1. Prelim Revision
Key Quotations

2. The Kite Runner
Amir’s actions are the result of his need for the love that Baba doesn’t show him.
‘Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay in order to win over Baba’.
‘The blue kite, my key to Baba’s heart’
‘I knew Baba hated me a little’
‘I think maybe you’ll win the tournament this year’
‘Seeing Baba on that roof proud of me at last.’
‘In his arms I forgot what I had done and that was good.’
‘I wanted Baba all to myself’.
‘There is a way to be good again.’

3. Hassan is a willing victim – Amir takes advantage of this.
‘For you a thousand times over’
‘I saw his face, saw the resignation in it.’
‘Maybe Hassan was the price I had …’
‘Hassan didn’t struggle, didn’t even whimper’.
‘I ran because I was a coward’
‘I pretended I hadn’t seen the dark stain in the seat of his pants or those tiny drops that fell from between his legs and stained the snow black.’
‘Those thorny barbs of guilt bore into me once more, as if speaking his name had broken a spell, set them free to torment me anew.’

4. Setting is important as shows innocence of childhood through to guilt of adult years.
‘Blue skies stood tall and far, the sun like a branding iron searing the back of your neck.’
‘The sky is a seamless blue, the snow so white my eyes burn.’
‘A havoc of scrap and rubble littered the alley’
‘I thought I had forgotten about this land. But I hadn’t. Under the bony glow of a half moon I sensed Afghanistan humming under my feet.’
‘Discarded toys among the rocks.’

5. Revision Questions What is the effect of setting on the story?
What is the effect of relationships on the story?
Which character has the greatest effect on the novel?
What effect does returning to Afghanistan have on Amir? Why does he do it?

6. Douglas Dunn
Second Opinion

7. Name itself shows reason behind whole poem – not willing to accept first diagnosis.
‘apparently well’
‘What moment worse than that young doctor trying to explain?’
‘No image, no straw to support me, nothing’
‘medical fingers and his wedding ring’
‘the minutes went by like a winter’
‘my body ached to suffer like her twin’
‘and touch the cure with lips and healing sesames’
‘Professional anxiety’

8. Thirteen Steps and the Thirteenth of March

9. ‘receiving guests’ ‘I brought them tea or sherry like a butler’
‘Two times thirteen, unlucky numeral in my high house’
‘At night we lay together in the unique hours’
‘Erotic flame of the candlelight.’
‘Time was out walking the dog’
‘She faced death with an understated mischief’
‘She wanted me to wear her wedding ring … it jammed on the knuckle’
‘my wept exhaustions over plates and cups’
‘Our kissing conversations kept me going’

10. Exam 1 hour to complete close reading paper. 2minutes per mark.
1 hour 30 mins to complete writing paper.
1 essay on Kite Runner
1 on Dunn.
45 minutes per essay.