The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is a famous book by Khaled Hosseini. We started reading it last Friday.

The book is about a boy named Amir, and his best friend Hassan. They live in Kabul. Amir lives with his father, who is a wealthy business man. His mother died while giving birht to Amir.

Amir and his father, Baba, do not have the best relationship. Baba is concerned, because he feels that "something is missing in that boy". While other kids are outside playing soccer, Amir rhather stays inside to read. He really loves this, and sometimes he also reads for Hassan. And whenever Amir is outside and some bullies startes to mess around with him, it is always Hassan who comes to back him up, according to Baba.

Tomorrow I will keep reading the book. I got a good first impression of it, and I've also heard other peaople who have read it saying that it is a really good book and that it makes and impression on you.

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Making a difference

Today we watched the rest of "Erin Brockovich", the movie we started watching last week.
Erin's life is filled up with work as she is trying really hard to win the case against PG&E. With all the work, she is having a hard time trying to spend time with her kids and boyfriend as well. Her boyfriend then gives her an ultimatum: get a different job or he leaves. Erin does not want to leave her job, because it has become very important to her that she will finish what she has started. PG&E are going to pay for what they have caused!
But it is not only at home that Erin is having some problems.. At work it turns out that some evidence is lacking in their case, and the families who have become sick are starting to wonder whether they can trust the law firm. But despite the problems, Erin keeps working and she believes that they can make this happen. She is a strong woman who's working really hard. I'm not going to reveal the whole ending, but let's just say there is a happy one.

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Erin Brockovich

Last week we started to watch a movie called "Erin Brockovich" in class. Julia Roberts plays Erin, the main character in this movie. Erin is a single mother of three small kids, and on top of that she is unemployed. Then se was in a car accident. She fought in court, but lost her case. After some time she ended up getting a job at a lawyer's office - which happened to be the same lawyer she used regarding the car accident. During work she discovers a case she finds interesting, and she decides to look closer into it. As she is digging for more information she begins to find out that PG&E (a big company) might have something to do with all the people who have gotten sick in one specific area. Erin clearly wants to make a difference, and she believes that if she fights hard enough she can make PG&E pay for what they have done. It is not always so easy to make a big difference on your own, but if you work hard enough you may achieve something.

We will hopefully watch the rest of the movie on Friday, so then I will continue this entry after that!

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