Lesson 20/10

Ok so part of today's lesson was reading chapter seven.... the rape scene. Not very nice, but a really cool bit of literature from Hosseini.

He uses loads of foreshadowing of the rape, e.g:
 'reports of a fight breaking out'- violence is present and fairly accepted on the day of the tournament
'blood trickled... blotted my finger against my jeans'... like the bloodstain on Hassan's corduroy trousers
'Cut him! Cut him!'- the neighbourhood urging the violent atmosphere along
'shadows started to lengthen'- connotation of bad things happening in darkness

 There's also loads of irony in the fact that the event, winning the tournament, results in the 'greatest moment of my twelve years of life' for the present Amir, is the same event that results in Hassan getting raped, and therefore Amir's worst moment in life.

So much more, but I'll write it aaaall in the essay :)