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The Let's Do It Podcast discusses the book "The Kite Runner" and compares it to the homecoming audiobook. They talk about the similarities between characters and the disappointment of parents. They also discuss the foreshadowing in chapter one and the introduction of Hasan and Baba in chapter two. They mention the parallel between Amir and Hasan's loss of their mothers and the connection between Heidi and Walter in homecoming. They plan to discuss the chapters in more detail and make predictions in future episodes. Welcome back to the Let's Do It Podcast, we got Drew Allison, Brooks Armstrong, and myself Adam Shacha. Today we're talking about the book we've been reading, The Kite Runner, we're going to talk about what our predictions are for the future, and we're going to talk about some comparisons to the homecoming audiobook we just listened to. Alright, so let's get straight into it, we're going to talk about the homecoming audiobook and the comparison of the characters first. So first, I kind of want to talk about the comparison where we think that Hassan and Walter are alike, and I forget the girl's name, Heidi. And Heidi and Amir are kind of alike. So how Hassan and Walter are kind of alike, Hassan has always been true to his word, he always tells the truth, he's never really done anything to harm Amir or anything like that, and Amir kind of forces him out. But we haven't seen much comeback yet in the story, we're only in chapter 7. I fucked up, it's alright, because chapter 7, Amir and I don't even do that shit, I like the intro bro. I like the moan too, we're going to keep that. So I was thinking about comparing how Heidi had to watch Walter take all the drugs, we keep trying to talk about how Amir had to watch Hassan get raped. Alright. Go for it. Go for it. Alright. I'll cut out all my shit. Cut, come on. And then I'll just say it again after you. Alright. I just listen to it on like 1.5 speed, and then yeah, if that happens, it's alright. So the first comparison we got is, I'm going to take both characters, so we had to watch in Homecoming, how Heidi had to watch Walter get drugged and lose all his memory and everything. So in chapter 7, we get to see how Amir sadly has to watch Hassan get raped in the street. And it's kind of like, they're both like more of the main characters, more on the port and role, but they had to let one of the side characters, one of the supporting roles of them, have to suffer through what their actions have been led up to. Yeah, to add on to that, we see in Homecoming, Heidi, she becomes resilient in the end. She drugs both of them and overdoses Walter, so then he doesn't get redeployed, because Walter never wanted that. And we see with Hassan and Amir, Amir watches Hassan get raped, and I hope in the future of this book, that we see Amir do something for Hassan in his actions, whatever it is, to make up for doing that, and cowering away while watching Hassan get raped by those three boys. Yeah, one thing I kind of saw a reflection in from the book and the audio genre is Amir's dad, I think kind of reflects, we don't get a ton of audio from him, or I mean, say, words from him, but I think he kind of connects with the boss of Homecoming, the one above Temple. We don't get a ton of voicing or lines from him, but I think we kind of get the ball off with how he kind of gets what he wants, and he kind of, in a way, runs show, and it happens. But I think we saw how he kind of runs the town, and I just think that's a kind of similarity in the characters. They're kind of distant, but they're kind of both important to the story. Yeah, I like that comparison too. Another comparison with that same role of Amir's dad is also Heidi's mom too, how she played a little bit of like, only got certain parts into the audio book once in a while, and she never really approved of what Heidi was doing, and it seems like Amir's dad is always disappointed or unhappy with how Amir's turning out or what he's doing, and it's kind of like the same thing with Heidi's mom, how she's hated everything, all the work she was doing, thought she was like really messed up in the head, and just wanted the best for both of them, but they went down the wrong path, and so both the parents were disappointed in their kids. Yeah, and another comparison from Homecoming to the Kite Runner I saw was Ahsan and Walter. In Homecoming, we see Walter in Season 2 kind of disappears on his... Oh my God, what are you doing to me? We're all right. You're making good time. I mean, we haven't even really talked about the chapter. Dude, I keep on saying the same thing, but Ahsan runs away in like chapter 9 or 10. You want to just skip that, and then we just go straight into the predicting? Okay. Because then you could do your predict... Because I know you want to predict. All right. Okay, what do we want to do for prediction? Let's... We'll do... We'll finish the connections. We'll just kind of follow this thing. You got any more connections? Because that was my last one. Nah, I don't have any more. Yeah, that was my last one. I just want to get something in. I can't hold that out of my ass, but... It says like season 1 through season 2 of Homecoming. Are there any parallels? So yeah, we kind of run through that. And then we'll talk about the chapters, and then we'll kind