Advertising

What is advertising?

–          Advertising is a process of introduce and promote new product so that it can raise the customer curiosity and in the end they will buy the product.

What is the purpose of advertising?

–          The purpose of advertising is to make the customer buy the product. The advertisement need to raise customer curiosity about the product.

What is the most effective advertisement you know?

–         The most effective advertisment that I know is the advertisement about a computer gaming mouse called R.A.T 9 from Saitek. The advertisement showed all the functions of the mouse and by showing cool video.

Who is the target audience?

–          The advertisemnt tagert on gamer who like to have a high tech gaming gear

Symbolism

 1/ What is symbolism? It is a writting technique in which the writer use a picture of an object to represent an idea in the story. 2/ Find as many examples of symbolism as you can in “The Kite Runner” The Kite: a symbol for freedom, redemtion The pomegrenate: a symbol for Amir and Hassan friendship because they carved their name on the tree. The slingshot: a symbol that represent devotion Assef’s brass knuckles: a symbol taht represent fear The Ford car Baba give to Amir: represent their changing relationship.

Essay plan

Introduction

–          War is a very bad thing that happen on Earth

–          Every year war kill many people

Body

–          Nothing good about war, war kill many people, make conflict between countries and countries.

–          War must be banned

–          Peace must be replace

–          Government from each country must try to understand each other and therefore prevent war happen.

–          Agree with the topic “war bring more harm than good”

–          Give example about the harm war bring to the world

Conclusion

–          War should not happen around the world

–          It is people right to live in a peaceful planet

Kite Runner Study Guide Chapter 8 – 10 Questions

9/ Why did Hassan lie?

I think he don’t want to put Amir into trouble with Baba, and because he respect the friendship between them.

10/ Why did Hassan and Ali leave?

They leave because the pain that Amir caused for them has changed their life because their pride and dignity was stolen by their young master. Hassan and Ali think that they will not remember about this hurt when they were far away.

11/ Where did Amir and Baba flee to?

They flees to Pakistan in order to avoid the war in Afghanistan. The rising power of the Shorawi and the Russian invasion was the alert that Kabul is no longer a safe place to live.

12/ Why could people longer be trusted in Afghanistan?

Because people were paid by Rafiq in order to get information for them so no one can be trusted.

The Kite Runner – Study Guide questions Chapter 8 – 10

1/ I think he doesn’t want to keep the truth that he is a liar, a thief and also a cheater. He felt ashamed to the loyalty that Hassan showed him. Therefore he tried to sneaked away wherever Hassan was around ““Because when he was around, the oxygen seeped out of the room. My chest tightened and I couldn’t draw enough air, I’d stand there, gasping in my own little airless bubble atmosphere”

2/ I think Hassan is much more mature than Amir who is running away from the truth. Hassan who was bullied by the other is acting much more mature than Hassan, he act as if nothing happen to him. That’s why Hassan is more mature than Amir.

3/ He throw the pomegranate at Hassan with the hope that Hassan will give him a punishment in return instead of pretend nothing happen “But he didn’t do anything like that, and when I opened the door minutes later, he wasn’t there. I fell on my bed, buried my head under the pillow, and cried”. ‘”Hit me back!” I spat. “Hit me back goddamn you!” I wished he would. I wished he’d give me the punishment I craved, so maybe I’d finally sleep at night.”

4/ Assef gave Amir a bibliography about Adolf Hitler with the hope that Amir would understand Assef better. The idea of this is that Hitler is a successful human being and same “Blonde and blue eyes”. Assef hope that Amir would emphasize him and support his concept

5/ Rahim Kahn told him that he was once married and also how was married and got separated by Rahim’s father ““Did I ever tell you I was married once?”. “It’s true. I was eighteen. Her name was Homaira. She was a Hazara, the daughter of our neighbor’s servants.”. “That same da“That same day, my father put Homaira and her family on a lorry and sent them off to Hazarajat. I never saw her again.”

6/ A leather notebook with golden covers.

7/ Because if Hassan tell the truth, Amir will be in big trouble with Baba so he choose the best way is to keep silent and pass it on.

