The Kite Runer & A Thousand Splendid Suns

Reading these two books was not just helped me get extra credit, but it helped me understand people from that part of the world more. We complain about not having it easy, complian about petty thing we need to fix, and we complain about our government. Mostly because we really don't witness event that are happening in other countries. People like the the character in The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns wish they could be complaining about the stuff that we so foolishly complain about. Instead they worry about suicide bombs and stray bullets. If we were to live in countries like Afghanistan I'm sure that we would learn to appreciate what we have a whole lot more.

Blog #9

April 2003 the people have started to rebuild Kabul. The new family has rented a two bedroom house. Tariq has found a job. Both the kids attend school. Laila has become a teacher. She teaches at the same orphanage she was once forced to leave Aziza in. The book ended with Laila once again pregnant. War, hunger, anarchy, and oppression is the reason why for almost three decades Afghans refugee crisis has been one of the more severe around the globe. A thousand splendid suns was a way better book the The kite runner. It has everything that I look for in a book grief, romance, trouble, and a happy ending

Blog #8

Mariam and Laila both knew that the murder of Rasheed could simply be forgotten, so Mariam took it upon herself to figure out a plan. Mariam would turn herself in while Laila and the kids would leave with Tariq to Pakistan. The plan was successfully carried out. Mariam was executed and Laila along with the kids left Kabul to Pakistan with Tariq. As soon as they arrived to Pakistan Laila and Tariq got married. They worked as janitors at a hotel. Laila had regained the freedom she lost when she married Rasheed. Laila lived a happy life in Pakistan, but knew they all had to go back to Kabul to help rebuild the city now that the Taliban no longer ruled the city. The idea of going back to the place that caused them so much pain is not one that I would agreed with. The Afghans have thought that war was over plenty of time only to find out that a new warlord has defeated the last dictator to become the next.

Blog #7

Reality is Tariq was never dead. Rasheed had paid a man to lie to Laila just so he could lure her into marrying him. Tariq after getting out of prison went back to Kabul for Laila. He found out about her life. That laila is a married woman with children, the oldest being his.Aziza was sent to an orphanage, because Rasheed’s shoe store had burnt done and had no money to feed them all. Tariq and Laila agreed to visit her when Rasheed left to work the next day. Rasheed found out of Tariq’s return and intended to kill Laila. What I predicted happened just not exactly how I thought it would. Mariam couldn’t stand to see Rasheed take away Laila’s life so she shoved a shovel into his forehead. Well Tariq’s arrival was a surprising shock. But I for some reason didn’t discard the possibility of him returning. With Rasheed dead I think they will all feel free to escape with Tariq.

Blog #6

There is talk about all the new warlords and the arrival of the Taliban. They talked of all the rules set for both men and women. The girls tried escaping one spring morning, but because the Taliban wouldn’t allow women to travel alone they were caught. Of course Rasheed severely punished them. Later Laila gave birth to Rasheed’s son. They named him Zalmai. Zalmai is Rasheed’s pride and joy and see no need for Aziza. Laila knows Rasheed is trying to get rid of Aziza, so she knows she has to act quick. I have a feeling they’re going to try to run away this time being more successful or Laila is going to kill Rasheed.

Blog #5

Part three of the book I assumed could just go back to Mariam’s character, but I was wrong. Part three shifts back and fourth from Mariam and Laila. Now is when I take back everything I said in blog #3. I feel stupid for saying that! Laila wakes up to the care of her neighbors Mariam and her husband Rasheed. Laila wake up an orphan. One day a man comes looking for Laila to let her know that while Tariq was driving towards the border a rocket hit his lorry. Tariq died three weeks later. Laila later found out she was pregnant so she accepted Rasheeds offer to marry. mariam was not happy about this. Since the arrival of Laila, Rasheed mistreated Mariam worse then before. Laila gave birth to a daughter she named Aziza. She made Rasheed believe the baby was his, but in reality Aziza belonged to Tariq. Laila started planning an escape, stealing small amounts of money from Rasheed’s wallet. Mariam had become fond of Aziza and was no longer a enemy to Laila. I have a feeling that when the girls escape Mariam will join them. Never has a book touched me like this book. Reading this book has made me feel things that I just can’t explain. I giggled and laughed when Laila and Tariq first spoke of liking each other, I was shocked when they all so suddenly had sex, felt sick when he left her, and my knees weakened when I found out Tariq was dead exactly like they did when the doctors talked my family and I that my uncle was dead.

Blog #4

Now Laila is eleven. Laila, her family, Tariq, and a friend all went to the city to witness the last of the Soviet convoys exit the city. Three years after that when Laila turned 14 the day her mammy was waiting for came, Najibullah surrendered. The next day she left her room and resumed her household duties. Now that Laila and Tariq are both older, Tariq being fourteen, they both now see themselves differently. Quickly things changed Kabul was no longer a safe city. Bombs, landmines, stray bullets, missels, and every weapon imaginable filled the streets of Kabul. Many of Kabul’s residents fled. Mariam even decided to home school her. Now it was Tariq and his families turn to leave Kabul. Someway some while Tariq was telling Mariam the news they ended up having sex! I don’t know how I feel about that decision. I mean he is the love of her life but they don’t know if they’ll ever see each other again. Seventeen days after Tariq left Babi, Mairma’s dad finally convinced her mom to leave. They were all so excited packing when a missal hits there house. Next she’s semi unconscious lying in a hospital bed. Never mind I take back what I said before, she does have a hard life.