"I know it sounds childish, but the Ziba wrote her own letter, I knew there was nothing else I'd ever want to be but a teacher. I was so proud of her, and I felt I had done something worthwhile, you know?" Pg. 132
This quote, this sentiment of Sorya's, was so profoundly beautiful to me that I had to write about it. This feeling she has, to me, should be the feeling everyone gets from doing a certain job. I feel as if Sorya has found her passion, which so few people do nowadays.
I was also wondering how hearing this story made Amir feel. As we all know, Amir used to ridicule Hassan about his inability to read, and it seems he never once thought of teaching Hassan. I feel as if he would've felt an immense guilt over this, especially considering Hassan's loyalty to him, and his almost inherent reluctance to accept Hassan as a friend in the eyes of the world
If you are called to be a street sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'
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I love when you write, it's easy to picture what your thinking.
ReplyDeleteMr.Peak I was wondering the same thing about Amir as I read chapter 12. Amir was suppose to be this educated young man and yet he wasn't smart enough to help Hassan. Clearly, Amir was not as educated as he thought he was simply because he couldn't help someone that he cared about.
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