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Chapter 12 relates to the movie A Walk to Remember. In chapter 12 Amir finds out that Baba has cancer. Baba refuses to be seen by a doctor, and also refuses chemotherapy. After several months of of being weak and sick, Baba is hospitalized. While in the hospital, Baba refuses to receive radiation treatment. Once Baba is released from the hospital, Amir asks his father to visit the General and ask for his daughter's hand in marriage, and Baba agrees to do so.
In a walk to remember, the main character, Jamie and Landon start a relationship based on completely different upbringing. The two fall in love, leaving their old lives behind to be with each other. But then a heart-breaking secret becomes known that puts their relationship to the test: Jamie has cancer. Jamie and Landon do not have too much time together, so Landon asked for permission to marry the minister’s daughter. The consent is given and the two are married. Sadly, Jamie dies.
2. Vocabulary
trek - a journey or trip, one involving difficulty or hardship
coiffure - a style of arranging or combing hair
fretting - to make a way by gnawing, wearing away
prognosis - forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease
ochre - any of several earthy mineral oxides of iron occurring in yellow, brown, or red and used as pigments
innards - the internal mechanism, parts, structure, of something
legitimized - to make legal
exasperated - to irrate or provoke
indecency - the state or quality of being unseemly or immodest
mortarboard - a board, usually sqaure, used by masons to hold mortar
3. Afghani/ Islamic Culture
"As per Afghani custom, Amir and Baba return to the Taheri house the next day for lafz, the 'ceremony of 'giving word.' Baba had instructed Amir to kiss Khanum Taheri's hand, which he does, and, according to tradition, Soraya is not initially present."
You've inspired me to rent "A Walk to Remember" and it's now in my Netflix cue. Are you finished with your vocab? Why don't you have 10 words? Also, I know know about "Lafz"
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