1. Les Miserables, p.238
"A Les Miserables poster was nailed to the wall behind Andrews next to topographical map of the U.S."
Les Miserable is a successful play and movie with over a 100 international awards.
2. September 11, 2001, p.362
"Soon after the attacks, America bombed Afghanistan, the northern alliance moved in, and the Taliban scurried like rats into the cave.
September 11, 2001 was the day that the twin towers got hit by hijacked airplanes in New York.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Chapters 21-25 Quotes
1. "A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer." (pg.301)
Speaker: Rahim Kahn
Occasion: Rahim wrote a final letter to Amir to recap everything that they had talked about when they met again, and to also say good-bye.
Audience: Amir
Purpose: The purpose of this quote is to show Amir that even though he did not stand up for Hassan, not to be so hard on himself. He was just a little boy then, to try and forget about not to have that conscience always reminding him.
Significance: This is significant because right before Amir got this letter he was beaten up by Assef. He felt relief in that because he finally felt like he got what he deserved. He wiped his conscience clean, he will not have to suffer day to day with the gilt he has felt.
2. "Perspective was a luxury when your head was constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons." (pg.356)
Speaker: Amir
Occasion: Amir was explaining how Sohrab had gotten in America and how it was decided.
Audience: readers
Purpose: The purpose of this quote is to show that not everything is as good as it looks or seems. Amir found perspective as a good thing due to all the evil going on inside of his head.
Significance: This quote is significant because it took Amir many steps, hardship, and struggles to get Sohrab into the U.S. with him and even though it is not perfect he is there and he would be fine. Amir was able to put everything into perspective for what has happened in the past months.
Speaker: Rahim Kahn
Occasion: Rahim wrote a final letter to Amir to recap everything that they had talked about when they met again, and to also say good-bye.
Audience: Amir
Purpose: The purpose of this quote is to show Amir that even though he did not stand up for Hassan, not to be so hard on himself. He was just a little boy then, to try and forget about not to have that conscience always reminding him.
Significance: This is significant because right before Amir got this letter he was beaten up by Assef. He felt relief in that because he finally felt like he got what he deserved. He wiped his conscience clean, he will not have to suffer day to day with the gilt he has felt.
2. "Perspective was a luxury when your head was constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons." (pg.356)
Speaker: Amir
Occasion: Amir was explaining how Sohrab had gotten in America and how it was decided.
Audience: readers
Purpose: The purpose of this quote is to show that not everything is as good as it looks or seems. Amir found perspective as a good thing due to all the evil going on inside of his head.
Significance: This quote is significant because it took Amir many steps, hardship, and struggles to get Sohrab into the U.S. with him and even though it is not perfect he is there and he would be fine. Amir was able to put everything into perspective for what has happened in the past months.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Chapters 21-25 Vocabulary
1. Gingerly:
Definition- with great care or caution
Sentence in book- "Gingerly, I walked up the driveway where tufts of weeds now grew between the sun-faded bricks." (pg.261)
My sentence- The woman was very gingerly on her walk.
Synonyms- dainty, delicate
Antonyms- rough
2. Succulent:
Definition- rich in desire
Sentence in book- "The kabob was as succulent and delicious as I remembered." (pg.265)
My sentence- The succulent ring was very expensive.
Synonyms- moist, yummy
Antonyms- unappetizing
3. Morbidly:
Definition- affected by, causing
Sentence in book- "I found it morbidly fascinating that he hadn't changed his clothes from the executions earlier that day." (pg.275)
My sentence- The country of Chili was morbid to the earthquake.
Synonyms- insanely, gruesome
Antonyms- cheerful, joyful
4. Surreal:
Definition- having disorientating, hallucinating
Sentence in book- "The moment felt surreal- no, not surreal, absurd- it had knocked the breath out of me, brought the world around me to a standstill." (pg.281)
My sentence- Becca was surreal after the big car accident.
Synonyms- hypnagogic
Antonyms- real
5. Epiphany:
Definition- an appearance or manifestation
Sentence in book- "But one day I had an Epiphany." (pg.282)
My sentence- Florence epiphany was horrible.
