The Kite Runner: Chapters 8 and 9

Chapter 8 questions:


1. What happens to Amir on the way to Jalalabad? Why?

2. How does Amir react when Hassan invites him to buy naan?

3. Narrate the second episode at the pomegranate tree. What does it mark in Amir and Hassan’s relationship?

4. What is Assef’s gift to Amir?

5. What story does Rahim Khan tell to Amir? Why?

Chapter 9 questions

1. What is Amir’s most treasurable present?

2. How does Amir feel when he receives Ali and Hassan’s present?

3. What is Ami’rs ” the last in a long time of shameful lies“?

4. How does Amir realize Hassan “knew everything“?

5. Why does Amir compare the farawell moment to a Hindi film?

Chapter 8 answers  

1. In the trip to Jalalaba Amir wasnt feeling good at all, and he ask to her cousin Fazila/Karima (Amir didn't remember wich one of them was) if she could change sits with him so Amir would be near the window in case he wanted to threw up, but she replyed with a no. A few minutes later Amir felt the need of threw up so he ask baba to pull over so then he could get ut of the car, but when baba stopped it was to late, Amir had already threwd up on his cousin new dress.

2. Amir's reaction was unexpected, Hassan wanted to go to buy naan but Amir just denied the invitation, so Hassan asked him if he have done something wong, and why they are not playing any more, amir answer was that he haven't done anything wrong, and the Hassan said that he could stop doing that if Amir tell's him what was it, but Amir said " I want you to stop harassing me. I want you to go away." that was Amir's reaction, cold. A moment later he went to check at he door if Hassan stil ther but he wasn't, Amir started crying, he was sorry about everytghing he did and everything he didn't do.

3. What happened was that Amir felt guilty for let Hassan, his friend, be raped. Amir's plan was to hit hard enogh Hassan several times with pomegranates, so Hassan would fought back and when that happened Amir thought that he could seelp again. After hittng Hassan, Amir asked to hit him back, but Hassan was a loyal friend, he would never do something like fought back Amir. Hassan didn't fought back, what he did was that he took a pomegranate and smashed it on his forhead, the he asked Amir "Do you feel better now?" That episode mark's the end of they'r relationship. In that moment Amir took a decision of what to do with Hassan.

4. The gift to Amir from Assef was a biography of Hitler.

5. The history that Rahim Khan was about the girl with he almost get married, when he was eighteen.

This girl was a Hazara, and Rahim Khan is a pashtun. The problem ther was, what would Rahim's Khan family would talk abou them? Rahims's Khan father sent Homaira, the love of Rahim Khan, and all her family to Hazarajat, and Rahim Khan never saw her again.

Rahim Khan tolld that story to Amir because, at the time when Rahim Khan was eighteen, he was struggling with Homira againts the world, but at the end, the world always win. He was trying to explain to Amir that he culdn't swim upstream because he would drown, in other word's Amir should be like any ther kid.

Chapter 9 Answers

1. the most treshurable present was the notbook that Rahim Khan gived to him, because Amir felt that the notbook was the only present that didn't look like bloody money.

2. Amir wished that they hadn't bought him anything. He thank Ali and said that it was loely. Amir felt unworthy, because he have been lying lately. Ali said that the present wasn't worthy for Amir, but amir was the one who felt unworthy.

3. ” the last in a long time of shameful lies“ Is the last lie that Amir would say to his father, that was what he hope so. This "last lie" was the one Amir planed. Amir took his new watch (his father gift) and some money he recived in his birthday and planted in Hassan's room, so Baba would know and finaly Hassan would leave the house.

4. Because when Baba asked if he had stolled the watch and Amir's money he answered "yes". Also he noticed a protectin gesture from Ali to Hassan directed to Amir, then Amir understood that Hassan had teel everything to his father  and he also made him promisse not to tell the trusth so Amir would not be affected.

5. Because in the Indian movies the watched, in moments like that one, the guy un the position of Amir would run after the car, stopped it, opened the door and tell Hassan he was so sorry and that everything was his fault, but nothing of that happened, Amir didn't even cry when the were gone.

The Kite Runner text correction

Dear father,

Since the kite runner tournament, I been feeling not good, not good at all, and I will explain you why.

In the sky the last two kites of the competition, Amir´s vs another blue kite, when Amir finally cut down the other kite I made a promise to him, to bring back this blue kite to him, so he can show it to baba and win his respect.

I went as fast as I culd, running behind the kite, I fought a few kids for the kite and I finally win it. I was returning homewith Amir´s kite and it was late so I decided to take shorter road that would leave next to home faster, but when I started walking I crushed with Assef and his two friends, the pushed me to a dead end alley and Assef started talking. The first he said was that he wanted Amir´s kite, I replyed him with a no, I wans´t going to fail Amir. Assef punched my head with a rock and a fell to the ground. The last thing I heard was that if I wasn´t giving the kite to him I would have to do him another favour, in that moment Assef friend took me by my arms and pulled down my pants, I heard the zipper of Assef going down and inmediately I knew what was about to happen.

Now you know why I been feeling sad, i don´t trust in anybody now father.


