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Hassan has surgery to fix his cleft lip its an 11th birthday present from Baba
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Hassan and Amir win the kite flying tournament. Hassan runs the last kite and he is cornered by Assef and his friends. Assef rapes Hassan and Amir just watches and does nothing to help him
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Amir's 13th birthday is celebrated with Baba throwing him a birthday party Assef gives Amir a book on Hitler and Hassan is serving at the party. Later on once Amir has unwrapped his birthday presents he frames Hassan for stealing his watch and money to get rid of him because he feels guilty. Baba forgives Hassan but him and Ali decide to leave and quit working for Baba. Ali knows what happened to Hassan
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The Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir leave without telling anyone as everyone keeps turning on eachother. They go to Jalalabad and from there to Peshawar Pakistan
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Baba and Amir arrive in San Francisco. Baba has a job at the gas station he's been reduced from this highly influential character to a normal person.
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Baba takes him to the bar to get a drink and ends up buying drinks for everyone.Baba is proud of Amir which was a rare sighting during his childhood
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Baba and Amir start selling things at the flea market there they meet General Taheri and his daughter Soraya
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Amir finally talks to Soraya for the first time discovering that she likes to read and would like to read his book. Baba is ill and Amir takes him to the hospital despite his protests they find out that Baba has lung cancer
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Amir gets married to Soraya they had to bring the wedding closer due to Baba's illness. Soraya moves in with Amir instead of getting their own house so that she can help him look after Baba whist he works. One night Baba doesn't ask for his medication he later dies in his sleep
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in the summer of 1988 Amir finishes his first book, he eventually got published by a man named Martin Greenwalt. Him and Soraya start trying for a baby, they went through a series of tests an procedures such as IVF but Soraya still couldn't conceive
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This chapter corresponds with the beginning of the book when Rahim Khan calls to tell Amir to come to Pakistan. He tells Amir that 'there is a way to be good again' suggesting he knows all about Amir's secrets