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The Kite Runner-chapter 12. By Annie, Courtney, and Maddie. Plot Points. Amir has his first real conversation with Soraya Soraya explains to Amir why she wants to be a teacher…it is because she taught her house servant to read and she was proud of herself
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The Kite Runner-chapter 12 By Annie, Courtney, and Maddie
Plot Points • Amir has his first real conversation with Soraya • Soraya explains to Amir why she wants to be a teacher…it is because she taught her house servant to read and she was proud of herself • Baba gets cancer, but he wants it to be a secret • Baba has a seizure at the flea market and is taken to the hospital • Amir decides he wants to marry Soraya, so Baba asks General Sahib for Soraya’s hand in marriage. • General Sahib grants his blessing for their marriage • Soraya calls Amir to tell him her secret…She ran away and had a relationship with another man • Amir feels guilty for his secret, but he does not share it with Soraya
Quote This quote is from chapter 12, after Soraya tells Amir her secret. “I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with. I opened my mouth and almost told her how I’d betrayed Hassan, lied, driven him out, and destroyed a forty-year old relationship between Baba and Ali. But I didn’t” (165).
Motifs • Tears of relief and fear are in this chapter. • Page 160- Amir’s sad and scared • Page 165- reliefpage 156 &158- Amir’s scared and needs help for Baba