8/ Amir hid a plentiful of Afghani bills and his new watch that Baba bought for him. Amir tried to create a crime scene where he already asked Baba where his watch was yesterday and now he’s hiding it under Hassan’s bed to put all the blame to him

Kite Runner Chapter 4-7 questions

5/ The son of an Afghan father and a German mother and ironically, given that he is of mixed origin, an advocate of Pashtun dominance over the Hazara. He rapes Hassan seeking revenge. He goes to Amir’s birthday party after the rape and hands him a book on his hero, Adolf Hitler. He also rapes and abuses Hassan’s son Sohrab. Both rapes are about dominance rather than lust. Many years later he joins the Taliban.

6/ Oppressed: treated in a cruel and unfair way and not given the same freedom rights. An example in the story that you can clearly see is Assef, his life lure him into his action. In our real life, many people was treated in an unfair way such as poor people in Vietnam, nobody respect them and treat them in an strange way as if they are not part of the society.

7/For Hassan’s birthday, Baba gave him a present in which would change his life forever. Baba sent Dr. Kumar to help fix his cleft lip so that Hassan would look “normal”. It says a lot about Baba’s character in the book. He appears to be the one who puts all differences aside, like social status and treat Hassan like a son. An example would be on page 11: Baba reminds them both that they were fed from the same breast which forms a bond that can only be shared by men that were like brothers
8/ When kites fell out of the sky, especially the last kite to fall, those not flying their own kites would chase them and try to catch them-they were called “kite runners.”

9/ Amir thought that winning the contest will attract his father attention and caring to him.

10/ He refer to the present as his memory about that winter 1975 to tell the rest of the story, so that the story is changing and make the reader want to know more

11/ In chapter seven Hassan dreams that Amir conquers the monster in the lake. Amir prays to win the competition – which he does and Hassan runs to retrieve the losing kite. Assef and his gang trap Hassan in an alley and Assef rapes him. Amir sees the rape but he runs away and pretends nothing has happened.

12/ If I was Amir, I might beat those who bully the boy instead of running away, I felt sorry for Hassan, for all the best thing he done with Amir and how he paying him back

Kite runner chapter 4-7 questions

1/ I think because of the different between the level of Amir and Hassan, Amir is the boss and Hassan is the servant.  The religious different between them is also a barrier, Amir was Sunni, Hassan was Shi’a.

2/ I think because at his level, reading is not necessary, because he’s a servant for Amir family so reading is no need for him as a servant

3/ Jan means dear, that also the same word in English: dear

4/ The fighting begin in April 1978.

10 different vocabs:

Jan: dear

Sprung: fitted with metal springs

Jolt: to move or make sb/sth move roughly and suddenly

Coup d’état: revolution

Flank: to have sb/sth on one or both sides

Torture: the act of causing sb severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do sth

Baffle: to confuse sb completely, to be too difficult or strange for sb to understand or explain.

Blurt: to say sth suddenly and without thinking carefully enough

Twitch: make a sudden movement, sometimes one that you cannot control

Coyly: not willing to give information about something, or answer questions that tell people too much about you.

Khaled Housseini Bio

Khaled Housseini was born in March 4, 1965 in Kabul Afghanistan. His father worked for the Afghan Foreign Ministry. Then he and his family moved to Tehran in 1970 because his father has to work for the Embassy of Afghanistan. After that, he and his family came back to Kabul in 1973, where his brother was born in the same year. His life change again when he had a job in Paris in 1976 and he moved all his family there. However, they choose not to come back to Afghanistan because the People Democratic Party of Afghanistan had power by the violent coup in April 1978. Then they come to San Jose, California and become the residents there because Housseini was seeking for a job in a political asylum in the United States. In 1984, Housseni graduated from Independence High School in San Jose and he enrolled to the Santa Clara University. He received a bachelor degree of biology in 1988. Then he comes to the University of California (a school of medicine) in San Diego. He earns his M.D (Doctor of Medicine) in 1993. In 1996, he completes his residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The Kite runner was his first novel, written when he was still study the medical practice, was a national bestseller

Vocabulary Chapter 1-5

 

Affluent: having a lot of money and a good standard of living

Intricate: having a lot of different parts and small details that fit together

Notoriously: well known for being bad

Unscrupulous: without moral principles, not honest or fair

Congenital: existing since or before birth, use only before noun: part of a person’s character, not likely to change

Rendered: to cause sb/sth in a particular state of condition

Oscillating: a repeated change between different feelings, types of behavior or ideas.