of say what stood out to us. And if we see any more parallels. And then we got to talk about the geographic theory, political and monetary theory, which I don't know a ton about, but we'll worry about that when we get to it. So... Whatever, finish your point, and then we'll just kind of get into the chapters. All right. Yeah. I don't know, unless you want to run in on anything. All right, you want me to lead into the chapters? I... Do I have like a chapter fucking... Or do we want to make predictions before we say chapters? Or do we just... Well, I feel like... Chapters and predictions. Like he said, I know... Didn't he say like, even though I'm the only one listening to this, like kind of talk like people don't know too, so I kind of get background. Plus it gives us more time on the podcast. You guys... I don't know, what the fuck. So what... We'll just... We'll talk about the chapters. Yeah, y'all got to answer this back, because I'm not going to help with the chapters. I can help with the predictions though. Ready? Yeah, go for it. So now we're going to kind of get into chapter by chapter, what goes on and kind of the highlights of the chapters. So in chapter one, we see some foreshadowing from Amir. We see that he's... In December 2001, he's in the States now. So that's a huge jump from Afghanistan to the States. It leaves us on a little cliffhanger to see how he got there, what his process was and what made him leave, kind of thing. So, you guys have anything to add? Yeah, no. Honestly, it's a real short chapter, but for being, I guess... Let me look. It's three paragraphs long. Quite literally fills up one page and a half. And it's like... Honestly, like for reading up a book, it's... It leads on pretty nice. I was kind of interested after I read this first chapter. I think it is a pretty good intro and leads a lot to mystery. And hopefully we kind of figure out in the future, but... Yeah, it's a nice little chapter. Seems like there was a lot of foreshadowing in it. Seems like it's going to be a good way to lead into it. So, let's get straight into chapter two. The narrator kind of introduces the childhood of Hassan. Shit! Look at this, they're both... Yo, that was good, though. That was good, though. You can't lie, it was good, though. Now I got to edit all this stupid-ass shit. Keep going on your point. Alright. We see the narrator introduces the childhood of Hassan. And he kind of brings up how he has a cleft lip, which is just... Kind of like a medical... It's kind of like a medical reason. Like, when you come out of your mother's womb, you kind of come out with just like a messed up lip, kind of. And, uh, yeah. And then... Oh, that's terrible. Fucking great. I'll keep going on chapter two. And also in chapter two, we get introduced to Amir's father, Baba. Baba, we kind of already tell he's a real popular guy in the city. He's a very wealthy man. They describe their house. Let me find the quote here, but... It talks about how they have one of the most beautiful houses in all of Afghanistan. And... Right here on chapter two, page four. Everyone agreed that my father, my Baba, had built the most beautiful house in the Wazir Akbar Khan district. So we already know that if he has the nicest house, he is definitely looked up to. And... I don't know how it is if there's mayors there, but he could kind of run the city, you know. He's a very nice guy. He always holds these big parties, so everyone kind of looks up to him. Yeah, um... We also kind of... Extending a little bit on the house, we also mentioned that Hasan lives in a little hut near the main house. We kind of already... I think by this point in the chapter, we do know that he is Amir's servant for the household of him and Baba. But... We kind of draw parallels together with Ali and Hasan both having their mother die at a very young age. I'm pretty sure Amir... It's Amir, not Ali, right? Ali's the dad, yeah. Yeah, Ali's Hasan's dad. Yeah. Okay, this is Ali. Alright, scrap that. I'm still going to say the same point, but I got the jams mixed up before. So yeah, we draw a parallel here. Extending on Drew's point on the house, later in the chapter, we talk about how Amir's servant is Hasan and that household, Ali and Hasan, are both serving Baba and they live in a little hut. I think an important note here that I think will kind of be big on the connection between Amir and Hasan when they grow up is how they both lose their mother early. And I think they kind of have a sort of bond. I think we saw a quote about brotherhood from the same breast that they feed from. And they're similar ages and they have the same nurse, like I talked about. But I think this will drive some connections. And I think this is kind of like a parallel for homecoming between Heidi and Walter. In a way, they're kind of both lost. In a way, they have a ton of similarities that they don't really know about and they don't really talk about, but the connection's there in a way. And I think we also see he doesn't really talk about his mom because she gets around. But I see that connection there. Yeah, to add on about Amir and Hasan at birth, a couple of cool things, like Brooke said, both their mothers, one died and then one left right at birth. But also, Amir's first word was his dad's name, Baba. And Hasan's first word was Amir. And that's kind of strange because Amir was