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I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BLOG. I BLOGGED "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" and "Teenage Wasteland" AND NEITHER ARE ON HERE! I ALSO BLOGGED MY COMMENT THING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT ABOUT ALAN WATTS! I HATE THE WIKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Rules of the Game"

I enjoyed this story alot more than the previous one. It actually had a point. Everyone enjoys a success story. Amy Tan uses Meimei as a wonderful inspiration. She tells her story from beginning to end. From the Christmas where her brother received the chess set, to her many trophies and achievements. Although her mother beats her at her own game, it does not wither Meimei's success. Speaking of MeiMei's mother, she annoyed me. She kept on putting down the "American way," yet she lived her and decided to raise her children here. This is why I get annoyed with immigrants or people who are not native to this country. Of course it is going to be harder for them to learn the language and be accepted, but they should of been aware of this before deciding to start a life here. You picked this country, so you're just going to have to deal with everything and everyone that comes with it. Why should the natives have to adapt to people who are foreign. Did they not come to America to get away from their own culture? Why are they trying to make it more like their own then? I just think people complain too much.

Chapter 4: Swallows of Kabul

It is obvious the Kabul is going crazy! All of the people are depressed, angry, and just plain weird. It angers me that Atiq looks at his wife liek a burden. He is tryin to keep busy just so he doesn't have to go home and look at her in her state of illness. What kind of "husband" is that?! "Through sickness and in health" buddy!

I was kind of confused at first when the story line switched the guys talking about war stories. Why did the dead smell to the one guy and not to the other? I'm not catholic so i don't believe nor understand the whole "saint" not decomposing after death thing. So that definately does not make any sense to me.

Chapter 3: Swallows of Kabul

I was happy to see that Mohsen respects his wife and treats her like a human being, not just an object. But I still don't know if he is Muslim or another religion. I wander why he is basically goin crazy; he admitted to enjoying stoning the women in the town square. Is he depressed or does he feel like an outsider in Kabul? Is it because he might be one of few non-Muslims? Questions, questions, questions. Guess I'll just have to keep reading.

Chapter 1: The Swallows of Kabul

The first chapter begins with describing the setting; sand, whirling winds, much like a battle field in the Afghan countryside. It introduces a character by the name of Atiq Shaukat. He is angry because he is late to a meeting, being discouraged because he assumes that the executioner has probably beent here for at elast ten minutes. When he finally arrives, he unlocks a jail cell. Himself and two militiawomen rush in to the cell. There is a veiled woman jsut finishing her prayers. After rising to her feet, Atiq and the two women bind her tightly, tieing her legs and arms. The two militiawomen take her and put her into a truck and sit beside here. A new character is introduced, Mohsen Ramat. He is in a town square where they have announced that a prostitute is going to be stoned to death. Mohsen is reluctant to join the crowd, but does so anyway. He explains that he has been to many lynchings, but is still uncomfortable with the whole situation. It then continues to describe her stoning. Mohsen participates in it.

I found it hard to get into the book at first. In the first paragraph I thought the author used way too many adjectives and I thought, "wow, this is going to get annoying!" But as I continued, either the number of adjectives decreased or i just didn't notice them as much. It was very shocking to me to learn that they had public executions; especially ones where they stone people to death. I was aware that their government was, i guess you could say, NUTS!, but not to that extent.