Indian Reservations

Indian Reservations

An Indian Reservation is a legal designation of an area used by a native american tribe, under the US Government. There are 326 Indian Reservations in the US and they were created in 1658 named Powhatan Tribes. All the reservations have an area of 227.000 km2. Not all of the tribes in the US have a reservation, there are ones that have more than just a reservation, there are others that share a reservation. Some reservations are very fragmented and that's  why are created political, administrative and legal difficulties.
The term "Reservation", comes from the conception of independent sovereings when the constitucion was ratified. There was a treat a long time ago when Indian Tribes surrendered large areas of land to the US Government, wich the tribes, as sovereings, "reserved" to themselves, and those areas came to be called "reservations".
The majority of Native poblation live in other places than reservations, often in big cities like Phoenix and Los Angeles, 1 million of Native Americans live in this cities. 
Many Native Americans who live on reservations deal with the federal government through two agencies, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.
Refering to the quality of life in some reservations is very similar to that in developing world, with issues of infant mortality, malnutrition, poverty, alcohol and drug abuse.

Written Assignment Corrected

Rationale

This novel is about two Friends, Amir that is the son of Baba an important business man, and Hassan that is the son of Ali, a servant of Baba. These two friends were separated and they never see each other again in their lives. This novel occurred in the middle of a civil differentiation between Pashtuns and Hazaras.

In this task I’m going to refer to different aspects of the book. I’m going to start saying that The Kite Runner is very linked with this task because both are about a letter that Baba sent to Hassan, because he realizes that he can’t occult more longer that Hassan is his real son, so he writes this letter saying he is apologized for not treating him like his own son.

The creative piece is that Baba writes this letter to Hassan, thing that doesn’t happen in the book and saying that he is the father of Hassan. What I’m attempting to say by writing this letter is that Baba always had the opportunity of telling Hassan that he was his father and he was sorry for how he treated him like, but he couldn’t do it in the book because he was afraid and he didn’t have the courage to face anyone, but in this letter was different.

I believe that the letter was the best way of communication between Baba and Hassan, because they didn’t live together anymore. This letter is directed specifically to Hassan and the text type used was semi-formal.

Letter

Afganhistan     USA
Kabul               San Francisco
Jakir St.           Balboa St.
612                  15

Dear Hassan,                                                                                                    

First of all, I want to know how you have been in this time that we haven’t seen each other. Well, I’m not so good because there is something that I want to tell you, but it’s very difficult for me to say what I’m writing to you right now, and it’s the purpose of this letter. It all started when I was a little boy, I lived in an enormous house with my family, and the family of the servants also lived in that house, and I grew up with the son of the servant. His name was Ali and I had the same relationship with him like you with Amir. It was not so similar because I never admitted that he was my friend, because I didn’t have the courage to do it. Ali and I grew up together, and when I got married and started living alone with Sofia, I invited him to be my servant and I built him a little house near my house where he could live with Sanaubar, his wife.

Now, here is the thing I need to tell you but I’ am afraid of your reaction Hassan, but I believe that you need to know. I lived very happily with Sofia until something horrible occurred. Sofia got pregnant and we were very happy, I believed that I was the luckiest man in the world, but when we were at the hospital waiting for Amir to be born, something went wrong in the delivery phase and Sofia died when Amir was born. That was the best and the worst day on my life. Two years later, I started a relationship with your mom Sanaubar without Ali knowing this, and this event has weighed me down all my life. Sanaubar got pregnant with you and I was responsible for that, I am your father Hassan, and Ali never knew that. He always believed that he was your father but the truth is that I am. I loved you Hassan, my son. I am so relieved now by telling you this, I had always loved you but I couldn’t told you before because Ali was living near my house. I would never going to see his face again because I don’t have the courage to look at his eyes.

Hassan, I want to apologize for not having treated you like my own son because I was afraid of Ali’s reaction, and I don’t want you to be alone because of my mistake and your mother’s mistake. I want to tell you that when I die, I am going to divide all my fortunes between you and Amir, and I want you to stay close to Amir, as if you were brothers. I just need to ask that you don’t tell anybody about this, you need to know that this is for your future, and only for you my son.

I hope you can understand me and forgive me, I love you.

Your Father, Baba

The Kite Runner Chapter 12

The Kite Runner Chapter 12

1.    In what way does Soraya’s story about her illiterate friend differ from Amir’s?

2.    What period is described as a time of many ‘firsts’?

3. What was Baba’s final resolution about his diagnosis?
4. Why was Amir envious of Soraya?

1.- Differs from Amir story because he told Soraya that he used literacy to bother Hassan and Soraya used literacy to help his illiterate friend.

2.- The period described as a time of many firsts was when Amir listened the “first times of Baba”.

3.- The final resolution of Baba’s diagnosis was Cancer.

4.- Amir was envious of Soraya because she doesn’t was afraid about telling Amir her biggest secrets, but Amir couldn’t told her that he saw Hassan being raped, and he wanted to told her but he was not so strong.