Monday 15 October 2012

Chapter 9 and 10 summary

Chapter 9
-Amir opens his presents the day after the party
-He thinks either him or Hassan has to leave
-Ali gives Amir his present, it is a new version of the Shahnamah
-The next morning Amir takes his birthday money and the watch Baba gave him and puts them under Amir's pillow.
-Hassan lies and says he did steal the money and watch, but Baba forgives him.
-Ali says that he and Hassan are leaving, Baba pleads for them to stay but Ali refuses.
-Hassan and Ali leave, Amir watches them go.

Chapter 10
-Amir and Baba are in a truck with others trying to escape Kabul in March 1981.
-A Russian soldier says he will only let the truck pass if he can have half an hour with her. Baba sticks up for the woman, the soldier is about to shoot Baba when another soldier comes in and stops him by killing him. The woman's husband is grateful and kisses Baba's hands.
-When they arrive in Jalalabad to switch trucks they are informed that it has broken down. Baba attacks Karim, the driver, for not telling them earlier.
-The group stay in Jalalabad a week waiting for the truck.
- Kamal (One of Assef's henchmen) is with them, and Amir over hears his father speaking to Baba about Kaml being caught by 4 men, and bleeding from 'down there' when he returned, suggesting that he was raped. 
-Finally a truck arrives to take them to Pakistan, it is a fuel truck so it is full of fumes and thick air, making it hard to breath.
-When they arrive in Pakistan they find Kamal has died. Kamal's father becomes frantic and shoots himself with Karim's gun, before anyone can stop him.

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