Hassan avoids Amir and spends most of his time in bed. not wanting to be around anyone .Amir wonders if Hassan had seen him that day Baba soon shows alot of interest in Amir, even taking him to the movies . Amir hopes it would be just the two of them but Baba invites three van loads of friends to go along. Amir cannot enjoy any of this because he feels guilty. Amir becomes an insomniac as a result of his guilt. suddenly Hassan attempts to be friendly with Amir again as if he has forgivin him, but Amir pushes him away a likely punishment to himself. Later Amir angers Baba by asking if he ever thought about getting new servants. Their relationship soon deteriorates.
Amir tries to start a pomegranate fight with Hassan, but Hassan will not fight back. He takes a pomegranate and smashes it into his own head instead of hitting Amir. This shows Hassan's loyalty to Amir. Which kills Amir inside. since he could not show the sameBaba throws a huge thirteenth birthday party for Amir. Assef presents Amir with a gift- a biography of Hitler. I forshadow that this is a dangerous sign to come.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
THE Kite runner
At the incident that occurred at the end of the kite tournament to Hassan, Amir cant live with himself cant sleep cant look Hassan in the eye ashamed of his own cowardly way that he didn't help his friend in his time of need he see the incident over in over in his head. Amir, who witnesses this tragedy, runs away, without attempting to help Hassan. He carries this guilt with him for the rest of his life Forever hunted by his own cowardly choice.
Will amir ever get over the guilt he faces ?
Will amir ever get over the guilt he faces ?
Sunday, January 6, 2008
The Prisioners of Panic
My final blog is on this Sunday's January 6, 2008 Opinion Editorial section. The tone is informative and annoyed, so keep the tone in mind as you read in order to fully respond.
The piece published in the Los Angeles Times "Prisoners of Panic" written by Joe Domanick discusses the situation that California is now facing due to the drastically overcrowded prison system. In this article, Domanick points that the media hype and political pandering that started with the crack scare of the 1980's has backfired. Backfired because of the quick to action to be tough on crime especially in the poverty stricken communities congress became overly tough on crack crimes for fear it that if not stop would spread to their influential communities. what should have minimum sentences if convicted for crack possession would for example get you as much time and having been convicted of possessing tons of pure cocaine (coke). Simply put, you would make more money and get the same amount of time if you were a coke dealer rather than a small time crack dealer.
In fact, in the 1990's congress enacted the three strike laws to show that they were tough on crimes. The three strike law simple stated that if you were convicted of three felony crimes no matter how petty it is you would be sentence to twenty five years to life. Prosecutors ultimately began to threw thousands of people in prison sentencing them for twenty five years to life without weighing the punishment to the crime thus causing a mad flux's of prison overcrowding. A prison system that has California's Governor Schwarzenegger contemplating the idea of letting 22,000 thousand about 13% of the inmate population out early. An idea that hopefully won't repeat what has happen in the past, politician's panicking to pass ill thought out bad laws that will ruin many young lives.
The piece published in the Los Angeles Times "Prisoners of Panic" written by Joe Domanick discusses the situation that California is now facing due to the drastically overcrowded prison system. In this article, Domanick points that the media hype and political pandering that started with the crack scare of the 1980's has backfired. Backfired because of the quick to action to be tough on crime especially in the poverty stricken communities congress became overly tough on crack crimes for fear it that if not stop would spread to their influential communities. what should have minimum sentences if convicted for crack possession would for example get you as much time and having been convicted of possessing tons of pure cocaine (coke). Simply put, you would make more money and get the same amount of time if you were a coke dealer rather than a small time crack dealer.
In fact, in the 1990's congress enacted the three strike laws to show that they were tough on crimes. The three strike law simple stated that if you were convicted of three felony crimes no matter how petty it is you would be sentence to twenty five years to life. Prosecutors ultimately began to threw thousands of people in prison sentencing them for twenty five years to life without weighing the punishment to the crime thus causing a mad flux's of prison overcrowding. A prison system that has California's Governor Schwarzenegger contemplating the idea of letting 22,000 thousand about 13% of the inmate population out early. An idea that hopefully won't repeat what has happen in the past, politician's panicking to pass ill thought out bad laws that will ruin many young lives.
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