Chapter 12

112.When Amir trys to spend time with Soraya he feels that he has brought great dishonnor to the family.
113.Amir can not just ask Soraya on a date because her mother dosent aprove.
114.They differ because there is not a whole lot of dating it more a social standing. The father in the end is the one who usally chooses. Also the father of the soon to be husband of the bride has to ask for the brides hand in marrige instead of the husband doing it himself
115.Her carrer plan is to become a teacher because when she lived in virginia she became ESL certified and now she teaches at a public library one night a week and her mother was a teacher too.The other reason that she wanted to become a teacher was because when she was in the fourth grade her dad had hired a woman named Ziba to help around the house. Ziba had a sister in iran and since she was illiterate Ziba would ask her to write letters every once in a while. One day Soraya asked if she wanted her to teach Ziba how to read and write. Ever since she taught that girl how to read and write Ziba Called her "Teacher Soraya".
116. Baba gets cancer and he dosent want any treatment. So he continues to live his life like he has nothing to worry about. Amir is upset and dosent understand why his father wont take the treatment that they have to offer.
117.Baba is upset with Dr. Schneider  because he is a russian and he thinks that he is trying to kill him.
118. For this Quotation its more of your personal opinion so... what i said was that you should'nt worry too much about others just worry about yourself.
119. So General Taheri ask if Amir needs anything and before he can say anything he bolts out of the room and Soraya follows and when she gets in the hall she stands close and says that she is "so sorry we all knew something was wrong but we did not know it was this". Then she grabs his hand and ask if he needs anything and he says no but he cant do it with a smile and he tells her to go back in to her father otherwise he is going to get in trouble for her being with him. and as she is walking in in he tells her that it means alot that she is her with him.
120.When Amir's father is very ill he ask for his father to ask for Soraya's Hand.(to get married). Baba is so excited he calls to see if he could make a visit to General Taheri the next morning.
121. On the phone she tells him that her father said yes but that when she was 18 she ran away with a afghan man when they lived in virgina and he was into to drugs and she stayed with him for a month until her father came to get her and ever since then her and her father have shared their differences.Then she she ask Amir if that bothers him and he says a little but i will still marry you.
122. At the end of the chapter Amir states that he envied her because she had the couage to tell that story he did'nt tell her how he runied a 40 year friendship between Baba and Ali.