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Vocab
eloped (6)-to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents. to run away with a lover.
hemorrhaged (5)- a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
Figurative Language
"people say that eyes are windows to the soul." I like this example, and it is almost a metaphor? Its saying that peoples eyes can give alot away about a personality or feeling
"and out he came smiling." This is talking about Hassan, that he is such a happy person, he was smiling when he came out of his mothers womb. This would be imagery.
"I have imagined Baba's wrestling match countless times, even dreamed about it. And in those dreams, I can never tell Baba from the bear." This is irony, because he is refering to his father and how hairy he is, including his thick full beard.
Quote
Later, in the dark, after the movie had started, I heard Hassan next to me, croaking. Tears were sliding down his cheecks. I reached across my seat, slung my arm around him, pulled him close. He rested his head on my shoulder. 'He took you for someone else,' I whispered. 'He took you for someone else.'"
This quote is significant because it can give you an early look at the relationship between Khaled and Hassan, growing up together and become best friends.
Theme
An emerging theme in this book is Friendship. The author keeps refering to one particular event he shared with Hassan, and it seems to me that it is the basis for the entire story.

Dear Khaled,
I wasn't a one bit excited about your book. The more I read the more I understand, and the more I feel. You grew up fairly blessed, but life was VERY DIFFERENT. The friendship you established with Hassan is wonderful, one that would last forever. Because of his circumstances, it must've been hard growing up beside someone different in a country that strives on tradition. One thing that I keep hearing about is that winter night in 1975, the one that changed your life. Now, I am eager to see what this is all about, and how Hassan and you do in the years to come.

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Charlie