![]() He only remembers bits and pieces of the dreams, which seem more, actually, like memories: Baba marinating lamb making love with Soraya a trip to the strawberry fields in Jalalabad with Baba and Hassan the blood dripping from Hassan's pants after the rape. Amir sleeps most of the way to Islamabad.They decide Sohrab should go to Islamabad, Pakistan with Amir. Amir and Farid get Rahim Khan's money from the bank.One problem: Farid informs Amir the Caldwells don't exist. He's going to drop Sohrab off at the Caldwell orphanage and ditch this country. It seems kind of rash, but he's probably got to get out of Afghanistan. Assef says something to the effect that Amir is really his twin, not Hassan's, even though Hassan and Amir nursed from the same breast. That night Amir dreams Assef is standing in the doorway to his hospital room. Amir and Sohrab play panjpar the whole next day. A nurse's assistant helps Amir walk around.Sohrab tells Amir that his father, Hassan, said Amir was "the best friend he ever had" (23.97). Amir and Sohrab play a card game called panjpar.Farid goes off to look for Thomas and Betty Caldwell, the American couple in Peshawar who are supposed to adopt Sohrab. He and Farid agree that the sooner they get out of Afghanistan, the better. Amir takes a look at his face in a mirror the nurse hands him.Amir gets a much-needed morphine injection.Finally, Rahim Khan tells Amir he's left him some money in a bank in Peshawar. Rahim Khan opens up a little about Baba, too: how much Baba loved Amir, how hard Baba was on Amir, how Baba couldn't love Hassan openly.He also says he's ashamed he and Baba didn't tell Amir that Hassan was his half-brother – that they lied for so many years. So Rahim Khan knew about the rape all along. Here's the important stuff from Rahim Khan's letter: Rahim Khan says Hassan told him a few days after the alleyway incident what happened.Farid tells Amir that Rahim Khan has left him a letter. Amir formally meets Sohrab – the showdown at Assef's didn't really allow time for chitchat. Assef broke a few of Amir's ribs, punctured a lung, split his upper lip in two (there's a nod to Hassan's harelip), and more. Amir is awake long enough to add names to some faces and figure out what's going on.Amir realizes that he is actually wrestling the bear. Amir even imagines he's in the Sulaiman Mountains with Baba.Beeps, the faces of his nurse and doctor, Farid, and memories of Soraya. He remembers riding in a car with a boy (Sohrab) and someone who's driving way too fast (Farid). The chapter ends with Amir storming out of Rahim Khan's apartment.Apparently, Ali was sterile, and Baba fathered Hassan with Sanaubar. Of course, the last reason really changes things.Third, Hassan was actually Amir's half-brother. Second, Baba once thought Amir couldn't stand up for himself – now, Amir can prove him wrong. First, Khan is a dying man and he wants Amir to do this for him. At first, Amir doesn't want any part of Rahim Khan's scheme. ![]() There are some people in Peshawar who will adopt him. Now, Rahim Khan reveals the reason he asked Amir to come to Afghanistan: he wants Amir to rescue Sohrab from the orphanage.Even though people in the neighborhood supported Hassan's story, the Talibs didn't believe Rahim Khan left the house in his care. A month after he arrived in Peshawar, a neighbor called and told him Talib officials executed Hassan and Farzana. Unlike Amir, though, Soraya actually fesses up to her checkered. Amir finds this out pretty early on in their courtship and, perhaps, finds it attractive. She resembles Amir because she also has a checkered past. She's like Hassan, because of the harelip and the being nice stuff. From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes The Kite Runner Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays. Soraya almost seems like a combination of both Hassan and Amir. Rahim Khan delivers the bad news to Amir. The Kite Runner (10th Anniversary Edition) Buy Now.All in all, the letters are very warm – Hassan doesn't hold any grudges against Amir.Hassan has had a few violent nightmares but also dreams that Rahim Khan will get well, Sohrab will "grow up to be a good person, a free person ," and peace will come to Kabul. Letter 3: Rahim Khan is very sick and will travel to Pakistan to see some doctors.He brags about Sohrab – how good he is with a slingshot, how he likes the Shahnamah, etc. The Taliban have imposed strict rule: even Farzana is punished in the market for speaking too loudly. Hassan still thinks about Amir and tells Farzana and Sohrab all about Amir. Letter 1: Hassan hopes his letter will someday reach Amir in America and that Amir will write back.Inside are letters from Hassan and a Polaroid photograph of Hassan and Sohrab.
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