The Kite Runner- chunk numero tres

During this chunk of the Kite Runner, there is an annual kite running tournamnet that is going on, and Hassan and Amir participate in it. They enter this contest and practice almost every day, but because Amir feels that Baba likes Hassan more than he likes Amir, Amir feels extremely eager to win so that Baba will notice him. As the boys continue to practice, they both realize that Hassan is very good at this and has a definite eye of where the kite will land. On the day of the kiting tournament, Amir wins the first half of the kiting tournament, and Hassan wins the second half. As the boys try to celebrate their victory, they are confronted by Assef, the "neighborhood bulley". Assef with two other boys comes and demand that Amir and Hassan give up their kites. The two boys refuse, and Assef ends up raping Hassan in front of Amir and his other friends. Amir, instead of turning to his pal and helping him, runs away with no attempt of helping Hassan. This event follows Amir all the days of his life and is torn up about.

QUESTION: IF YOU WERE AMIR, WOULD YOU HAVE HELPED HASSAN, OR RAN AWAY JUST LIKE HE DID?

The Kite Runner- chunk numero dos

As the story continues, Amir and Hassan's relationship continues to grow into more than a friendship, but more like a brotherly bond. Amir loves everything about Hassan until the other neighborhood kids come around. Amir starts to fret over the fact that Hassan is a Hazara, a group of people that were persectued by the Afghani people a long time ago, and whose cultures still clash during this time period. As the boys are playing, a boy, Assef torments AMir, and Hassan comes to his rescue. Assef then promises the two boys that he will one day get them back. As Hassan's birthday nears, Amir continues feeling less than him as his father arranges for Hassan to recieve a surgical procedure that will fix Hassan's lip, and he continues to notice that Baba never forgets Hassan's birthday.

QUESTION: DO YOU THINK THE WAY BABA TREATS HASSAN FORESHADOWS SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL RELATE TO AMIR'S JEALOUSY??

The Kite Runner- chunk numero uno

Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner is a novel about betrayl, honor and courage. The books setting is in 1975 Afgahnistan, and starts off with the nararator (Amir) visiting a friend in December of 2001. An unidentified event has made Amir the man he is today. Amir is the son of a rich Afgahni buisness man who he calls Baba (father). Amir's mother died while giving birth to him. Amir and Baba also live with their two servants Hassan and Ali. Hassan's mother abandoned Hassan and his "father" when he was less than 1 years old. Amir and Hassan are about the same age, and Hassan often looks forward to Amir reading to him. The boys are really close friends, and one might say that they were as close as brothers. Ali always takes the two boys places and allows them to hang out with each other. As the story goes on, Amir starts feeling less than Hassan even though he is higher in social class, and fears that Baba feels the same way.

QUESTION: WOULD YOU FEEL LESS THAN HASSAN IF YOU WERE IN AMIR'S POSITION??

Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy

Ariel Levy's Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture argues that in today's "raunchy" 21st century, women need to stop blaming men for objectifying themselves, and come to the conclusion that they themselves are objecifying themselves by turning them into "sex objects". Levy supports her argument often by comparing the modern feminist, to the "OF's" (originl feminists). The modern feminists, as she states, are the more sexy dressing, raunchier, not afraid to have fun-even with their clothes off type of women; those who are all about feeling comfortable with their sexuality and seeing feminism as a way to be whoever she wants to, even if that includes an unlimited amount of male affection. The original feminists are the "bra burning", all about female and male equality type of woman. Those who believe that theywill no longer stay at home and cook and clean and take care of the kids while their husbands at work, but will work right next to them in the work place. Levy also writes about the new type of feminists who have emerged from the 21st century:those of the trans-gender and lesbian community. Many see lesbianism as a gross portrayl that two women are just having sex with each other, but the new emerging lesbian feminists see themselves as being more like men. Equal to men.
The book was ok, but I was somewhat dissapointed. In my opinion, the book moves to slow, and Levy needs to write in a way that will intrigue her intended audience.

Question: Describe your definition of Feminism?