The Kite Runner: Chapter Summaries, Part 2

The Kite Runner: Chapter Summaries, Part 2

1. Chapter 11

   • New Home
     • Its the 1980's and Amir and Baba are now living in Fremont California, USA
     • Amir gets a new car as result of passing his graduation
     • San Jose flea market small section of Afghan market
   • Older Baba
     • Baba liked the idea of America as it represents strength, but finds it hard to adapt to his new surroundings
     • Baba loses his temper at a shop keeper who asks for an ID
     • Baba has found a job, and hands back food-stamps on the same day as he rejects charity to maintain self-respect
   • Older Amir
     • He sees America as an opportunity to escape his past.
     • Graduates from high school at the age of twenty. Goes to a bar to celebrate, Baba gets drunk
     • Amir stands his ground in refusing to get a 'proper job' rather than studying English and creative writing at college
     • Falls in love with Soraya, General Taheri's daughter

2. Chapter 12

   • Soraya and Amir
     • Amir decides to approach Soraya, they talk and Soraya's mother appears and is pleased to see Amir
     • Soraya tells Amir that when she lived in Virginia, she ran away with an Afghan man and lived with him for a month.
     • Soraya's secret reminds Amir of his secret, and wishes he was as brave as her
   • Baba
     • Diagnosed with lung cancer but doesn't want anyone else to know, however he is rushed to hospital when he collapses in the market
     • Once Baba is discharged from hospital, Amir asks Baba if he would approach the General about Soraya's hand in marriage
     • Baba tells Amir the proposal has been successful, but Soraya wishes to speak with Amir first
   • The General
     • Reminds Amir that the people of the market are always reporting back to him whilst he is not there

3. Chapter 13

   • Baba's Death
   • Soraya's and Amir's Future
   • Marriage
     • Amir and his father go to the Taheri