Tuesday

FINAL REFLECTION!!

I auctually really liked this book. I liked how Khandra was so real with the characters. It made you feel like you would if you auctually were that person. I never knew that Afghanistan was this violent. I thought that public executions were a thing of the past...but I guess not. I liked this book because it gave insight on how different our cultures really are, and it made me realize just how lucky I am to be living in America, even though I may not think it all the time. I also liked how the characters didn't meet until very late in the book. It made you want to keep reading because you knew it was going to happen eventually, you just didn't know when or how. I liked the twists and turns that the story took, too. I definitely never would have predicted that Mohsen died. If anyone, I would have predicted Zunaira would have been the one to be killed by her husband. I would have continued the ending just a little more if I was the author, so it is known for sure just what happens to Atiq. I think that he dies, but I am not sure. Just a couple more sentences, and I think I would have been satisfied. Overall, though, I really liked this book, and I am interested to read The Kite Runner, since the two are supposedly similar.

2 comments:

Irish said...

You sound surprised to actually have liked the book? It was recommended to me by another teacher a few months back, and I think I'm going to keep using it each year. It really gives the reader a "realistic" look at life under the Taliban.

Mrs. Slaugenhoup read Kite Runner, so you may want to ask her what she thought of it. If you do end up reading it, I would hope you'd give me a review of what you thought about it? I know they made it into a movie, but you know how the movie always is a let-down compared to the book right?

Yeah, the book does twist and turn, and it was a good read. I'm not sure I'd have Atiq die in the end, but it seems as if we never really do learn of the girl's fate. Does she get away? Does Zunaira leave the country? She may even commit suicide now that Mohsen is dead due to her own hands?

Nice blog, you did fine.

Mr. Farrell

Unknown said...

Thank you very much for your blog. I used your notes to help me understand the book as I am not that much of a reader LOL. I hope you are proud of yourself.