriam/Laila. Analyze their friendship. In what ways do
they show betrayal and loyalty?
Section three:
1. How do the cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape the
psychological or moral traits of a character from your book? Analyze how
surroundings affect this character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a
whole.
Section three:
1. How do the cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape the
psychological or moral traits of a character from your book? Analyze how
surroundings affect this character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a
whole.
2.
Pick a character from your book who responds in some significant way to
justice or injustice. Analyze the character’s understanding of justice, the degree
to which the character’s search for justice is/isn’t successful, and the
significance of this search to the work as a whole.
2.
Pick a character from your book who responds in some significant way to
justice or injustice. Analyze the character’s understanding of justice, the degree
to which the character’s search for justice is/isn’t successful, and the
significance of this search to the work as a whole.
3.
Identify one symbol from your book, and analyze how that symbol functions in
the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as
whole.
3.
Identify one symbol from your book, and analyze how that symbol functions in
the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as
whole.
4.
Past events can affect, positively or negatively, the present actions, attitudes, or
values of a character. Choose a character from your book that struggles with
some aspect of the past, either personal or societal. Show how the character’s
relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.
4.
Past events can affect, positively or negatively, the present actions, attitudes, or
values of a character. Choose a character from your book that struggles with
some aspect of the past, either personal or societal. Show how the character’s
relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.