Synonyms- flash, vision
Antonyms- secret
6. Impunity:
Definition- exemption from punishment
Sentence in book- "Amir, the socially legitimate half, the half that represented the riches he had inherited and the sin-with-impunity privileges that came with him." (pg.301)
My sentence- Sally escaped the impunity by the skin of her teeth.
Synonyms- liberty, permission
Antonyms- veto
7. Remorse:
Definition- deep and painful regret from wrongdoing
Sentence in book- "And this is what I want you to understand, that good, real good, was born out of your fathers remorse." (pg.302)
My sentence- The old man felt great remorse for hitting the dog that ran in front of his car.
Synonyms- pity, regret
Antonyms- joy
8. Shrewd:
Definition- keen;piercing
Sentence in book- "My boys are young but they are very shrewd." (pg.304)
My sentence- The shrewd sound scared the lives of many.
Synonyms-tricky, smooth
Antonyms- ignorant
9. Pondered:
Definition- to consider something thoroughly and deeply
Sentence in book- "I stole looks at him as he pondered his cards." (pg.306)
My sentence- Mary pondered her options for three days.
Synonyms- consider, dwell
Antonyms- discard
10. Paunchy:
Definition- having a large and protruding belly; potbellied
Sentence in book- "The manager, a paunchy man with sweat patches under his arms, kept flashing smiles and telling me that no one in the bank had touched the money."(pg.308)
My sentence- The scrawny man was paunchy.
Synonyms- bulky, solid
Antonyms- tiny, small
11. Reproachful:
Definition- full or or expressing reproach
Sentence in book- "I saw myself calling the police, describing Sohrab to them under Fayyaz's reproachful glare." (pg.316)
My sentence- The reproachful stare from the man was scary.
Synonyms- insolent, offensive
Antonyms- kind, nice
12. Obligatory:
Definition- imposing moral or legal obligation
Sentence in book- "I heard the officer, his voice tired and uninterested, asking his obligatory questions." (pg.316)
My sentence-It was obligatory to let the kids pick their umbrellas before me.
Synonyms- mandatory
Antonyms- optional
13. Irrevocably:
Definition- not to be revoked or recalled
Sentence in book-"What had happened in that room with Assef had irrevocably bound us." (pg.320)
My sentence- The irrevocable trust was what kept us close.
Synonyms-certainly
Antonyms- doubtful
14. Squalid:
Definition- wretched; miserable
Sentence in book-" I had found the boy in squalid conditions, wasting away in a orphanage." (pg.329)
My sentence- Henry was upset due to the squalid weather.
Synonyms- shabby
Antonyms- honorable, good
15. Fabricated:
Definition- to fake; forge
Sentence in book- "Let's assume the story you gave me is true, though i'd bet my pension a good deal it was either fabricated or omitted." (pg.330)
My sentence- By the time the story reached the fifth person it was extremely fabricated.
Synonyms- mix, devise
Antonyms- demolish
16. Reputable:
Definition- considered to be of good or considerable usage
Sentence in book- "I'm saying that if you want to help, send money to a reputable relief organization." (pg.331)
My sentence-The reputable organization helped against bullying awareness.
Synonyms- trustworthy
Antonyms- unimportant, unknown
17. Turmoil:
Definition- a state of commotion or confusing
Sentence in book- "...I brought Hassans son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertainty." (pg.356)
My sentence- The turmoil in Afghanistan still continues today.
Synonyms- flap, whirl
Antonyms- calmness
18. Profusely:
Definition- made or done freely and abundantly
Sentence in book- "...If you do, you will be scorned and made to apologize profusely for having committed the sin of spoiling the end." (pg.357)
My sentence- The cake was made profusely.
