August Summer Reading-Kite Runner

July 29, 2008 at 12:51 pm · Filed under 1

I know that most, if not all, of you have heard of this book. This is probably its last year on the list so send the boys out with a bang.

Here again we encounter two characters who, like Patchett and, Grealy and McCarthy’s father and, son, have closely linked fates. This is of course fairly common in literature-think Romulus and Remus, Cain and Able,  Gilgamesh and Endkidu, Batman and the Joker (I just saw The Dark Knight). They can be read as two views of a single character.

Look for those themes of guilt and redemption as you read.

Here’s a link to google’s Lit Trips that’ll give you a look at Afghanistan.

Peace,

RK

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Truth and Beauty

July 29, 2008 at 12:37 pm · Filed under 1

As you move in to Patchett’s book notice that it, like The Road, is about the connection between two people. Notice the way that the characters shift roles and how ultimatly one of them is doomed.

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