George Bush goes to war.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:47 am
1- From where I live, I remember feeling confusion, and worrying.
CNN International began running 24-hour repeat broadcasts. Overnight, the news had turned into
"THE WAR ON AFGHANISTAN", with a flashy visual introduction and special music, a cross between an advert and a popular Saturday evening show ( Now, in December 2007, the hammering is headed " America votes 2008" , associated with a different piece of music.)
If I turned to BBC World, the news content was much the same (minus flashy packaging).
2-Chapter 49.
2001. The characters, now living in Pakistan, are watching the news with Sayeed, a Pakistani.
[A few days after the attacks, Laila and Tariq are in the hotel lobby again. On the TV screen, George Bush is speaking. There is a big American flag behind him. At one point, his voice wavers, and Laila thinks he is going to weep.
Sayeed, who speaks English, explains to them that Bush has just declared war.
"On whom?" says Tariq.
"On your country, to begin with." ]
This is for me one of the best examples in the book of what is so special about Hosseini's writing and what had attracted me to The Kite Runner.
What do you think?
CNN International began running 24-hour repeat broadcasts. Overnight, the news had turned into
"THE WAR ON AFGHANISTAN", with a flashy visual introduction and special music, a cross between an advert and a popular Saturday evening show ( Now, in December 2007, the hammering is headed " America votes 2008" , associated with a different piece of music.)
If I turned to BBC World, the news content was much the same (minus flashy packaging).
2-Chapter 49.
2001. The characters, now living in Pakistan, are watching the news with Sayeed, a Pakistani.
[A few days after the attacks, Laila and Tariq are in the hotel lobby again. On the TV screen, George Bush is speaking. There is a big American flag behind him. At one point, his voice wavers, and Laila thinks he is going to weep.
Sayeed, who speaks English, explains to them that Bush has just declared war.
"On whom?" says Tariq.
"On your country, to begin with." ]
This is for me one of the best examples in the book of what is so special about Hosseini's writing and what had attracted me to The Kite Runner.
What do you think?