ch 9 - 15

               The book in some spots does not agree with what I think of the world.  Baba sometimes says things throughout the book that I dont agree with.  One example of this is when Baba is telling Amir about the important countries in the world.  Baba says, "There are only three real me in the world, Amir," (Hosseini 125).  The Amir thinks what Baba is going to say next, "He'd count them off his fingers: America the brash savior, Britain, and Israel.  The rest of them, they're like gossiping old women," (Hosseini 125).  When Baba says this, he means that the only countries in the world that matter are the United States, Britain, and Israel.  Baba also means that the rest of the countries in the world don't matter at all.  This is the part of the statement that I disagree with alot.  There are many countries that the world depends on for something.  Do you agree with me that those arn't the only three important countries?
               My views of the people in Afghanistan and Pakistan have changed a lot throughout the course of the book.  Before I started reading I had though of all the people in that part of the world to be terrible people that hated Americans.  I now realize that some of the people are nice and do like America like Baba and Amir do.  When the man driving Amir said to Amir, "Afghani people and Pakistani people they are like brothers, I tell you.  Muslims have to helo Muslims," (Hosseini 195).  When the taxi driver said this it helped me to realize that the majority of the people living in that part of the world are actually nice.  Becasue of the war on terrorism that is occuring in the real world and the story I had just assumed all Afghani people were bad.  What do you think now of the people living in Pakistan and Afghanistan?  What did you used to think of these people?
               The novel also reminded me of one major problem that is not only occuring in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but throughout the whole world.  This issue is poverty.  In the story there is a very dramatic scene of what Amir is seeing while beeing driven through Afghan Town.  Amir describes what he sees as by thinking, "I saw sweetshops and carpet vendors, kabob stalls, kids with dirt-caked hands selling cigarettes," (Hosseini 196).  This made me think of all of the poor kids in th world.  It also reminded me about how lucky I am to not be in that situation.  There are times that all people feel like they have the worst life on the planet, but this reminds me that there is always someone worse.  I could be one of those poor children selling cigarettes on the side of the street.  What did this scene make you think of?  Did it change how you think about the people in less fortunate areas?