The kite runner: Chapters 5-7

Study Questions

Chapters 5-7

1)    Explain why winter is Amir’s favourite season.
Because is the best time of the year toi fliught kites, and the kites tournament is coming in this season.
2)  Discuss the aftermath of the kite-fighting tournament, and assess Amir’s initial reaction to Assef’s attack on Hassan. Why does Amir decide not to help Hassan?
Because he wasn't that brave to deffend Hassan, and gets interested in what Assef sais about their relation between him and his servant.
3) Do you think Hassan knows that Amir witnessed the rape? Explain. What does Amir’s behaviour in the aftermath of the rape indicate about him?
I believe Hassans knows, because after this episode, their relationship changed, although only Hassan was the victim and Amir was, suposedly, not there.
4) Analyze the metaphor comparing Amir and Hassan’s interaction to the game of  “insect torture.” What is the “other face” Amir sees when he asks Hassan if he would eat dirt for him?
Amir realize that Hassan is a true friend of him, because he would make everything for him, although they both knew that Amir wouldn't.
5)  What emotions does Amir experience before the kite tournament? What is Hassan’s response? Refer to the simile “I felt like a soldier trying to sleep in the trenches the night before a major battle” (50)
Because he really wanted to win and demonstrate everybody that he was really good at something, and refered to himself as a soldier just before battle.