Synonyms-amply, richly
Antonyms- pre-made
Chapters 21-25 Questions
1. " I saw a dead body near the restaurant. There had been a hanging. " (pg. 259)
"The tall Talib with the black sunglasses walked to the pile of stones they had unloaded from the third truck. He picked up a rock and showed it to the crowd.... The Talib looking absurdly like a baseball pitcher on the mound, hurled the stone at the blindfolded man in the hole." (pg. 271)
2. The Taliban official is Assef. I was not surprised when I found out that the Taliban was Assef because as a kid he was also very mean. It is like he enjoys seeing others in pain. Assef justifies his transformation by explaining to Amir how he became a Taliban. He was thrown in jail with other people and every night the commandment would take one person and beat them. When it was Assefs turn he eventually started laughing and the commander got mad and threw him back in the cell. Assef than ran a commandment on a battle field, shot the guy that beat him in the balls and has been on a mission since. I do not think it is a transformation because he has been beating kids up and harassing them since he was little.
3. 1. Hassan had a slingshot when he was a kid and now that his son, Sohrab, is a kid he has a slingshot too.
2. Hassan threatened to slingshot Assef in the eye, when Sohrab shot Assef with his slingshot, he hit him in the eye.
3. Assef threatened to Hassan and Amir that they would eventually get payback. Assef gave Hassan his payback a while ago and now it was Amirs turn.
4. I think the letter was very important. Rahim summed up a lot of what they talked about before and even gave Amir a little bit more. He apologized and said how he was ashamed for lying and asked not to be found. I think that the letter was given to Amir at the perfect time. I think Baba was a good man that was torn between Hassan and Amir and how he betrayed Ali.
5. When I think of my parents I do not have the same thoughts that Amir does with Baba. My parents are very open and towards the end Amir finds out that Baba had some secrets that he never revealed to him.
6. Amir and Sohrab travel to Islamabad because Farid did not think that Amir was safe in the hospital due to the Taliban. Sohrab went with him because there never was a orphanage for him to go in and Amir took him in. Since the Taliban has taken over all of the joy to a little kids life has been taken away. Watching their parents being killed, hangings, barely any interactions with others, no food all of this was taken away from them at a very young age. Therefore the kids in Afghanistan did not have a good childhood. Hassan as well did not have a good childhood because he was a Hazara working for a Pashtun family, the only fun that he had was playing with Amir. Once Sohrab saw his mom and dad die, he went to a orphanage at a young age and spent a long time in there before anybody came for him.
7. Mullah is a term used in Islamic countries for people that have learned and or been taught.
8. Raymond Andrews was a man that worked to help bring citizens of Afghanistan to a different country such as the U.S. Raymond tried to get Sohrab to the U.S. with Amir but denied access after hearing Amir's story.
9. Soraya agrees to bringing Sohrab into the U.S. and adopting him into their family, even after Amir tells her everything.
10. Soraya's uncle Sharif helped Sohrab get a visa to cross borders into the U.S.
11. Amir breaks the promise of never putting Sohrab back into a orphanage.
12. Sohrab then tries to commit suicide by cutting himself with a razor. This is significant because when things did not go right for Amir he tried anything to find a way out. Sohrab as well did the same thing, when he found out that he would be going in a orphanage.
\13. For the first seven months that Sohrab is in San Francisco he is silent. He does not talk or do much. He would walk in the room as if not to scare a mouse. He mostly slept.
14. General Taheris is worried about the fact that Amir has brought a Hazara boy into his family, and people will be asking for a reason. Amir is calm. He explains how Sohrab is his nephew and he then gets very short with the general. He tells him to never refer to him as a hazara boy in Amirs presence, he has a name and it is Sohrab.
15. Afghans gather at Lake Elizabeth Park because the general was summoned to Afghanistan a month earlier and the plan was to join him a few months later once he was settled. Later on Soraya notices kites flying in the sky.
16. Amir feels 12 again. As soon as he starts to run with the kite he instantly flashes back to the times he flew kites with Hassan. except, when he looked down it was Sohrab.
17. This is another full circle because when Amir was a kid he flew kites with Hassan and now that he is older he is flying a kite with Sohrab, Hassans son.
"The tall Talib with the black sunglasses walked to the pile of stones they had unloaded from the third truck. He picked up a rock and showed it to the crowd.... The Talib looking absurdly like a baseball pitcher on the mound, hurled the stone at the blindfolded man in the hole." (pg. 271)
2. The Taliban official is Assef. I was not surprised when I found out that the Taliban was Assef because as a kid he was also very mean. It is like he enjoys seeing others in pain. Assef justifies his transformation by explaining to Amir how he became a Taliban. He was thrown in jail with other people and every night the commandment would take one person and beat them. When it was Assefs turn he eventually started laughing and the commander got mad and threw him back in the cell. Assef than ran a commandment on a battle field, shot the guy that beat him in the balls and has been on a mission since. I do not think it is a transformation because he has been beating kids up and harassing them since he was little.
