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How do our relationships shape our identity?

How do our relationships shape our identity?. “ It is better to be in chains with friends than to be in a garden with strangers. ” --Persian Proverb. Anticipation. What can we intuit about the novel ’ s core characters based on direct and indirect characterization? Physical appearance

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How do our relationships shape our identity?

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  1. How do our relationships shape our identity?

  2. “It is better to be in chains with friends than to be in a garden with strangers.” --Persian Proverb

  3. Anticipation What can we intuit about the novel’s core characters based on direct and indirect characterization? • Physical appearance • How they act • What they say • How they treat one another

  4. FATHERS, SONS, & FRIENDS Discuss the similarities, differences, and relationships between the core characters: • Amir & Hassan (sons) – Groups 1 & 4 • Baba & Ali (fathers) – Groups 2 & 5 • Baba & Amir – Groups 3 & 6 Chart character traits on a Venn diagram, including quotes from the novel to support your observations.

  5. AMIR & HASSAN • Amir about Hassan: “Hassan never wanted to, but if I asked, really asked, he wouldn’t deny me. Hassan never denied me anything” (4). • Amir to Hassan: “You don’t know what it means?.. Everyone in my school knows what (that word) means… ‘Imbecile.’ It means smart, intelligent” (29). • Hassan to Amir: “No. You will be great and famous” (34).

  6. BABA & ALI • Amir about Ali: “Ali turned around, caught me aping him. He didn’t say anything. Not then, not ever. He just kept walking” (8). • Amir about Baba: “People were always doubting him… so Baba proved them all wrong by not only running his own business but becoming one of the richest merchants in Kabul” (15).

  7. BABA & AMIR • Baba to Amir: “I mean to speak to you man to man. Do you think you can handle that for once?” (17) • Baba to Rahim Khan: “There is something missing in that boy” (17). • Amir about Baba: “Baba was there, watching, and he patted Hassan on the back. Even put his arm around his shoulder” (14).

  8. Exit Ticket • What qualitiesdo I appreciate in a friend? • Do any of the charactersin the novel have those qualities? • Which characters (if any) do I see as someone I could befriend?

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