FOR MACON STATE CLASSES ONLY

Copy and paste the following questions to the body of a Ms Word document, answer them, then, either copy and paste your questions and answers onto an email and send them to my email address OR attach them as a Word document and send them. This will stand in lieu of the quiz over The Kite Runner. 

NOTE: I am not looking for words from the book to answer these questions. I'm looking for your insight after reading the novel and thinking about it. Your response needs to be sent by Sunday evening.  

1. Kahled Hosseini said that, "Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of  lies to arrive at a greater truth."  Explain the greater truth(s) that are drawn from the fictional story in The Kite Runner.

2. Explain the importance of kite flying, kite tournaments and kite running in the Afghanistan in which Amir and Hassan grew up. 

3. Amir says, “History isn’t easy to overcome. Neither is religion. In the end, I was Pashtun and he was Hazara. I was Sunni and he was Shi’a and nothing was ever going to change that.  Nothing” (25).  This prejudice is central to understanding the relationship between Hassan and Amir. It is clear that Hassan and Ali suffer because of the difference in social class, but in what way does Amir suffer as well?

4. Rahim Khan is most like the voice of the author in this book.  What point does he try to impress on Amir in the following quote:  “A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”