How is the end of chapter 9 a turning point in the novel?
How is the end of chapter 9 a turning point in the novel?
How is the end of Chapter 9 a turning point in the novel? Baba left to take Amir and Hassan to the bus station. Amir did not react. He did not let Hassan know how he really felt; he just stood there and watched them leave.
What happens to Hassan’s smile at the end of chapter 5?
Baba’s present to Hassan is plastic surgery. The doctor is going to fix Hassan’s cleft lip, a gift designed to last forever. After the successful surgery, Hassan looks in the mirror and smiles. By the following winter, the winter of 1975, when there was nothing but a faint scar left, Hassan ceases to smile.
What does Amir ask his father while they are planting tulips?
One day as they were planting tulips, Amir asked Baba if he would get new servants. Baba was furious and threatened to strike Amir if he ever suggested it again.
What weakness of Amir’s does Baba apologize for?
car sickness
Why did Rahim Khan not marry the woman he loved?
Why did Rahim Khan not marry the woman he loved? She was a Hazara. His family disapproved. She left with her family to Hazarajat.
Why does Amir ask Baba if he will get new servants?
When Amir asks Baba about getting new servants, it is apparently as a means of dealing with his guilt. If Hassan could be out of sight, perhaps he could also be out of mind.
What does Baba do when Ali and Hassan leave?
Amir realizes Hassan saw him in the alley, and he knew also that Amir was setting him up now. Baba forgives Hassan, but Ali says they must leave. Baba pleads with him to stay, but Ali refuses. It rains when Ali and Hassan leave, and Amir watches from inside as they go.
What does Baba do that shocks Amir?
Baba interferes when a Russian soldier wants payment for letting them pass, he wants a young wife and mother for a short thirty minutes. Baba voices his disapproval. Amir wishes his father didn’t always have to play the hero. “It’s his price for letting us pass,” Karim said.
Why does Baba challenge the Russian officer?
Why does Baba challenge the Russian officer who is obviously high on drugs? Baba shows his courage and strength by preventing the Russian soldier from raping the woman in the truck.
What does Baba challenge the Russian officer who is high on drugs?
Mainly because Russia is invading them and they need to get out of Afghanistan. Why does Baba challenge the Russian officer who is obviously high on drugs? Foreshadowing because he is leaving Afghanistan. Kamal’s father commits suicide after Kamal dies from breathing the fumes of the tank.
What are Baba and Amir doing on the weekends?
What are Baba and Amir doing in San Jose on weekends? Going around to garage sales and buying stuff, then they are going to the San Jose Flea Market in order to make a profit and visit with former people from Kabul and Afghanistan.
What sign of weakness from Amir really bothers Baba?
Baba sees the sickness a weakness of Amir.