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Baba's Birth
"In 1933, the year Baba was born"(Hosseini 24). This quote talks about when Baba was born. -
Amir was born
During the winter of 1963, Amir was born. (Hosseini 1) This shows that Hassan is younger than Amir because Amir was born in 1963 while Hassan was born in 1964. -
Hassan was born
"Hassan was born in the winter of 1964"(Hosseini 6) This quote shows that Hassan is one year younger than Amir. -
Baba Lecture about Stealing
"When you kill a man, you steal a life, you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness" (Hosseini 18). This quote is theme that is widely referred to through the book and in the end baba breaks that rule himself. -
Daoud Khan killed many Afghanistans
"Kabul awoke the next morning to find the monarchy was a thing of the past... in his absence, his cousin Daoud Khan had ended the king's forty-year reign with a bloodless coup".(Hosseini 36) This illustrates how this was the start to Afghanistans fall. -
Hassan gets a lip surgery
"my job is to fix things on people's bodies. Sometimes their faces". "Oh" Hassan said. He looked from Dr. Kumar to Baba to Ali. His hand touched his upper lip.(Hosseini 46) This shows how much Baba cares for a Hazara servant which is unusual for Pashtuns to do. -
Hassan and Amir win the kite running.
"You won Amir aha! You won!" Hassan said. "We won! We won!" was all I could say.(Hosseini 66) This shows how through hard work, practice, and team work Hassan and Amir finally won a kite running contest. -
Russian Tanks kill Afghanistan people
"...and then in December 1979, when Russian tanks would roll into the very same streets where Hassan and I played, bringing the death of Afghanistan I knew..."(Hosseini 36). This shows how the Russians caused more hell after the communist group d'etat came to Afghanistan. -
First Assef altercation
"If you move, they'll have to change your name from Assef the ear eater to one eyed assef because i got this rock pointed to your left eye."(Hosseini 42). This is the first altercation that will lead the Assef raping Hassan. -
9/11
On September 11, 2001 the twin towers were attacked by terrorists.