3. 1. Hassan had a slingshot when he was a kid and now that his son, Sohrab, is a kid he has a slingshot too.
2. Hassan threatened to slingshot Assef in the eye, when Sohrab shot Assef with his slingshot, he hit him in the eye.
3. Assef threatened to Hassan and Amir that they would eventually get payback. Assef gave Hassan his payback a while ago and now it was Amirs turn.
4. I think the letter was very important. Rahim summed up a lot of what they talked about before and even gave Amir a little bit more. He apologized and said how he was ashamed for lying and asked not to be found. I think that the letter was given to Amir at the perfect time. I think Baba was a good man that was torn between Hassan and Amir and how he betrayed Ali.
5. When I think of my parents I do not have the same thoughts that Amir does with Baba. My parents are very open and towards the end Amir finds out that Baba had some secrets that he never revealed to him.
6. Amir and Sohrab travel to Islamabad because Farid did not think that Amir was safe in the hospital due to the Taliban. Sohrab went with him because there never was a orphanage for him to go in and Amir took him in. Since the Taliban has taken over all of the joy to a little kids life has been taken away. Watching their parents being killed, hangings, barely any interactions with others, no food all of this was taken away from them at a very young age. Therefore the kids in Afghanistan did not have a good childhood. Hassan as well did not have a good childhood because he was a Hazara working for a Pashtun family, the only fun that he had was playing with Amir. Once Sohrab saw his mom and dad die, he went to a orphanage at a young age and spent a long time in there before anybody came for him.
7. Mullah is a term used in Islamic countries for people that have learned and or been taught.
8. Raymond Andrews was a man that worked to help bring citizens of Afghanistan to a different country such as the U.S. Raymond tried to get Sohrab to the U.S. with Amir but denied access after hearing Amir's story.
9. Soraya agrees to bringing Sohrab into the U.S. and adopting him into their family, even after Amir tells her everything.
10. Soraya's uncle Sharif helped Sohrab get a visa to cross borders into the U.S.
11. Amir breaks the promise of never putting Sohrab back into a orphanage.
12. Sohrab then tries to commit suicide by cutting himself with a razor. This is significant because when things did not go right for Amir he tried anything to find a way out. Sohrab as well did the same thing, when he found out that he would be going in a orphanage.
\13. For the first seven months that Sohrab is in San Francisco he is silent. He does not talk or do much. He would walk in the room as if not to scare a mouse. He mostly slept.
14. General Taheris is worried about the fact that Amir has brought a Hazara boy into his family, and people will be asking for a reason. Amir is calm. He explains how Sohrab is his nephew and he then gets very short with the general. He tells him to never refer to him as a hazara boy in Amirs presence, he has a name and it is Sohrab.
15. Afghans gather at Lake Elizabeth Park because the general was summoned to Afghanistan a month earlier and the plan was to join him a few months later once he was settled. Later on Soraya notices kites flying in the sky.
16. Amir feels 12 again. As soon as he starts to run with the kite he instantly flashes back to the times he flew kites with Hassan. except, when he looked down it was Sohrab.
17. This is another full circle because when Amir was a kid he flew kites with Hassan and now that he is older he is flying a kite with Sohrab, Hassans son.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Chapters 15-20 Quotes
1. A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up for anything." (pg.221)
Speaker: Rahim Khan
Occasion: Amir had just returned back to Peshawar to visit Rahim. Rahim asked Amir to do him a favor and Amir refused.
Audience: Amir
Purpose: The purpose is for Rahim to talk to Amir and find out the man he has become today.
Significance:The significance of this quote is to show Amir and other people that you do not need to be the person everyone else say, be the person you want to be.
Speaker: Rahim Khan
Occasion: Amir had just returned back to Peshawar to visit Rahim. Rahim asked Amir to do him a favor and Amir refused.
