A
panjpar (pg 57) - card game. similar to poker
curtly (pg 62) - brief; concise; short
"then maybe my life as a ghost in this house would finally be over" (pg56) hes not really a ghost. symbolism
"sunlight washed over his face," ... (pg61) sunlight doesn't wash. imagery
"i watched the cratered road rise and fall, whirl its tail around the mountain side." (pg 83) roads dont have tails. personification
B
dear Amir,
i believe you should have done something when Hassan was getting raped. After all those times he saved you, you just sit there and watch. Getting your fathers love isn't everything and that was not the right sacrifice to attain it. However, you are very skilled for winning the kite fighting tournament and i congratulate you for that. I'm wondering whats going to happen when you leave to go to Jalalabad.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
OR - a bit late...
A
plodded pg 31 - to proceed in a tediously slow manner.
cackled pg 39 - to laugh in a shrill, broken manner.
"i was breathing bricks." pg 31 - metaphor
"they dirty our blood" pg 40 - imagery
"except now, he was the ant and i was holding the magnifying glass." pg 54 -metaphor
B
The protagonist Assef is a really crazy guy who wants to start a genocide. He is a modern day hitler. Not only does he harass Hassan for being a Hazara, but Amir for having him as a servent. I wouldnt want to get in the way of assef's notorious brass nuckles either. I also know that hes the one thats going to rape one of the boys, and thats weird. I dont want it to get too graphic. i dont really know much about Assef right now so ill need to read more to be able to analyize him further than this.
plodded pg 31 - to proceed in a tediously slow manner.
cackled pg 39 - to laugh in a shrill, broken manner.
"i was breathing bricks." pg 31 - metaphor
"they dirty our blood" pg 40 - imagery
"except now, he was the ant and i was holding the magnifying glass." pg 54 -metaphor
B
The protagonist Assef is a really crazy guy who wants to start a genocide. He is a modern day hitler. Not only does he harass Hassan for being a Hazara, but Amir for having him as a servent. I wouldnt want to get in the way of assef's notorious brass nuckles either. I also know that hes the one thats going to rape one of the boys, and thats weird. I dont want it to get too graphic. i dont really know much about Assef right now so ill need to read more to be able to analyize him further than this.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Kite Runner number 1 post B
" 'This is grown-ups' time. Why don't you go read one of those books of yours?' He'd close the door, leave me to wonder why it was always grown-ups' time with him. I'd sit by the door, knees drawn to my chest. Sometimes i sat there for an hour, sometimes two, listening to their laughter, their chatter."
Khaled is a young boy thats very interested in adult business. At first he seems to want to stay a child forever with Hassan, but later it says that he wants to grow up, he wants to matter. His dad not giving him the privilege to have grown-up time, which is pretty much saying hes not a man yet. Khaled wont give up. He's so interested he will sit and listen for hours to their conversation waiting for the day he can join them.
Khaled is a young boy thats very interested in adult business. At first he seems to want to stay a child forever with Hassan, but later it says that he wants to grow up, he wants to matter. His dad not giving him the privilege to have grown-up time, which is pretty much saying hes not a man yet. Khaled wont give up. He's so interested he will sit and listen for hours to their conversation waiting for the day he can join them.
Kite Runner numba 1 post A
vocab
appendage (n) - a subordinate part attached to something; addition. (pg. 3)
atrophied (adj) - exhibiting or affected with atrophy; withered; shriveled
figurative language
- pg 1-2 = "They danced high above the trees on the west end of the park, over the windmills, floating side to side like a pair of eyes looking down on San Francisco, ..." its a similie because it uses like or as.
- pg 5 = "on the other end of the dining room was a tall marble figure, always lit by the orange glow of a fire in the winter time" this is imagery because it gives the reader a complete image in their mind on whats there.
- pg 7 = "".. , taking the shortcut through the military barracks near Istiqlal Middle School- Baba had forbidden us to take that shortcut, but he was in Pakistan with Rahim Khan at the time." this is a symbol because for khaled disobeying because his dad told him not to, and he did anyways when his dad wasnt around
quote
" 'hey, you!' he said 'i know you.' We had never seen him before. He was a squatty man with a shaved head and a black stubble on his face. The way he grinned at us, leered, scared me." pg 7
The military in Afghanistan is corrupt and the soldier taunts the boys that he had sex with their mother and that he knew them. The military should be helping the citizens not harrasing them.
theme
the emerging theme so far is : power is corrupt
appendage (n) - a subordinate part attached to something; addition. (pg. 3)
atrophied (adj) - exhibiting or affected with atrophy; withered; shriveled
figurative language
- pg 1-2 = "They danced high above the trees on the west end of the park, over the windmills, floating side to side like a pair of eyes looking down on San Francisco, ..." its a similie because it uses like or as.