Reveries: thinking about pleasant things

Garrulous: talking a lot especially about unimportant things

Veracity: the quality of being true, the habit of telling the truth

Obstinate: refusing to change your opinion

Havoc: a situation which there is a lot of damage, destruction or confusion

Virtuous: being in a very good and moral way

Chortle: to laugh loudly with pleasure or because you are amused

Aloofness: not friendly or interested in other people

Melee: a situation in which a crowd of people are rushing or pushing each other in a confused way.

Valiant: very brave or determined

Contrite: very sorry for sth bad that you have done

Impeccable: without mistakes or faults

Vehemently: showing very strong feelings, especially anger

Imbecile: a rude way to describe a person that you think is very stupid

Nemesis: punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided

Oblivious: not aware of sth

Feigned: to pretend that you have a particular feeling

Irony: the use of words that say the opposite of what you really mean, often as a joke and with a tone of voice that show this

Subtle: not very noticeable or obvious

Nuances: a very slight difference in meaning, sound, colour or sb’s feeling that is not usually very obvious.

Trepidation: getting worry or fear about sth unpleasant that may happen

 

 

 

Kite Runner Chapter 1-3 Study Guide Questions

1/ He referred to an event that occurred in 1975, when he was twelve years old and growing up in Afghanistan. He does not say what happened, but says the event made him who he is. He follows this recollection by telling us about a call he received last summer from a friend in Pakistan named Rahim Khan.

He remembers Hassan whom he calls “the hare lipped kite runner,” saying “For you, a thousand times over.” Rahim’s words also echo in his head, “There is a way to be good again.” These two phrases will become focal points for the rest of the novel and our protagonist’s story.

Describe Amir

Amir started out very selfish in my opinion. Yes he was young but he was so caught up in getting his father’s acceptance that he completely passed up the chance to treat Hassan as an equal. He treated him “as a servant”.

Once he grew older, he became much more interested in the well-being of others such as his father, and Soraya and everyone else around him. When he got the chance to redeem himself he couldn’t pass it up.

Pretty much, he just really matured as the novel progressed, as any growing person would.

2/ Amir: main protagonist and narrator. He was born in 1963 and his mother died giving birth. He is Pashtun. At age eighteen he and his father flee to America following the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.

Baba: Amir’s father. He is also the biological father of Hassan, but does not openly claim Hassan. Baba is born in 1933 (when the Afghan king begins his 40-year reign). Baba loves parties at his large house in Kabul. He is said to have fought with a black bear and won the fight, in his younger years. Baba is a wealthy businessman.

Hassan: Amir’s closest childhood friend. He is described as having a China doll face, green eyes, and a cleft lip. The reader eventually discovers that Hassan is actually the son of Baba and Sanaubar, although Hassan never knows this during his lifetime

Rahim Kahan: Baba’s loyal friend and business partner. Rahim convinces Amir to come to Pakistan by saying “there is a way to be good again.”

3/ Hassan father’s working for the Amir family

4/ Amir’s mother died when giving birth of him.

5/ She ran off with a clan of travelling singers and dancers.

6/ Hazara: ethnic group who live mainly in the central region of Afghanistan.

Shi’a Muslin: an adherent of the religion of Islam

Pashtuns: an Eastern Iranian ethno-linguistic group with populations primarily in Afghanistan and western Pakistan

Farsi: an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is widely spoken in Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

7/ The different past between he and Hassan, even though they were grow up in one house. The voice seems sad.

8/ The self-defense in Hassan when he was bullied by the neighbor hoods boys. He didn’t fight back

9/ I think the relationship can be drawn is master and slave because Amir and Baba are the master of Hassan and his father. Although they are friends but the different between the levels is so big that they can’t not behave like normal friend. In my opinion, there is a true relationship between them but hidden under the different of level. I think they want to have a true friendship without the barrier of the life level.