Blog #3

A couple years later Baba and Amir moved to California. In this section of the book Amir has done nothing to disappoint me. He’s actually being productive. He’s helping his father adjust to the American life. At the age of twenty he finished high school, a little late but hey he did it. He now will go to college to become a writer. I think it’s pretty impressive how he still managed to finish school even after all the obstacles him and his father had to over come. The following summer while working at a swamp meet Amir fell in love with a girl named Soraya. A while after that Baba was diagnosed with cancer. Refusing chemotherapy Baba had only a short time to live. I wasn’t shocked that Baba had chosen to go that route. He’s always been very brave and never wanted to look weak in front people. He hated thinking that people would feel pity for him. After a seizure Baba had seizure Amir knew he really had no time with his father left so he knew he had to have Baba ask for Soraya’s hand in marriage. Soraya’s father accepted. Wow the young boy I started reading about is now engaged! This book is going by too fast!
Afghans display pride in their religion, country, and ancestry. Afghanistan is one of the poorest in the world. 66% of the population lives there on 2 US dollars a day. The official unemployment rate there is 40%. The country’s economy began to improve since 2002 due to infusion of multi-billion US dollars in international assistant and investments.