- pg 5 = "on the other end of the dining room was a tall marble figure, always lit by the orange glow of a fire in the winter time" this is imagery because it gives the reader a complete image in their mind on whats there.
- pg 7 = "".. , taking the shortcut through the military barracks near Istiqlal Middle School- Baba had forbidden us to take that shortcut, but he was in Pakistan with Rahim Khan at the time." this is a symbol because for khaled disobeying because his dad told him not to, and he did anyways when his dad wasnt around
quote
" 'hey, you!' he said 'i know you.' We had never seen him before. He was a squatty man with a shaved head and a black stubble on his face. The way he grinned at us, leered, scared me." pg 7
The military in Afghanistan is corrupt and the soldier taunts the boys that he had sex with their mother and that he knew them. The military should be helping the citizens not harrasing them.
theme
the emerging theme so far is : power is corrupt
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Nirvana - Lounge Act
Truth covered in security
I can't let you smother me
I'd Like to, but it couldn't work
Trading off, taking turns
Don't regret a thing
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to prove I still
Smell her on you
Don't tell me what I wanna hear
Afraid of never knowing fear
Experience anything you need
I'll keep fighting jealousy
'til it's gone
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I
Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to prove I still
Smell her on you
Truth covered in security
I can't let you smother me
Like to but it couldn't work
Trading off, taking turns
Don't regret a thing
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I
Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to make you a deal
We've made a pact to learn from who
And ever we want without new rules
We'll share what's lost and what we grew
They'll go out of their way
To prove they still
Smell her on you
They still, Smell her on you
Smell her on you
Of the 4 sisters I chose minerva because i thought she fits really well into this song. I believe she is the most interesting sister because she is the most rebellious against trujillo, and she knows she could be killed for it. Whats struck me about her is when she gave the friendship button to Sinita, a girl that was a total stranger to her at the time, but they became good friends later. "Truth covered in security, I can't let you smother me" - this relates to Minerva's views about Trujillo. He's trying to cover up the truths but Minerva can see through it and will fight for her beliefs. "And I've got this friend, you see, Who makes me feel and I wanted more than I could steal" - this could be talking about Minerva and Sinitas relationship. Sinita tells her about Trujillo's secret and this is the start of Minerva's rebellious attitude. Also Minerva wants the truth and for everyone to know it, but thats something she cannot steal. "They'll go out of their way" - Trujillo will go out of his way to kill people that know of his deeds. "I'll go outta my way to prove I still Smell her on you" - this could be Minerva saying that she will stop trujillo, that she smells lies ('her') on him, if looked in a very figurative way. I chose Nirvana as the artist because Kurt Cobain has written a lot of songs with very deep thinking lyrics.
Truth covered in security
I can't let you smother me
I'd Like to, but it couldn't work
Trading off, taking turns
Don't regret a thing
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to prove I still
Smell her on you
Don't tell me what I wanna hear
Afraid of never knowing fear
Experience anything you need
I'll keep fighting jealousy
'til it's gone
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I
Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to prove I still
Smell her on you
Truth covered in security
I can't let you smother me
Like to but it couldn't work
Trading off, taking turns
Don't regret a thing
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I
Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to make you a deal
We've made a pact to learn from who
And ever we want without new rules
We'll share what's lost and what we grew
They'll go out of their way
To prove they still
Smell her on you
They still, Smell her on you
Smell her on you
Of the 4 sisters I chose minerva because i thought she fits really well into this song. I believe she is the most interesting sister because she is the most rebellious against trujillo, and she knows she could be killed for it. Whats struck me about her is when she gave the friendship button to Sinita, a girl that was a total stranger to her at the time, but they became good friends later. "Truth covered in security, I can't let you smother me" - this relates to Minerva's views about Trujillo. He's trying to cover up the truths but Minerva can see through it and will fight for her beliefs. "And I've got this friend, you see, Who makes me feel and I wanted more than I could steal" - this could be talking about Minerva and Sinitas relationship. Sinita tells her about Trujillo's secret and this is the start of Minerva's rebellious attitude. Also Minerva wants the truth and for everyone to know it, but thats something she cannot steal. "They'll go out of their way" - Trujillo will go out of his way to kill people that know of his deeds. "I'll go outta my way to prove I still Smell her on you" - this could be Minerva saying that she will stop trujillo, that she smells lies ('her') on him, if looked in a very figurative way. I chose Nirvana as the artist because Kurt Cobain has written a lot of songs with very deep thinking lyrics.
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