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Baba's nobility
Amir learns about all the noble deeds his father has done. His respect for him is portrayed when he finds out that "in the late 1960s, when I was five or six, Baba decided to buiild an orphanage" (13). -
Where Sanaubar went
Sanaubar has been a big mystery to the reader. All we know about her is that she "had eloped with a band of singers and dancers in 1964, just after she had given birth to Hassan" (210). -
Amir descirbes influential moment in his life
Amir describes this flashback because it explains that "I [Amir] became what I am today at the age of twelve, ona frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975" (Hosseini 1). -
Hassan and Amir kite running
Amir recalls one of the last happy memories he had with Hassan as the "winter of 1975, I saw Hassan run a kite for the last time" (55). This event is one that AMir wil reflect on throughout the book when recalling happier times. -
Amir foreshadows political changes
Amir says he "turned thirteen that summer of 1976, Afghanistan's next to last summer of peace and anonymity" (93). This previews that things are rocky politically in Afghanistan and are about to get much worse. -
Amir and Baba still in Kabul
Amir and Baba are getting restless and frightened in Afghanistan. They desperately want to got to America. They express their discomofrt when Amir says that "in 1980... we were still in Kabul" (126). -
Baba and Amir in Fremont, California
Amir and Baba are living in Fremont and he describes a day of their life when he says "one Sunday in the spring of 1983 I walked into a small book-store that sold used paperbacks, next to the Indian movie theatre just west of where Amtrak crossed Fremont Boulevard" (127). -
Soraya is infertile
Soraya and Amir are forced to break the news to Soraya's parents that the couple is infertile. This hearbreaking news is delivered on an "early evening in Mrach 1991" (186). -
Rahim Khan's accounts
Rahim Kan tells Amir what life is like when "the Northern Alliance ttok over Kabul between 1992 and 1996, different factions claimed different parts of Mabul... people just stayed put, prayed the next rocket wouldn't hit their home" (199). Amir learns about all the fighting and horrors he missed when he came to America. -
Anarchy takes charge after Soviets depart
The soviet forces in Afghanistan finally leave. The power was
now up for grabs but was established with people when the , "power was anarchically divided among cojmpeting warlords and individual fiefdoms. But one group would eventually gain control" (NYT 23). -
Taliban arrive
Afghanistan's political fate changes hands once again. Rahim Khan describes when "we [Hassan and Rahim Khan] all celebrated in 1996 when the Taliban rolled in and put an end to the daily fighting" (213). -
Amir an Sohrab arrive in California
Amir and Sohrab arrive home after rescuing Sohrab from Kabul. When they get home on a "warm day in August 2001. Soraya picked us up at the airport. I had never been away from Soraya for so long" (357). Soraya, Amir, and Sohrab's life togther is now beggining. -
Al Qaeda Attack
Terrorist attack on World Trade Center in New York City. Started America's involvement in Afghanistan. The President at the ti8me knew he had to take action when he asked, "the Taliban an ultimatum to hand over Mr. bin Laden...the Untited States joined forces with rebel groups that had accepted Taliban rule" (NYT 3). -
Amir and Sohrab go kite flying
Amir and his family go to a park and "on a cool rainy day in March 2002, a small, wondrous thing happened" (363). Amir and Sohrab connect and both their lives strat to take a turn for the better. -
Obama's Address
Obama gives a speech that addresses his plans for the American troops in Afghanistan. He explains, "Mr. Obama announced his plan to deploy 30,000 additional troops. He vowed to start bringing American forces in the country until at least the end of 2011" (NYT 4).