Chapter 15

Plot points: 1. Amir arrives in Peshewar, Pakistan. 2. Amir meets Rahim Khan in Peshewar. 3. Amir is reminded of the struggles Afghanistan faces. 4. Rahim Khan admits that he is indeed dieing, and he will not live past the next year. 5. Rahim and Amir begin to reminisce about Hassan.

Motifs: Page 198: "he pointed to the scar above his right eye cutting a crooked path through his bushy eyebrow."

Page 200: "He coughed into his hanky, it immediately stained red. "

Signifcant quote; "I see America has infused the optimism that has made her so great, that's very good. We are a melencholy people, we Afghans are, aren't we? Often we wallow too much in self pitty, we give in to loss, and accept it as a fact of life, even see necessary. We say life goes on but I am not surrendering to fate here, I am going to be pragmattic. I've see nseveral good doctors and they have given me the same answer. There is indeed such a thing as God's will. "