The Kite Runner Dialectical Journal

I'm now reading the fourth chapter of part 2 in the book called, Runner. The last thing that happened was Chances friend, Melissa, from school gave them a ride home from the bus stop they were waiting at. As Chance is carrying the groceries onto the boat, he tells his dad that he's going to run. His dad begs him to take the day off but he knows he can't. He's not running just to run, he's got a job to accomplish. It's pouring down rain when he steps outside but that's not going to stop him. By the time he reaches the tree, it's too dark to really see anything. The next morning as Chance is leaving for school, a grey car pulls up. The fat man gets out and grabs him by his elbow. He wanted to know why he didn't see him out running the night before, but he swore to him he did. He gets mad but then calms down and gives Chance a number to call if he's ever going to be late like that again. Later that day, Chance goes into the locker room to grab his backpack and notices an envelope in the front pocket. He opens it to find

In the next chapter, while Chance is at lunch, he hears his friend Melissa arguing with the vice principal. She's telling Melissa that if she doesn't leave, she's going to call security on her. Chance goes and pulls her arm and says, "Lets go." Melissa explains to Chance that she doesn't like when the army recruiters come to the school and that's what the whole argument was about. She's okay with leaving because she doesn't want anything on her school record when she tries to get into Stanford. While they're walking, Melissa asks Chance why he's always looking around in the rocks on the beach. He's surprised and think she's spying on him but really her house over looks the beach and she says that she does her homework in their solarium, so she sees