House of Sand and Fog, D.D., Kortney Mann, Period 1, LAST POST!!
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Now that we are done with the book I’ll give a summary of the previous sections along with the summary of this section.
The story started when Kathy got evicted from her house, and it just happened that the other main character Behrani bought the house at an auction. Things were not going so well for Kathy, she w as trying to get her house back and while doing that she got threatened by Behrani. She also met Lester who fell in love with her even though he had a wife and kids. Kathy tried to kill herself, but Behrani stopped her. He took her back to her house and she tried to kill herself yet again. Lester comes to the house and takes the family hostage. He orders Behrani to give the house back to Kathy.
In the last section Lester takes Behrani and Esmail into town to sign the house over to Kathy. While they’re walking down the street Email grabs Lester’s gun, not knowing it was unloaded, and pointed it at Lester. People started to gather and Lester fought Behrani to the ground. Someone called the cops. As the cops came they saw Esmail with the gun and they shoot him 2 times, one in the chest and another in the leg. They arrest Behrani because they think he is the cause of this, but because they know that Lester was a cop they take him in too. They question Lester and he tells them everything about what has happened. He is arrested and sent to Jail. They let Behrani go, and he goes to the hospital to see is son, but when he gets there he is told that his son is dead. Behrani was very upset. He goes home and strangles Kathy (she didn’t die) and his wife. He leaves a note to his daughter because he is going to suffocate himself. Someone found Kathy and took her to the hospital. When she wakes up there is a police officer there to arrest her. She has someone call Connie Walsh and she tells Kathy everything that happened. She is then sent to jail.
Questions:
1. Since we’re finished with the book, overall what did you think of it?
2. Why do you think that the author of this book decided to kill Esmail first?
3. Do you think that police need to learn the facts before they arrest someone, because in this Behrani was innocent and he got arrested.
4. Do you think that Behrani’s decision t kill everyone was the right decision?
5. Do you think that Kathy should have been arrested; it was Lester who started this, she was just confused and sad and wanted her house back?
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April 19th, 2009 at 9:07 am
1. Overall I thought it was a very good book. It had a lot of interesting elements to it like drama, love, and I don’t know what exactly you would call something that deals with crime and doing things that are illegal; whatever that is. This is a book that I would read again. There are only a few things I didn’t like about it. One is that the book ended so stupidly, who wants to read a book where all of the main characters either die or go to jail? Another is that the way the book was broken up into Kathy’s point of view and Behrani’s point of view. I understand why it was that way, but sometimes when they were switched to the other person it didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me.
2. I really don’t know why the author decided to do this. In my mind I think it was to build up suspension about what would happen next, and also it kind of foreshadowed what was coming up. I don’t really like that Behrani’s son was killed first or at all because children don’t deserve to die.
3. I think that they do. In this book they never really talked to anyone to see what exactly when on they just assumed Behrani was behind it all, not Lester. After they arrested an innocent man is when they learned everything, and that was by questioning Lester. This happens in real life now. If a crime has been committed they arrest just about anyone who is there.
4. I don’t think that Behrani made the right decision to kill all of his family and Kathy because his son died. Everyday families loose a child or someone that is close to them, and the majorities of them don’t go and kill their family, yes there are some that might try, but they grieve and mourn with other family, friends, and neighbors. They are sad, but in time they get over it because they know who ever died is in a better place. Behrani was way out of line when he did this. I understand he was upset for his lose because I went through a family member dying a few weeks ago. Behrani could have gone home and been with his wife, not kill her. He ended lives of himself and his wife when they shouldn’t have been ended.
5. Like I replied in Sarah’s post I don’t think it was fair, she was sad, confused, and she just wanted her house back, and she is so attached to Lester she did what he told her to. Lester was the one who did all of this, but she was there she didn’t try to stop him when she had the chance to. I don’t think she should have been arrested, if anything she should be sent to a nut house because she tried to kill herself twice and she isn’t very stable right now due to everything that happened. She needs some medical help in my opinion, not time in the slammer.
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April 19th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
1. Overall I guess the book was okay. It had a good plot and the charaters were well developed. But, I really hated the ending. I’m sorry but when all the main characters either die or go to jail is a really stupid ending.
2. I really don’t know why the author would has Esmail die first. Maybe it was so there was a reason behind why Behrani killed himself and his wife.
3. I think the police do because they just assumed that Behrani was at fault. I think that was because he is Iranian and they also know who Les is and would not think he would do something like that.
4. No! Many times no! Behrani was being melodramic and completly stupid here killing by himself and his wife after his son dies. It’s kind of like Romeo and Juliet that they kill themselves because the other is dead. Could you really not move on with life in Behrani’s case? He still had a daughter who was alive and now he has left her in terrible grief for what he has done.
5. I’ll just answer this question in my blog.
~Sarah L.