The Kite Runner Questions Period 2

The Kite Runner Questions Directions. Answers for each of the following must be writtn out at the beginning of class. Additionally, name essays are due on Tuesday. The following questions are based on reading up to page 73. 1. Explain the signficance and the irony, even of Hassan's favorite story "Rostam and Sorab"? 2. What happens politically to Afgahnistan in 1978 and then in 1979? 3. Who is Assef? Explain his views of Amir, his father, and the Hazara people. Why does he think Amir is worse than the Hazara's themselves? 4. Why is it symbolic that Hassan has a slingshot? What religious symbolism is there in a slingshot?