So far, this book has exceeded my expectations. Right now, Amir and his father are in America. His father, Baba, has been working at a gas station since they got there. This same father was once one of the richest men in Kabul with a black mustang car and a huge house. Amir is going to school and living the California life except he can't escape his memories of Hassan. America is an open door of opportunities but it still isn't able to get rid of Amir's memories of Hassan. When Baba mentions Hassan, Amir feels like "a pair steel hands closed around [his] windpipe at the sound of Hassan's name. [He] rolled down the window. waited for the steel hands to loosen their grip" (134).That quote was so extremely visual for me and it made a huge metaphorical connection. Amir's grief after what happen makes him feel like there is steel hands trying to choke him. He can barely live with himself. Later in my reading, Amir actually is love-stricken by a girl. He is so incredibly nervous and scared to talk to her and he "promised [him]self that [he] would talk to her before the summer was over, but schools reopened, the leaves reddened, yellowed, and fell, the rains of winter swept in and wakened Baba's joints, baby leaves sprouted once more, and [he] still hadn't had the heart, the dil, to even look her in the eye" (144). This quote really jumped off the page for me because it can be true for anyone and it really allows you to relate to Amir. Everyone is scared to talk to someone they have a crush on--they're afraid of embarrassing themselves, not saying the right thing, and so many other things. This quote shows Amir's true nature and his relatable nature to everyone else in the world--it shows his true human nature. And I'm off to more reading...
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