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Amir is born
Hassan was born "just one year after [Amir's] motherdied giving birth to [him]" (6). These two boys were destined to be great friends from the begining. They were born one year apart in the same house. They were given a soulmate and protector from a young age. -
Hassan is born
When Hassan was born, his mother's first words to his father were, "Now you have your own idiot child to do all your smilign for you!" (10). From birth, Hassan's mother never loved him. This would've been hard for him not knowing why his mother left him 5 days after he was born. -
Baba's orphanage is complete
After the grand opening of Baba's orphanage people came by and "tousled [Amir's] hair and shook [Amir's] hand too. [He] was so proud of Baba, of [them]" (15). Amir loved that people recognized him as Baba's son. He knew Baba was a important figure and had high socieoeconomic status. Amir was very proud of his father for the honorable contribution ot the community and that he was recognized as the son of an important man. -
Amir wins the kite contest
Amir wanted to win the kite contest for many reasons. One of them being that he wanted to be "looked at, not seen, listened to, not heard" (64) by Baba and others. Amir belived that this would win him Baba's affection and praise. Being viewed as good at something was also imporant to Amir. -
Hassan Gets Raped
After Amir won the kite contest, Hassan went to run the kite for him. When Assef cornered Hassan and asked for the kite Hassan responded, "Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly. This is his kite" (72). Assef would do almost anything to get what he wanted. Hassan wanted to give the kite to Amir, not to Assef. Assef did not like this, so he decided to rape Hassan. -
Amir puts the money under Hassan's pillow to get him kicked out
When Hassan told Baba that he did infact steal Amir's money and watch Amir felt "like [he]'d been slapped. [His] heart sank and [he] almost blurted out the truth" (105). Amir set Hassan up so that him and Ali would have to leave because he was mad with how much stttention Hassan was recieving. Amir almost felt enough guilt to admit, but he did not have a strong enough character yet. -
Afghans experience thee start of extremism and violence.
Before people talked about Afghanistan, it used to be "stable, relatively prosperous and [a] relatively secular country" (2) -
Soviet Troops Arrive in Afghanistan
Afghanistan was invaded for the first time when "the first Soviet troops parachuted into Kabul.." (2). -
Amir and Baba flee from Kabul to Pakistan
Amir always thought Baba was dissapointed him him. When they were in the truck going to Pakistan, Amir started to get car sick. He thought Baba saw it as "yet another of [his] array of weaknesses" (110). He has very low self esteem and thinks that everybody is always dissapointed with him. This is a problem because he will suffer with this his whole life. -
Baba and Amir arrive in America
As if Baba and Amir were not different enough in America, 'Baba was the lone republican in [their] building" (129). Just because they were in a different country, Baba and Amir stayed strong minded and upheld the same beliefs. This shows that even if they were hated upon, Baba and Amir would stand tall and keep their beliefs. -
Amir graduates from high school
When Amir graduated from high school Baba was "moftakhir...Proud. is eyes gleaned when they said that and I liked being on the recieving end of that look" (131). The transition from Afghanistan was hard on Baba and Amir. However, they were both determined to pick up their life where they left off. It was hard at times, but Amir sucessfuly finished high school. It is hard to be an immigrant in an American high school, but Amir suceeded. Baba was very proud of him which was all Amir wanted. -
Amir and Soraya get Married
At their wedding ceremony Amir and Soraya were placed under a veil with a mirror. Soraya was smiling in the mirror and "in the momentary privacy of the veil, [Amir] whispered to her for the first time that [he] loved her. A blush, red like henna, bloomed on her cheeks" (171). Amir was so happy he had found his true love. It can be very exciting for two people when they finally meet the one. It was also very special for Amir becuase eventhough his father was sick, he was still there. -
Baba dies
Soon after Amir got married, Baba died in his sleep. That night he decided that there was "no pain [that night]...Baba never woke up"(173). Baba lived a full life. He had a large impact on the community in Kabul with his orphanage. When Amir and Baba were in America they always lived with integrity and werwe good members of the community. Baba was also able to witness his firstborn son get married right before he died. -
Afghanistan is free of troops
After 10 years of troops invading the Afghan's homes "the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989" (2). -
Amir's first book is published
Once Amir finds out his book is going to be published he he starts "thinking of Baba whishing he could have seen [Amir]" (183). Amir alwa\ys wanted to impress Baba and make him proud. Amir was sad because he knew that this would make Baba proud. Amir and Baba still had a close relationship despite the harships they went through together. -
Pakistani Intellicenge Officers assist the Taliban
The Taliban began recieving "arms, money, and supplies..." (3) from the Pakistani intelligence officers. -
Afghanistan has many bitter conflicts between different groups since the Soviets are gone.
The Afghan's didn't know what to do because "the power was anarchially divided among competing warlords" (2). -
Taliban take control of Afghanistan
Once the Taliban have control, they begin to "impos[e] strict enforcements of fundamentalistic Islamic law, ban movies and music and forc[e] women out of schools and into all-enveloping burqua clothing" (3). -
Amir finds out Rahim Khan is sick and that he needs to go to Pakistan
After Amir talked to Rahim Khan and found out that he was sick "a fist clenched inside [him]" (191). Rahim Khan and Amir had not talked to each other for over 10 years. However, as soon as Amir heard that he was sick he knew he had to go to Pakistan. Sometimes special relationships with people will never go away. Once the relationship is established it is almost impossible to get rid of. This is what happened to Amir, he couldn't just stand by as Rahim Khan. -
Amir decides to get Sohrab from the orphanage
When Amir found out about Sohrab all he could think about was his "brother's face. Hassan had loved [Amir] once, loved [him] in a way that no one ever had or ever would again. He was gone now, but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul" (227). Amir did not want to go get Sohrab because it was so dangerous. However, he knew that Sohrab was his nephew and needed help. Amir sucessfully atoned to Hassan for the first time with this action. -
Amir and Sohrab arrive home
Amir was very uncertian about bringing Sohrab back as they go home he thought that he was "lifting [Sohrab from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertanty" (356). It was hard for Amir because he knew that it would be hard for Sohrab no matter what. However, maybe the turmoil of uncertanty in the end was better. Sohrab needed to get away Afghanistan because it reminded him to much of his parents, so Amir did the right thing. -
9/11 attack takes place.
After the 9/11 attack took place, "Bush gave the Talibam an ultimatum to hand over Mr. bin Laden" (3) because he was a threat to the US and other countries. -
United States Become Militarily Involved
The NYT article stated that, "The United States has been militairly involved in Afghanistan since 2001..." (1) -
Hamid Karzai was elected president for a 5 year term
The new president, Mr. Karzai, was "a supporter and relative of Mohammed Zahir Shah, the exiled former king of Arghanistan" (3). -
General Petraeus took charge of the United States Cental Command.
Petraeus was in charge of "military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and across the region" (4).