House of Sand and Fog Summarizer- Post 3
After Behrani takes Kathy into his home after her suicide attempt, his wife cares for Kathy and blames all of this happening to them on him. His wife leaves Kathy in the bathroom to take a shower before they all eat. After a period of time, they check to see if Kathy is okay and find her in the bathtub unconsious. Kathy has taken pills and this is her second suicide attempt.
Lester finally goes back to the camp to find Kathy missing. He drives around trying to find her, when he sees her car packed at Behrani’s house. He then breaks into the house. He take sout his gun and orders Behrani and his family to get away from Kathy. He takes Kathy into the bedroom and then calls the hospital. He is told that Kathy will be okay.
Behrani and his family are now prisoners in their own home by Lester. Lester locks them in the bathroom and they attempt to make the best of it in there. Lester orders Behrani that tomorrow, he is going to sell the house back to the county.
Kathy wakes up to find Lester in the house. He shows her the note he left her earlier and she is shocked that he has locked Behrani’s family in the bathroom. He lets them out after Behrani bangs on the door ordering that they have food. Behrani then makes the call to the office about the selling of the house back to the county. At the end of this third part, Lester has ordered Behrani and his son to come with him somewhere.
Words:
Heechee-nothing (in Farsi) Behrani keeps using this word as a put down on his family and himself. Saying that they have nothing and people should pity them because they have nothing.
Patronize-to behave in an offensively condenscending manner toward someone I didn’t exactly remember what this word meant so I thought it would be a good refresher for people who know it and good for the people who don’t.
False imprisonment-when a person who is intentionally confined without legal authority This I thought was a good word to define because this is a charge that Behrani could file agaisnt Lester, among others.
Inconsequential-of little or no importance Another word I did not exactly remember the definiton for.
~Sarah L.
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April 13th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Ok, so this is probably my favorite section of the book so far. It has love, drama, and illegal-ness. The words that you chose are actually ones I was thinking of so I don’t have any others to add.