Blog #9

So Amir was unconscious in the hospital for two whole days due to the beating Assef gave him. I like that Amir doesn’t feel bad for himself he understands that he’s paying for the mistakes he made in the past and accepts taking responsibility. Rahim had tricked Amir. Rahim Klan’s intensions weren’t for Amir to take Sohrab to a safe place with another American family, but for Amir to take to America. I can promise I knew this was what was going to happen. That part of the book was so predictable. Here we go again with the over dramatic obstacles. Sohrab’s visa was rejected because Amir can’t prove that Sohrab is an orphan. Afghanistan is a county in ruins, what makes them think they keep track of all their dead when they have so many? Soraya, Amir’s wife had connections with some INS workers so she was able to get him a humanitarian visa. Fearing that he might have to go back to an orphanage, Sohrab attempted to commit suicide. Sohrab was rushed to the hospital. I don’t blame him for trying to take his life. At 12 years old, Sohrab has gone through things even a grown adult shouldn’t be put through.
99% of Afghans are Muslims. There was a small Jewish community in Afghanistan, but they fled the country when the Soviet Union invaded the country.