Blog #2

After the whole rape incident the boys both pretended that Amir hadn’t seen anything. Hassan didn’t tell anyone about what happened. This tells me that Hassan really did love Amir. Even though Amir didn’t deserve it, this tells me that Hassan was still protecting him. I feel so much compassion for Hassan character. I just wish he wouldn’t let people walk over him like he does. Even though they pretended nothing was wrong they still cut communication. The thing that gets to me is that it’s not because Hassan wanted it this was, but because Amir did. Amir planted some of the presents he got for his thirteen birthdays in Hassan’s home to make it look like he had stolen, hoping that when Baba found out he would throw him out along with Ali his father. Hassan knew it was Amir who placed the things there, but told Baba he took them. Even though Baba begged them to stay Hassan and his father still left. Amir is a coward. He couldn’t stand to see Hassan everyday and live with what he did and took the easy way out. Now I really don’t like him and respect Hassan for what he did.
Five years the Russian army had invaded Kabul. Kabul became too dangerous to live in so Baba and Amir abandoned Kabul, their destination being Pakistan. Arriving at a check point along the way a Russian would let them pass until he had thirty minutes with a married woman that was on board. Baba being the honorable man that he his refused to let that happen and stood up to the soldier and his gun. I don’t understand how a man with such honor can have a kid with little morals like Amir
Over 100,000 soviet troops took part in the invasion by another one hundred thousand and by members of the Parcham faction. This was the only way to bolster the Parcham faction. The Soviet occupation resulted in the killing of between six hundred thousands and two million Afghan civilians. Over 5 million fled their country to Pakistan, Iran, and other parts of the world. With huge international pressure and great numbers of problems on both sides, the Soviet withdrew in 1989.