Chapter 20

185. Afghanistan has become war torn. Structures have fallen and chaos litters the streets.

186. The Taliban are ruthless and go about killing others simply for the pleasure of it and Amir learns that you should look at your feet when they pass by so you won’t provoke them.

187. Amir meets an old beggar. He asks for money and Amir gives him about three dollars. The man is in very poor condition and thanks Amir. He is interested in the beggar because he tells him about when he met the Taliban and about how he knew his mother.

188. Amir’s mother taught at the university.

189. Amir stares at the Taliban when they pass by.

190. The orphanage it a building that is in poor condition with splintered walls and windows boarded up with planks.

191. Zaman is afraid of Amir, because there are so many bad people who come to the orphanage including the Taliban. He is frightened. He tells him that he is looking for a boy and that he is his half uncle.

192. Zaman is a short, thin balding man with a shaggy gray beard.

193.Farid attacks Zaman when he learns that he has been selling children. Amir tells him that the children are watching.

194. Zaman has allowed children to be mistreated so that he can take care of the rest of them. I agree with what he has done, because otherwise many other children would have suffered as well.

195. He learns that Sorab has been taken by a Taliban official.

196. Zaman tells Amir to go to Ghazi Stadium tomorrow and that the man who has Sorab will be wearing black sunglasses.