Audience: Amir
Purpose: The purpose is for Rahim to talk to Amir and find out the man he has become today.
Significance:The significance of this quote is to show Amir and other people that you do not need to be the person everyone else say, be the person you want to be.
Chapters 15-20 Vocabulary
1. Nonchalantly:
Definition: coolly unconcerned, indifferent
Sentence in book: "My driver, a chain-smoking, sweaty little man who introduced himself as Gholam, drove nonchalantly and recklessly, averting collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth:" (pg.195)
My sentence: The girl acted so nonchalantly around her friends.
Synonyms: casual
Antonyms: different
2. Incessant:
Definition: continuing without interruption
Sentence in book: "My driver, a chain-smoking, sweaty little man who introduced himself as Gholam, drove nonchalantly and recklessly, averting collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth:" (pg.195)
My sentence: The incessant speech lasted a total of 10 hours.
Synonyms: eternal, everlasting
Antonyms: broken
3. Garrulous:
Definition: excessively talkative in a rambling kind of way
Sentence in book:
My sentence: The garrulous man was 20 years old.
Synonyms: babbling, chatting
Antonyms: quiet
4. Collateral:
Definition: security pledged for a payment of the loan
Sentence in book: "Collateral Damage," Rahim Khan said
My sentence: The boss had to pay for the collateral damage.
Synonyms: under, added
Antonyms: different
5. Melancholic:
Definition: gloomy
Sentence in book: "Were a melancholic people, we afghans, aren't we?" (pg.201)
My sentence: The melancholic girl was wearing all black.
Synonyms: gloomy, moody
Antonyms: cheerful, happy
6. Wallow:
Definition: to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment
Sentence in book: "Often, we wallow too much in Ghamkhori and self-pity." (pg.201)
My sentence: The big green animal wallowed around the park.
Synonyms: lie, sway
Antonyms: steady, straighten
7. Pragmatic:
Definition: of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
Sentence in book:"But I am not surrendering to fate her, I am being pragmatic." (pg.201)
My sentence: The pragmatic essay was written in red.
Synonyms: efficient, sober
Antonyms: excited, impractical
8. proverbial:
Definition: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a proverb
Sentence in book: "Kabul in those days, Amir Jan, was as close as you could get to that proverbial hell on earth." (pg. 212)
My sentence: The proverbial car door was opened way too early.
Synonyms: accepted, acknowledged
Antonyms: different
9. Presumptuous:
Definition: unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward.
Sentence in book: "It was presumptuous of me to just show up and ask you to drop everything." (pg.207)
My sentence: The presumptuous old man was driving on the wrong side of the road.
Synonyms: rude, pushy
Antonyms: cautious, humble
10. Oblivion:
Definition: the state of being completely forgotten or unknown
Sentence in book:"I wished he had let me live on in my oblivion."(pg.226)
My sentence: The man went from being completely oblivion to being very well-known.
Synonyms: disregard, forgetfulness
Antonyms: caring
11. Empathy:
Definition: the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
Sentence in book: "There was no empathy in his eyes." (pg.228)
My sentence:Mary withdrew with complete empathy.
Synonyms:pity, warmth
Antonyms: hatred
12. Animosity:
Definition: a feeling of strong dislike
Sentence in book: "Farid gave me another dismissive look, this one with a hint of barely suppressed animosity, and went back to smoking his cigarette."(pg.228)
My sentence: The animosity was rising in the supermarket.
Synonyms: malice
Antonyms: happiness, kind
13. Surly:
Definition: unfriendly or hostile
Sentence in book: "His tone bordered on the surly." (pg.229)
My sentence: The surly woman was dressed in yellow.
Synonyms: testy, ugly
Antonyms: kind, nice
14. Rueful:
Definition: causing sorrow or pity
Sentence in book:" He used to have seven" Rahim said with a rueful look, but he'd lost his two youngest girls a few years earlier in a land mine blast just outside of jalalabad..." (pg.230)
My sentence: The death of a dog was extremely rueful.
