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As I read the chapters ten through thirteen of The Kite
Runner by Khaled Hosseini, many important events take place. Baba and Amir are
now being smuggled through Russian troops, in order to find a land of freedom
and safety. They spent many weeks in trucks and in basements. The Russians had
taken over their land and turned the Afghan country into a massacre. Brother
turned on brother, husband turned on wife and father turned on their own son. The
refuge to get away had overwhelmed Baba and Amir, therefore after getting their
visa; they quickly moved to United States, California. Baba struggled with his
new life in American and did not understand all the customs. Amir knew his father
only wanted to live in this country to provide him a new start and the
education he needed to be successful. Amir graduated high school and began
Junior college to major in English. Baba and Amir picked up a new hobby by
gathering items at yard sales to sell at the flea market for a higher price.
This was one way to make extra money and spend time with other Afghans. Amir
meets a young Afghan woman by the name of Soraya. Amir quickly falls for the
maiden just by watching her as she works. He even states “Soraya. Swap meet
princess.” The following statement shows
how crazy Amir was over this Afghan girl. The happiness soon ended when her
father respectably told Amir to stay away from his daughter and Baba was
diagnosed with Cancer. His sickness grew as time went on and hope was gone of
Baba ever returning back to health. Soraya’s family visited Baba and Amir at
the hospital when Baba was admitted for a seizure. It was not long after Baba’s
return home from the hospital that Amir asked Baba to consult Soraya’s father
and ask for her hand in marriage to his son. This was Baba’s last fatherly duty
to Amir. Her family said yes, but before it would be finalized Soraya wanted to
confide her deepest regret to Amir. Amir still wanted her after she admitted to
sleeping with another man, because he knew he has made worse mistakes in his
past.
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