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-Zahir Shah becomes king of Afghanistan
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-Amir was born
-Mother died giving birth to him
-Was taken care of by a nurseing woman that Baba (Amir's dad) hired -
-Hassam was born
-Born with a cleft lip
-Mother ran away 5 days later, refused to touch him
-Born to a Shi'a Father and Sunni Mother -
-Formed a brother-ship
-A is from a rich family
-H is from the family that is the servent to A's Famliy
-Fed by the same breast
-H looked up to A
-H followed in A's footsteps
-Class Conflict foreshadowed to be a major player in the event of Winter 1975 -
-Amir is jealous of the orphaned kids
-Baba proves people wrong by succeeding -
-Amir writes his first story about a man who's tears turn into pearls
-Hassan give constructive criticism and Amir feels resent. -
-Gunshots erupt on the street, and Afghanistan becomes a republic
-Assef, a notorious bully, try's to beat up Amir but Hassan saves him
-Around the same time Hassan as a birthday present gets plastic surgery and his lip is fixed -
-Referenced repeatedly throughout the text
-Described as a turning point in the character's life
-Winter of 1975 -
-The districts set up a game for the children, kite running, and Amir and Hassan seem to win
-Amir is out searching for Hassan who went off to find the last kite
Amir finds that Assef traped Hassan but he does nothing, then Assef rapes Hassan -
-After the rape, Amir stops talking to Hassan for a while intill he brings Hassan up to a pomegranate tree
-At the tree Amir pelts Hassan with fruit asking him to hit him back, etc. -
-Amir reflects on what happened in the winter of 1975
-Lives in San Fransisco, used to in Kabul
-Storytime with Amir starts