Synonyms: sorry, remorseful
Antonyms: happy
15. Deliberate:
Definition: carefully weighed or considered
Sentence in book: "I was afraid I'd deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not going." (pg.231)
My sentence: The deliberate opinions was a heated debate for a full 30 minutes.
Synonyms: careful
Antonyms: careless
16. Ruminate:
Definition: to chew again or over and over
Sentence in book: "I was afraid I'd deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not going." (pg.231)
My sentence: The ruminate steak was a little under cooked.
Synonyms: figure, weigh
Antonyms: forget, discard
17. Contemptuous:
Definition: showing or expressing contempt
Sentence in book: "Farid said, speaking to wahid but fixing me with a contemptuous gaze." (pg.236)
My sentence: To restrict myself from eating the cookie, was contemptuous.
Synonyms: bold, cheeky
Antonyms: humble
18. Furtive:
Definition: taken, done, used
Sentence in book: "As I ate, I noticed Wahid's boys, all three thin with dirtcaked faces and short cropped brown hair under their skullcaps, stealing furtive glances at my wristwatch." (pg.238)
My sentence: The furtive paper was ready to hand in.
Synonyms: sly, shifty
Antonyms: open
19. Morosely:
Definition: characterized by or expressing gloom
Sentence in book: "Welcome back" he said morosely." (pg.244)
My sentence: The morosely girl with yellow glasses was very pretty.
Synonyms: wistfully, gloomily
Antonyms: happily
20. Benevolence:
Definition: an act of kindness
Sentence in book: "A world of thanks for your benevolence, Agha sahib." (pg.248)
My sentence: Picking up the Popsicle for the young girl was a act of benevolence.
Synonyms: gift, feeling
Antonyms: hatred
21. Profoundly:
Definition: being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious
Sentence in book: "Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr.Rusal" (pg.250)
My sentence: I profoundly read more of the book than I was suppose too.
Synonyms: very, greatly
Antonyms: incompletely
Definition: coolly unconcerned, indifferent
Sentence in book: "My driver, a chain-smoking, sweaty little man who introduced himself as Gholam, drove nonchalantly and recklessly, averting collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth:" (pg.195)
My sentence: The girl acted so nonchalantly around her friends.
Synonyms: casual
Antonyms: different
2. Incessant:
Definition: continuing without interruption
Sentence in book: "My driver, a chain-smoking, sweaty little man who introduced himself as Gholam, drove nonchalantly and recklessly, averting collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth:" (pg.195)
My sentence: The incessant speech lasted a total of 10 hours.
Synonyms: eternal, everlasting
Antonyms: broken
3. Garrulous:
Definition: excessively talkative in a rambling kind of way
Sentence in book:
My sentence: The garrulous man was 20 years old.
Synonyms: babbling, chatting
Antonyms: quiet
4. Collateral:
Definition: security pledged for a payment of the loan
Sentence in book: "Collateral Damage," Rahim Khan said
My sentence: The boss had to pay for the collateral damage.
Synonyms: under, added
Antonyms: different
5. Melancholic:
Definition: gloomy
Sentence in book: "Were a melancholic people, we afghans, aren't we?" (pg.201)
My sentence: The melancholic girl was wearing all black.
Synonyms: gloomy, moody
Antonyms: cheerful, happy
6. Wallow:
Definition: to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment
Sentence in book: "Often, we wallow too much in Ghamkhori and self-pity." (pg.201)
My sentence: The big green animal wallowed around the park.
Synonyms: lie, sway
Antonyms: steady, straighten
7. Pragmatic:
Definition: of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
Sentence in book:"But I am not surrendering to fate her, I am being pragmatic." (pg.201)
My sentence: The pragmatic essay was written in red.
Synonyms: efficient, sober
Antonyms: excited, impractical
8. proverbial:
Definition: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a proverb
Sentence in book: "Kabul in those days, Amir Jan, was as close as you could get to that proverbial hell on earth." (pg. 212)
My sentence: The proverbial car door was opened way too early.
Synonyms: accepted, acknowledged
Antonyms: different
9. Presumptuous:
Definition: unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward.
Sentence in book: "It was presumptuous of me to just show up and ask you to drop everything." (pg.207)
My sentence: The presumptuous old man was driving on the wrong side of the road.
