1. What are the reader's first impressions of Hassan based on Hosseini's description of him?
He has a perfectly round face like a china doll with a flat, broad nose with slanting, narrow eyes that were a green, gold, even sapphire color, pointy chin. Hassan never denied Amir anything and therefore he can be seen as a friend willing to go to all extremes for someone else.
2. Why have Amirs teachers not said very much about the Hazaras?
The Hazaras were Shia's and passed themselves as martyrs.
3. What is unusual about the relationship between Amir and Hassan?
They fed from the same breasts and grew up together and their first words were baba and Amir.
Chapter 3
1. How does Hosseini use hyperbole in his descriptions of Baba? What can the reader conclude about Baba based on these descriptions?
Hosseini tells the story of how Baba wrestled a black bear with his bare hands which shows that he is strong and also Hosseini says that if this story was about anyone else it would have been dismissed as a exaggeration. Baba holds much power and respect of all the people where everyone believes anything said by him or about him. Baba was also nicknamed "Mr. Hurricane" because he was known as a force of nature who looked capable of uprooting a willow tree and had a black glare that would drop the devil dead to his knees begging for mercy.
2. Why does Amir lie about Hassan's health when Baba wants to take them to Ghangha Lake? What is the significance of this lie in terms of developing the readers understanding of Amir?
Amir wants to have Baba all to himself and did not want Hassan there to out due him and impress Baba. The reader is understanding that Amir is kind of the unwanted child, the not normal one that is having to work his hardest to get his fathers approval.
3. What does Baba mean when he says that Amir has "confused what you're learning in school with actual education"? What are the implications of this statement?
Baba believes that the only sin is theft and that everything else Amir is learning is uneccasary. Baba is implying that what Amir is learning in school will not give him the education he needs to run the business or become as wealthy as him.
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