Reader's Blog: The Tell-Tale Heart

Pg. 303

      "It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived  it haunted me day and night."

-To me this is something a criminal or someone who's mentally unstable (by society's standards) would say. Like if they're convicted and then they're asked what they were thinking when they committed the crime, that's what they would say. Honestly, I can't possibly imagine how someone could be so passionate, if that's even the correct term, when it comes to a sick idea such as the one he had. Actually, when it comes to the idea of murder in general. I don't- I can't comprehend how someone can be driven to commit such an act. Like wow no oreos for you, ever, you ugly sicko.

Reader's Blog: Kite Runner

Pg. 49

       "I love wintertime in Kabul. I loved it for the soft pattering of snow against my window at night, for the way fresh snow crunched under my black rubber boots, for the warmth of the cast-iron stove as the wind screeched through the yards, the streets."

-I love the imagery that you get from this quote. You can actually picture it in your head perfectly. Well, since I live here in Texas, I don't really know what snow feels like, but I'm sure it feels all soft! But in all seriousness, you really can just close your eyes and see all the white snow around the place.

Reader's Blog; Kite Runner

Pg. 46

         "I wished I too had some type of scar that would beget Baba's sympathy. It wasn't fair. Hassan hadn't done anything to earn Baba's affections; he'd just been born with that stupid harelip."

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I have many conflicting feelings about this quote.
For one, I can see why Amir is jealous of Hassan. I mean, after all, it "was" Amir's dad, so naturally he should get some lovin' from him, right? So to see that the "servant" was getting more attention that his actual son would be pretty upsetting.
But then again, I can think about it from another point of view and just all that comes to mind is "Amir, dude, you have to calm down." It's always going to be his father in the end, but can't he just let Hassan have this one win? And on his birthday of all days.
Amir's the type of character that I want to both hug and hit with a shovel. This kid....

Reader's Blog: Kite Runner

Pg. 46

          "I knew that when doctors said it wouldn't hurt, that's when you knew you were in trouble. With dread, I remember my circumcision the year prior. The doctor had given me the same line, reassured me it wouldn't hurt one bit. But when the numbing medicine wore off later that night, it felt like someone had pressed a red hot coal to my loins. Why Baba waited until I was ten to have me circumcised was beyond and one of the things I will never forgive him for."

-Even though I'm not a boy, I feel real bad for Amir. I've hear a lot of stories (don't ask why) about circumcisions and apparently they're....pretty bad. I wrote down this quote not to talk about how gross the topic is and say things like "Ewww! Why would the author bring that up!?". Nu uh. I wrote it down because it reminded me of what the boys in Turkey go through. At 10 years of age or so, boys get a big party thrown for them, and next thing they know, they're off to get circumcised. I thought it related to each other so why not?

Reader's Blog; Kite Runner

Pg. 41

         "How can you call him your 'friend?' 
But he's not my friend! I almost blurted out. He's my servant! Had I really thought that? Of course I hadn't. I hadn't. I treated Hassan well, just like a friend, better even, more like a brother. Bit if so, then why, when Baba's friends came to visit with their kids, didn't I ever included Hassan in our games? Why did I play with Hassan only when no one else was around?"

-I just had to include this because I made a previous entry where Amir says that Hassan is just an illiterate Hazara and will be nothing but a cook.
This is a moment where I would say, "Whoa hold the phone, stop the clock, Amir say what?"
I find it a bit hypocritical and rude of Amir to be saying those things, like if he actually cares about Hassan that much. Then he goes around and calls him illiterate and what not. Not cool. :|

Reader's Blog; Kite Runner

Pg. 38

          "His word was law, and if you needed a little legal education, then those brass knuckles were just the right teaching tool. I saw him use those knuckles once on a kid from the Karteh-Char district. I will never forget how Assef's blue eyes glinted with a light not entirely sane and how he grinned, how he grinned as he pummeled that poor kid unconscious."

-This quote just made me think of how sick and just completely insane some people can be. Assef may be just a character in the book that's meant to terrorize Amir and Hassan, but when you just think about it, there are actually some people that do things like beat up others or even worse just for the pure thrill of it. That's pretty sick and demented if you ask me.

Reader's Blog; Kite Runner

Pg. 34

        " It appeared that on the same night I had learned about one of writing's objectives, irony, I would also be introduced to one of its pitfalls: the Plot Hole. Taught by Hassan, of all people. Hassan, who couldn't read and had never written a single word in his entire life. A voice, cold and dark, suddenly whispered in my ear, What does he know, that illiterate Hazara? He'll never be anything but a cook. How dare he criticize you?"
- My first time reading this went a little like this: "Oh WHOAH WHOAH WHOAAA THERE, AMIR. Hassan's your BEST FRIEND. Why are you going around thinking stuff like that??? So who cares if he out smarted you? You poopoo head!" But then once I calmed down from my rage and stopped ranting, I thought about it more and realized that I would have probably thought something somewhat similar to what Amir was just thinking. I mean, we all have that horrible little voice inside our heads that says mean things, so I can't really judge Amir too much on this. Although I do think he went a little too far with the whole illiterate Hazara comment.