Friday, August 21, 2009

Who gave Amir and Soraya their couch in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner?

Soraya's parents, General Taheri and Khala Jamila, gave Amir and Soraya their couch.


After Baba's death in Chapter 13, both Soraya and Amir move into their own one-bedroom apartment in Fremont. The apartment was only a few blocks away from General Taheri and Khala Jamila's home.


Soraya's parents buy a brown, leather couch and some Mikasa dishes as housewarming gifts for the young couple. Additionally, General Taheri gives Amir a new IBM typewriter. Later in the book, we learn the couch is moved to Amir and Soraya's new, two-bedroom Victorian house in Bernal Heights. In Chapter 14, Soraya and the couple's cocker spaniel, Aflatoon, rests on the couch while Soraya corrects essays and watches a PBS documentary about wolves.


When Sohrab moves in with Amir and Soraya, he sometimes sleeps on the couch.

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