                                                            Your son; Hassan
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Graphic novel "The kite runner"

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Photo description (rugby match)

In this photo you can apreciate an Australian rugby match, they are playing hard, one player is kicking the ball trhough the other side. They are playing in a stadium, probably  in Australia, the place where tis sport is played. The picture is focused in this one player who is kicking the ball, at his back stand the other team, wearing black and large socks that match with the upper body that is a black dry fit t-shirt for keep you fresh and ready to run long period of time. The team kicking wears a blue and yellow uniform with an eagle in their chests, their shorts are white, and socks blue. The blue team is looking really good physically, they dont seem tiered at all, otherways the one that is kicking the ball looks realle powerfull and with a lot of hope, like all his team, but the guy in black looks desesperated, tiered of running and with no an ounce of hope. Their faces shows how devastated they are.

Photo description

This picture was taken in a poor neighboor in ciudad del cabo, south africa, in this photo the rugby national team is healping and teaching to some kids how to play rugby, one of the most popular sports in South Africa.
The Springboks rugby team looks very passionated in what their are teaching, what they best do, play rugby, ofcourse that the springboks have their uniforms and they wear them almost all time, but the kids from this poor town have no money, just for eating, so the clothes they wear are really small, it doesnt fit on them and they are rip and old.
You can see all of the in a rugby offencive line, one of the principal tacticts of this game, the ball is runing from the beginning to the bottom of this enormous line, from the fist kid to the last one. At the back of the springbookes is a reporter taking pictures of them teaching this kids how to play rugby.

Movie review Invictus

Invictus (2009)
MPAA rating: PG-13
Reviwed by: Julian Gatta
Gender: Sport drama
With: Matt Damond and Morgan Freeman




The 2006 movie Invictus is a true story that occurred in south africa, in the one Nelson Mandela (Morgan freeman) joined forces with Francois Pienar (Matt Damond), the captain of the national rugby team. to unify the country. The movie is about how Mandela used Rugby to unify South Africa. As a president, Mandela needed to do something about the raciall and economical problems that were attacking South Africa.


The movie was set in the year 1995 when Mandela was South Africa´s president. The Rugby World Cup took place in South Africa that same year. Clint Eastwood got inspired in the history of Mandela because he "moves oceans", what he had don was amazing, it is almost impossible to make such an enormous change in the history of a country with all the raciall and economical issues that were developing in South Africa. To unify a nation using rugby as a weapon is something really hard to do and much more in Shouth Africa because rugby was saw as an sport for "white people", it was like a separatist sport, no one colour guy would ever thought ever in playing rugby. One team, one nation is the technique that Mandela applyed in South Africa as a president. HE made people stop thinking rugby was a racist sport  only played by white people. Nelson Mandela just talking with the people of South Africa convenced them to support the rugby national team, so at the end they´ll finish being one team,one nation all supporting their national team as the national symbol.

The movie is about this beutifull and also gloomy story of South Africa as a un-unified country who whent through horribles problemns of racism and inequality in social classes, almost the half of the population was starving and unemployed, economy was awful in South Africa between 1940 and 1995. in the actuality economy still being bad but not like it was twenty years ago.

Nelson Mandela after been in jail for years came out like the president of South Africa. He knows that the must made a change in the country, and the best idea he has was to unify the nation with a sport, like I said before one team, one nation. So, he puts all his effort in a single rugby team, riskung all he had as a president and riskin his country security too. Mandela and Pienare started working together to improve the efficiency of the rugby team to lead them to the final of the Rugby World Cup.

I personaly don´t recomend this movie, because the way the characters performs they rols is just not the indicated to this kind of movies, but it is also a charming story base on history facts. Something I highlight is the awesome casting this movie had, we are talking about Morgan Freeman and Matt Damond! Not to mention they are awesome actors I just think they dont fit in this movie. It would have been much better if the climax change a little bit and make it more tragic, also they could use more facts and politicals documents written by mandela when he was the president.

Letter to a friend, sport activity

Hey Jared!

How have you been? what is going on with that band you told me about a week ago?is everything working out? Well, I writing this letter to you, my closest friend, and I have some bad news. In the last rugbe match I pleyed, the fifteen aside champinship, we where almost winning the final, so close to be champions and to have the cup in our hands, only a few more minutes of match, Grange and Mackay where neck to neck, but the bad luck was in our side, so when Benjamin pased the ball to Diego, he accidentally performed an forward pass and the referee charged a penalty to Mackay, so Grange had to kick the ball to start, the number 9 of their team was a really good kicker so he tried his luck trusting in his abilities and made the shoot through the "H", unfortunatly he scored three points that changed everything. Only five more minutes in the clock and we where using all our tactics and techniques we had! I a second i saw an aperture in Granges defencive line so i decided to pass through there, I shouted loud and finaly recived the ball, I ran to the score line as fast as I could until I recived a tackle and crushed the "H" with my knee.

Im at home, with the leg immobilized, it hurts a lot. Doctors says that I will never walk again, I have to stay in bed all day long for one whole year. Sincerlly i´m not good, not good at all, Im afraid Jared, of all that could happen in the futer and in my life. will you pleas come to visit me in my place? It would be important for me to have my bro here for a while, i´ll feel better with you accompanying me.

I hope you come as soon as possible Jared.
                                                              Bye bro, take care, see you soon
                                                                                                   Julian Gatta