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Event 1
Hassan and Amir compete in the kite running contest. Amir ends up winning, and Hassan catches the last kite that fell. Hassan, in order to keep the last kite, gets raped by Assef in the alley. Amir watches and does nothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5S47aSlezs -
Event 2
Baba has a bad cough and a stuffy nose. His illness gets to the point where he is coughing up blood. Amir takes him to the doctor. Baba is diagnosed with Oat Cell Carcinoma, an advanced an inoperable cancer. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/280104-overview -
Event 3
Amir tells Baba to go ask General Taheri for his daughters hand. Baba calls him and he agrees to meet with him the next day. General Taheri and Soraya say yes. Soroya confesses to Amir that she has already been with a man. -
Event 4
Amir and Soraya are in their house. Amir gets a phone call from Rahim Khan. Rahim Khan tells him that he knows about what happened to Hassan in the alley. He tells Amir that there is a way to be good again. -
Event 5
Rahim Khan finds Hassan and his family; he is extremely happy to see him. Rahim tells them to move into Baba's old house. Hassan finally agrees to go, but he moves into the mud hut rather than the house, out of respect for Amir. Hassan fixes the house up. -
Event 6
Amir goes to Afghanistan to rescue Sohrab. There he meets with a Taliban, who is also an executioner, which has Sohrab. In order for him to get the kid back he must fight with Assef. In the end, Sohrab ends up saving him. Amir is very hurt, almost dying, but he is taken to a hospital. -
Event 7
Amir is at the hospital recieving treatment for his injuries. He can barely move. Sohrab and him play cards. Sohrab is very quiet. He doesn't talk to Amir a lot. -
Event 8
Sohrab and Amir are at a huge mosque. Sohrab begins to cry and asks Amir if god will forgive him for what he did to Assef. Sohrab believes he is "dirty". Amir explains to him that, just like his dad, he too saved Amir from Assef. -
Event 9
Amir and Sohrab begin to get along more. They talk about their family and homes. Also, they go out to places together. Amir asks Sohrab if he would go live with them in America. At this point, Amir calls Soraya and tells her everything. She is happy about adopting Sohrab. -
Event 10
Amir gets a phone call for Soraya. She explains to him that she has found a way for Amir to bring Sohrab to America. They will be able to adopt him. Amir and Soraya are very happy. Amir goes to tell Sohrab, but he realizes he had tried to commit suicide. He takes him to a hospital. He is saved.
