单词：

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.

总结：

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.

杂感：

很早之前看过中文版的小说，再看英文版本，才发现作者为后期“悲剧”的发生埋下很多伏笔。比如，Hassan和Amir一起玩镜子反射光到邻居那儿，受到责备时，Amir从不告发Hassan。又比如第二节的最后一段，说到二人说的第一个词，Amir说的是爸爸的名字，Hassan叫的则是Amir。Amir长期得不到父亲的关注和陪伴，极少数的一次他坐在爸爸腿上，爸爸告诉他最大的恶就是“盗窃”，theft，而这一点则在后文中被Amir用来作为驱赶Hassan的工具。Amir偷听到父亲的话也预示着悲剧的发生，父亲说”A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything”。

性格导致命运，而这一文章中几人的性格也有鲜明的对比。父亲是当地几乎最富有的人，能办到那些看似无法完成的事情，享有财富和威严，喜欢足球等激烈的运动，而Amir胆子小，喜欢看书，被人欺负不敢还手，（可以理解为懦弱吗？）Hassan会保护Amir（这很重要），Ali脸部瘫痪，不能笑，还跛脚，但是教育起Hassan来也十分正经。