單詞：

Afterthought

Ifyou do or say something as?an?afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition,perhaps without careful thought

Aloofness

Not friendly or forthcoming: cool and?distant

例句：That was how I escaped my father’s aloofness, in my dead mother’s?books.

造句：Along with the many warm-hearted folks to help us came those who are?aloof and detached.

Tell on

to give information?about someone, usually something bad?that they have said or done, especially?to a person?in?authority

造句:In river town, some students would tell on foregin teahcers to official in authority.

句子：

1、That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong?what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because?the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking?into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.

2、“When you kill a man, you steal a life,”Baba said.”You steal his wife’s right to a husband; rob his children of a?father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you?cheat, you steal the right to fairness.

總結(jié)：

Amir lives in America now while he used to?live in Pakistan. A phone call and twin flying kites remind him of Hassan, his?Baba, Ali and Kabul. His Baba is almost the richest one in Kabul, Ali is the?servant and Hassan is Ali’s son, at the same time, Amir’s friend.?Both Amir and Hassan haven’t seen his mom?since Amir’s mom is died ofdelivery hemorrhage and Hassan’s mom escaped after 5?days of the childbirth.

Amir is always proud of his father being?such a wealthy and honorable man. However, it turns out Amir doesn’t resemble?Baba. It is said that Baba wrestled a bear, but Amir even doesn’t dare to fight?back when being bullied. Baba loves soccer while Amir is likely to be immersed?in books left by the past Mom. He overheard his Baba talking with Kabul, “If I?hadn’t seen the doctors pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I’d never?believe he is my son”. The desire to receive Baba’s recognizes takes root since?then.

雜感：

很早之前看過中文版的小說，再看英文版本，才發(fā)現(xiàn)作者為后期“悲劇”的發(fā)生埋下很多伏筆。比如，Hassan和Amir一起玩鏡子反射光到鄰居那兒，受到責(zé)備時，Amir從不告發(fā)Hassan。又比如第二節(jié)的最后一段，說到二人說的第一個詞，Amir說的是爸爸的名字，Hassan叫的則是Amir。Amir長期得不到父親的關(guān)注和陪伴，極少數(shù)的一次他坐在爸爸腿上，爸爸告訴他最大的惡就是“盜竊”，theft，而這一點則在后文中被Amir用來作為驅(qū)趕Hassan的工具。Amir偷聽到父親的話也預(yù)示著悲劇的發(fā)生，父親說”A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand?up to anything”。

性格導(dǎo)致命運，而這一文章中幾人的性格也有鮮明的對比。父親是當?shù)貛缀踝罡挥械娜?，能辦到那些看似無法完成的事情，享有財富和威嚴，喜歡足球等激烈的運動，而Amir膽子小，喜歡看書，被人欺負不敢還手，（可以理解為懦弱嗎？）Hassan會保護Amir（這很重要），Ali臉部癱瘓，不能笑，還跛腳，但是教育起Hassan來也十分正經(jīng)。