Synonyms: rude, pushy
Antonyms: cautious, humble
10. Oblivion:
Definition: the state of being completely forgotten or unknown
Sentence in book:"I wished he had let me live on in my oblivion."(pg.226)
My sentence: The man went from being completely oblivion to being very well-known.
Synonyms: disregard, forgetfulness
Antonyms: caring
11. Empathy:
Definition: the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
Sentence in book: "There was no empathy in his eyes." (pg.228)
My sentence:Mary withdrew with complete empathy.
Synonyms:pity, warmth
Antonyms: hatred
12. Animosity:
Definition: a feeling of strong dislike
Sentence in book: "Farid gave me another dismissive look, this one with a hint of barely suppressed animosity, and went back to smoking his cigarette."(pg.228)
My sentence: The animosity was rising in the supermarket.
Synonyms: malice
Antonyms: happiness, kind
13. Surly:
Definition: unfriendly or hostile
Sentence in book: "His tone bordered on the surly." (pg.229)
My sentence: The surly woman was dressed in yellow.
Synonyms: testy, ugly
Antonyms: kind, nice
14. Rueful:
Definition: causing sorrow or pity
Sentence in book:" He used to have seven" Rahim said with a rueful look, but he'd lost his two youngest girls a few years earlier in a land mine blast just outside of jalalabad..." (pg.230)
My sentence: The death of a dog was extremely rueful.
Synonyms: sorry, remorseful
Antonyms: happy
15. Deliberate:
Definition: carefully weighed or considered
Sentence in book: "I was afraid I'd deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not going." (pg.231)
My sentence: The deliberate opinions was a heated debate for a full 30 minutes.
Synonyms: careful
Antonyms: careless
16. Ruminate:
Definition: to chew again or over and over
Sentence in book: "I was afraid I'd deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not going." (pg.231)
My sentence: The ruminate steak was a little under cooked.
Synonyms: figure, weigh
Antonyms: forget, discard
17. Contemptuous:
Definition: showing or expressing contempt
Sentence in book: "Farid said, speaking to wahid but fixing me with a contemptuous gaze." (pg.236)
My sentence: To restrict myself from eating the cookie, was contemptuous.
Synonyms: bold, cheeky
Antonyms: humble
18. Furtive:
Definition: taken, done, used
Sentence in book: "As I ate, I noticed Wahid's boys, all three thin with dirtcaked faces and short cropped brown hair under their skullcaps, stealing furtive glances at my wristwatch." (pg.238)
My sentence: The furtive paper was ready to hand in.
Synonyms: sly, shifty
Antonyms: open
19. Morosely:
Definition: characterized by or expressing gloom
Sentence in book: "Welcome back" he said morosely." (pg.244)
My sentence: The morosely girl with yellow glasses was very pretty.
Synonyms: wistfully, gloomily
Antonyms: happily
20. Benevolence:
Definition: an act of kindness
Sentence in book: "A world of thanks for your benevolence, Agha sahib." (pg.248)
My sentence: Picking up the Popsicle for the young girl was a act of benevolence.
Synonyms: gift, feeling
Antonyms: hatred
21. Profoundly:
Definition: being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious
Sentence in book: "Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr.Rusal" (pg.250)
My sentence: I profoundly read more of the book than I was suppose too.
Synonyms: very, greatly
Antonyms: incompletely
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Chapters 15-20 Questions
1. When Amir sees Rahim Kahn they are in Peshawar
2. Amir does not like cliches because he thinks they have a "bum rap." He thinks they are dead-on. Amir uses the cliche "an elephant in the room" because he knows that there is a lot they have to talk about and the cliche an elephant in the room means something you can't overlook. His reuniting with Rahim will be bug and Amir will not be able to look over the conversation.
3. Afghanistan is now being taken over by the Taliban.
4. Hassan lost his father and cousin, Hassan married Farzana Jan, He had a child named Sohrab. Hassan was living in a small village in Hazarajat. Hassan had made a life for himself there, like Amir did in America.
