Blog 4

Amir is grown up now, and is attending college to become a writer. Baba doesn't approve of this, but Amir truly believes that he's meant to be a writer, and if he doesn't get discovered then he'll get a job, finish college, and keep writing. There is also another thing that he wants to do, and that is to settle down, and start a family. The girl that he wants to marry because he's madly in love with her is Soraya Taheri the general's daughter. The one problem is that she won't settle down because she hasn't met a suitable suitor. Amir believes that he's a suitable suitor for Soraya, and uses every excuse possible to talk to her, or walk by her. This quote shows how much he is in love with Soraya. "...I read in my poetry books that yelda was the starless night tormented lovers kept vigil, enduring the endless dark, waiting for the sun to rise and bring their loved one. After I met Soraya Taheri, every night of the week became a yelda for me. And when Sunday mornings came, I rose from bed, Soraya Taheri's brown-eyed face already in my head. In Baba's bus, I counted the miles until I'd see her sitting barefoot, arranging cardboard boxes of yellowed encyclopedias, her heels white against the asphalt, silver bracelets jingling around her slender wrists. I'd think of the shadow her hair cast on the ground when it slid off her back and hung down like a velvet curtain. Soraya. Swap Meet Princess. The morning sun to my yelda." (143-144) This quote is significant because it shows that Amir is moving on with his life, and not looking back on the past. Soraya is replacing all the bad memories with good ones especially the one Amir has of Assef raping Hassan. His love for Soraya is like Romeo's love for Juilet it's almost as complicated, and it's just as true. This quote shows that Amir is maturing into an adult who can think for himself, follows their dreams, and follows their heart. It shows that Amir is not even bothering to stop, and think about whether leaving Hassan, and being a coward was the right choice, and how it affects him now as an adult instead he looks forward into what he hopes is a bright future with Soraya.