Assignment: Tuesday, 11/2: Reading Response: the end of The Kite Runner

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10-A (H)
2021-11-02T01:38:37Z

Due: Nov 2, 2021 by 11:59pm

By now, you should have finished reading The Kite Runner. If you have not finished the book, do that now. (Here is a link to a teacher reading Chapter 25 on YouTube. If you have ear buds with you today, you can listen and read along if you like.)

If you have finished, you should spend the period completing the reading response questions below. Submit your responses to Canvas when you are finished. If you have not finished reading The Kite Runner yet, you need to do that first!

Pick THREE of the questions below and respond to them. Include quotes from The Kite Runner (from anywhere in the book, not just Chapter 25) in each of your responses!

1. Consider the story of Amir and Hassan. How might their story -- of love, betrayal, and redemption -- reflect the history of Afghanistan? (You can check the history notes from 10/11 if you want.)

2. How did you feel about the violence throughout the book? What was Hosseini's intent in creating such a brutal novel?

3. Looking back, was Baba right to be so critical of Amir?

4. Think back to Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development. Does anyone do anything in the novel purely for Stage 5-6 reasons? Do you believe anyone does, in real life?

5. What level of moral development has Amir reached by the end of the story?

6. If he knew every detail of Amir’s life story, do you think Sohrab should forgive Amir?

7. Was the ending a happy one?

Homework: Finish the reading response questions on Canvas.

By now, you should have finished reading The Kite Runner. If you have not finished the book, do that now. (Here is a link to a teacher reading Chapter 25 on YouTube. If you have ear buds with you today, you can listen and read along if you like.)

If you have finished, you should spend the period completing the reading response questions below. Submit your responses to Canvas when you are finished. If you have not finished reading The Kite Runner yet, you need to do that first!

Pick THREE of the questions below and respond to them. Include quotes from The Kite Runner (from anywhere in the book, not just Chapter 25) in each of your responses!

1. Consider the story of Amir and Hassan. How might their story -- of love, betrayal, and redemption -- reflect the history of Afghanistan? (You can check the history notes from 10/11 if you want.)

2. How did you feel about the violence throughout the book? What was Hosseini's intent in creating such a brutal novel?

3. Looking back, was Baba right to be so critical of Amir?

4. Think back to Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development. Does anyone do anything in the novel purely for Stage 5-6 reasons? Do you believe anyone does, in real life?

5. What level of moral development has Amir reached by the end of the story?

6. If he knew every detail of Amir’s life story, do you think Sohrab should forgive Amir?

7. Was the ending a happy one?

Homework: Finish the reading response questions on Canvas.