Review Questions

1.-What kinds of detail do you need to include?

The relationship between Hassan and Amir, the Pashtuns and Hazaras, the Afghan culture and the kite runner tournament and write about the author.

2.-Think about the kind of publication you are writing for.

Online magazine.

3.- What is your role as writer: Superior, expert, peer, friend, and advisor?

Advisor.

4.-Think about touy audience you are writing for.

People who want to know about the Afghan culture.

5.- Figure out your attitude: Clever, humurous, intelligent, opinionated, balanced.

Opinionated.

6.- What system are you going to use?

The stars system, one to five, being one star the worst and the five stars the best.

7.-How to start? What will be a good lead-in or attention grabber?

The Kite Runner, the book that show us the reality of two Aghan kids in the 70s by the Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini.

8.-Figure out the ket points to write about and their order.

The lead, the author, the main idea of the book, the Afghan culture and the mains characters of the book and somes opinion about the book.

9.- How much background and context do you need?

Just explain the age of time that the book is in it ( the soviet invasion) and write about some contemporary view points about Afghanistan.

The Kite Runner Review

The Kite Runner.    4 stars of 5

By Juan Ignacio Salgado

The kite runner, the book that tells the reality of most children in Afghanistan in the 70s by the Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini. We all know that there are many problems in the Middle East nowadays, so it was in the past. The soviet invasion was the biggest problem in Afghanistan many people that not escape and staid in the country suffer in the most horrible ways possible.

The book is about the friendship of two kids both in a different economic class, who live in dangerous period in Afghanistan because of the Cold War and the constant fight between the "Pashtuns" (the rich people) and the "Hazaras" (the poor people). Both kids have to deal with that ethnic fight, Amir and Hassan is his names Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara. Their personalities are totally different and of consequence of that they are a great team and they show their team work in the kite runner tournament, that is very important for the Afghan people and is a great honor win that tournament.

This book have an amazing story, the way that the author explain the Afghan culture is hard to believe being a western, also the events of the book are so tragic and traumatic that make you want to read more, but in the other side the beginning of the book is very slow and have many of useless information furthermore the book have a lot of emotional content so it make sometimes difficult to understand, but it still a great story that I recommend to read and it's going to change your perspective of the Middle East.

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Similarities and difference between Chile and New Zealand

Differences:

In New Zealand the political system is different from the Chilean system,the New Zealand system they use a parliament where there are groups of different political ideas and one group can get the leadership of the country, the people vote for the group that they want to win in the elections every 3 years, but the group choose the prime minister betwwen them.

The majority of the kiwis are Anglicans, which means that is relating to or denoting the Church of England or any Church in communion with it and also they are part of the commonwealth, they belive in the Queen as sovereign. This is the reason why the New Zealander drives in the right side.

The main sport in New Zealand is the rugby, and they have the best rugby team in the world the All Blacks.

They have a different type of natives, in New Zealand arrives the polinesian  also known as the Maoris.

In Chile we have more population than New Zealand, we have approximately 18 million of people around Chile and in New Zealand are like 4 million of people.

Similarities:

In New Zealand and Chile, we both have earthquakes and tsunamis, and the weather in New Zealand is very similar to the south of Chile.

Chile and New Zealand is in the same hemisphere, the south hemisphere, in consequence they have the same weather seasons.




 

What is it to be a New Zealander

In these three weeks that I spend in New Zealand I learnt and live like a "kiwi" and it was much different than live like a chilean.

The "kiwis" are freindly, charismatic and peaceful , it is very rare get robbed or assault in New Zealand because it is a developed and a peaceful country so it make it a difficult place to do robberies or assaults.

Being a "kiwi" in New Zealand you have a lot of opportunities to don't be a poor guy, and the ones that are poor are because they are lazy. The private and public education in New Zealand have the same quality and in some cases the public it's better, also if you are a university student or a person without job the government pays you weekly 150 to 300 NZ dollars.

Being a a "kiwi" is more than live in New Zealand, is to be a person that is very proud of his country and their success, is to be part of a country were a lot of people can have many opportunities and even become world famous in many ways, also is to be in a country that is part of the commonwealth were the Queen is thei sovereign.

Piece of new

Red tape Holds up new bridge

"The new bridge in Chiloe is waiting for its inauguration"

The dream of the president Sebastian Piñera finally come true, the new bridge of Chiloe to Puerto Montt is ready for being used. However, the government needs to solve some legal issues before the inauguration begins.

The 90% of Chileans thinks that the bridge is useless, but in fact the 70% of the inhabitants of Puerto Montt work in Chiloe making it an important place. In addition, with the bridge, there will not be need for people to cross the island in boats transforming it more economic and accessible.

The Spanish architect Cristian Turrieta designed this bridge, he got inspired by the Rio de Janeiro bridge which is ten kilometres long and has a similar structure.

In the engineering side, they have some technical issues, like how to put the pillars in the water for support the building, however , this trouble get solved by using boats and specialised machinery.

The date of the inauguration it's going to be in the third of July of this year, therefore, the people from Chiloe and Puerto Montt are so excited of this moment that they prepare a cultural event of the history of Chiloe and his myths, like the Trauco, making it a important moment for the people in the south.