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I just started reading the Kite Runner. The first two chapters talk about the close friendship between Amir and Hassan. They both grew up together, Hassan’s father worked for Amir’s dad. The two boys were about the same age and when Hassan’s mother left Amir’s mom started to help care for him. Hassan’s father Ali always told the boys that because they’d grown up so close to each other that they had a special bond that could never be broken. Amir is like an older brother to Hassan. Hassan never gets him in trouble and really looks up to him, his first word was Amir. I really like this book because it talks about some of the issues in the middle east. Ali is crippled, looks funny, and is Shi’a. That’s why he works for Amir’s father. Often times when Ali goes out the neighborhood kids make fun of him. They laugh at how he walks and call him Bubalu which means Boogeyman. They say things to him like “Hey, Bubalu, who did you eat today? Who did you eat, you flat-nosed Bubalu?” Ali never says anything back, he always ignores them. Part of his face is paralyzed so you can’t tell his emotions by his face, except for his eyes. Ali’s wife thought that he was ugly and couldn’t stand to look at him. Their marriage was arranged and 5 days after Hassan was born she left.