5. Farzana was Hassans wife. Sohrab was Hassans son.
6. In 1996 the Taliban, put an end to the daily fighting. a few years later though the Taliban massacred the hazaras to Mazar-i-sharif.
7. The tone of the letter from Hassan is happy. Amir didn't say much except for asking how Hassan was doing.
8. Amir just kept referring back to memories he had with Hassan and his next concern was what had happened to Sohrab. No, I do not think that Rahim's dying wish is unfair because Rahim didn't ask anything from Amir all his life except for that one thing. Amir at least owes that to Rahim for the things he has done when Amir was a child and in America while he was left behind to care for Baba's house.
9. It relates to them because they both betrayed the people they loved. Baba betrayed Amir, Hassan and Ali by not telling them the truth about Hassan. Hassan was his son and he denied that truth from them. Amir betrayed Hassan by not sticking up for him in the alley.
10. Baba hiring the doctor to fix Hassans harelip, Baba never missing Hassans birthday, When Amir asked for new servants Baba got mad and saidf they were staying, He cried when Ali took Hassan and left, always called him family.
11. Farid said that because Amir always had everything handed to him and all the best stuff because of his father. He had a huge house, servants, american car, not the afghanistan way. Farids thinks of afghans who visit Afghanistan very poorly because they gave up and left when things got rough and didn't stay and fight like the rest.
12. Amir realized how poor everyone had become. The kids at the house they were staying at were always staring at him, he thought it was because of his watch so he gave it to them. They lost interest pretty quickly until he finally realized that they were always staring at his food.
13. Amir saw burned villages, beggers, every street corner was covered in rags, bone-dry river, no trees, bad air quality- it was diesel fuel.
14. Zaman says that he's broke. He's spent his life savings on the orphanage. If he denies one child they take ten. So he swallows his pride and gives one away.
2. Amir does not like cliches because he thinks they have a "bum rap." He thinks they are dead-on. Amir uses the cliche "an elephant in the room" because he knows that there is a lot they have to talk about and the cliche an elephant in the room means something you can't overlook. His reuniting with Rahim will be bug and Amir will not be able to look over the conversation.
3. Afghanistan is now being taken over by the Taliban.
4. Hassan lost his father and cousin, Hassan married Farzana Jan, He had a child named Sohrab. Hassan was living in a small village in Hazarajat. Hassan had made a life for himself there, like Amir did in America.
5. Farzana was Hassans wife. Sohrab was Hassans son.
6. In 1996 the Taliban, put an end to the daily fighting. a few years later though the Taliban massacred the hazaras to Mazar-i-sharif.
7. The tone of the letter from Hassan is happy. Amir didn't say much except for asking how Hassan was doing.
8. Amir just kept referring back to memories he had with Hassan and his next concern was what had happened to Sohrab. No, I do not think that Rahim's dying wish is unfair because Rahim didn't ask anything from Amir all his life except for that one thing. Amir at least owes that to Rahim for the things he has done when Amir was a child and in America while he was left behind to care for Baba's house.
9. It relates to them because they both betrayed the people they loved. Baba betrayed Amir, Hassan and Ali by not telling them the truth about Hassan. Hassan was his son and he denied that truth from them. Amir betrayed Hassan by not sticking up for him in the alley.
10. Baba hiring the doctor to fix Hassans harelip, Baba never missing Hassans birthday, When Amir asked for new servants Baba got mad and saidf they were staying, He cried when Ali took Hassan and left, always called him family.
11. Farid said that because Amir always had everything handed to him and all the best stuff because of his father. He had a huge house, servants, american car, not the afghanistan way. Farids thinks of afghans who visit Afghanistan very poorly because they gave up and left when things got rough and didn't stay and fight like the rest.
12. Amir realized how poor everyone had become. The kids at the house they were staying at were always staring at him, he thought it was because of his watch so he gave it to them. They lost interest pretty quickly until he finally realized that they were always staring at his food.
13. Amir saw burned villages, beggers, every street corner was covered in rags, bone-dry river, no trees, bad air quality- it was diesel fuel.
14. Zaman says that he's broke. He's spent his life savings on the orphanage. If he denies one child they take ten. So he swallows his pride and gives one away.
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