Download The Kite Runner Discussion Questions chapters 12 – 15 and more Summaries English Literature in PDF only on Docsity! The Kite Runner Discussion Questions chapters 12 – 15 Directions: First discuss the following questions in your partnership, and then take turns writing responses to the questions. Please write in complete sentences. You will need to write several sentences with specific details for some of the questions. Remember to restate the question in your answer, answer directly, and use details (RAD). Do this on your own paper. 1. Why is General Taheri reluctant to let Amir “court” Soraya? 2. Explain how gender is made an issue in this chapter. What does Amir see as a double standard? 3. This chapter sees great joy and celebration, so why does it end so negatively? (Why might the author be choosing to end the chapter this way?) 4. On p. 173, what simile is used to describe Baba’s happiness (his smile)? Why is this fitting? 5. On page 176-77, how is General Taheri described? Which character does this contrast strongly with? Why do you think Hosseini offers this contrast? 6. How do the tone and ending of chapter 13 differ from the rest of the chapter? Why has this contrast been created? 7. In Chapter 13, Amir thinks about the “bears” his father has wrestled during his lifetime. What “bears” has Baba wrestled? 8. On page 165, Amir says, “I suspected there were many ways in which Soraya Taheri was a better person than me. Courage was just one of them. How is Soraya courageous? Why does Amir feel he was not? 9. Amir notes that emptiness can take on a life of its own and become a “living, breathing thing” (189). How does this relate to both his marriage and his secret? 10. Chapter 14 brings us back to the opening of the book: the telephone call from Rahim Khan. What is Rahim asking Amir to do? 11. Describe Amir’s meeting with Rahim Khan when he arrives in Pakistan. How has Rahim Khan changed? 12. What does Rahim Khan tell Amir about the Taliban? List at least two specific details.