just his friend. He wasn't his dad. Amir didn't take care of him at all when he was a child. And so that kind of tells us something right there that Amir and Hasan are meant to be. And we can tell that Hasan, even though he's from a less fortunate place, he still kind of loves Amir. And I don't think Amir realizes that, but I hope to see Amir catch on to that soon. Yeah, so now we're going to start getting into Chapter 3. This is where we kind of get a dive into Amir's relationship with his dad, Baba. And Amir tells stories about how Baba's done great things. I think one had something to do with him wrestling a black bear. And he's really known for having a successful orphanage. He's persevered through a lot of hard times in his life. And when people thought he wouldn't be able to do it, he was able to get through it and show the people who he really is. And that's probably why a lot of people in the town, or I guess I would consider a town, like him so much because he really tries to persevere through all the negative things that have been around him in his life and tries to give back to the community after succeeding so well in life. Yeah, we also learn how Baba, he was very doubted upon when he was younger. He started a bunch of businesses and he opened up an orphanage and stuff like that. And people didn't really believe in him, but in the end he proved them all wrong. And now we see that he has the nicest house in all the districts, so that's pretty impressive. Yeah, I think the main focus of Chapter 3 here is kind of to connect the connection between Amir and Baba and kind of the twisted relationship that it is between father and son. We see an example of Amir kind of getting jealous of Hassan on not being able to have physical contact with the father that Hassan has with his father. But this kind of springboards him into having a conversation later about sins. And Baba makes a point that all sins are like branched from the tree of theft. And we also see Amir talk with Hassan about his talent for writing and he also got corrected by Hassan, which kind of he was a little resentful about because he said, you know, he's only... whatever the lesser Muslim was, I can't remember the name of it, but it's like, what does he know? And I think we kind of see this love-hate relationship and it's really one-sided. I think only for Amir, he's the only one that has conflicts about it. I think Hassan really does like Amir, but I think that's a focus about here between the relationship between Amir and Baba. Yeah, I think one of the biggest parts in Chapter 3 was when Baba was telling Amir about, on page 18 in Chapter 3, there's a quote from the book, When you kill a man, you steal his life, Baba said. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. Do you see? This kind of tells us how Baba is a very wise man. He thinks that the biggest sin is theft and everything kind of plays into theft. Whatever it is, you're stealing something from others. And I think this really can help Amir because we see in the future chapters, he's always thinking about theft. Theft is the biggest sin and he always kind of reminds himself that his dad told him that and he really picked up a lot from that lesson from Baba. One major point I missed was on page 23, Baba is currently speaking, If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son. And I think this is kind of the branch for what Amir feels for his father and I think we'll get into later chapters, but it kind of grows to motivation to prove him wrong or his want to need to have that primary attachment and to have something relationship for like, I love that I have a relationship with my father and we kind of have a lot of similarities. Like we both love sports, pretty athletic, pretty hard working. And I think I see a lot of connections in that and I can't imagine not having those kind of connections or relations. And I think it would make it pretty awkward like it is so far at this point. And I think this quote kind of really hurt Amir. Yeah, so now we're going to get into chapter 4. So in this chapter, we jump back to around the 1930s when Ali, Amir's dad, was just a kid. We get to know that his parents, Ali's parents, were killed by two drunk drivers. And wait, fuck! Ali's fucking Hassan's dad. Alright, restart. Who was killed by two drunk drivers? Ali's parents. Yeah. And then Amir's parents. Amir's parents were all like fucked up or whatever. Yeah, alright. So now we're going to jump into chapter 4. And this kind of goes back to around the 1930s when Baba and Ali, Hassan and Amir's dad, were just kids. And we see Ali, Hassan's dad, was killed by two drunk drivers. And because of this, Amir's grandfather takes in the young Ali and they kind of grow up together in the same household. Even though they are two separate religions, and that will go into more of the politics of Afghanistan, they grow up together and they become almost like brothers. And this kind of grows into the later day also with Amir and Hassan growing up together and being like brothers. But Ali and Baba kind of have a more long connection because they're still best friends and just like each other to this day. And Baba will always take care of Ali no matter what. Yeah, for sure. I think that's a pretty good recap of chapter 4. Now we can kind of jump into chapter 5 here. The fuck, boy? What are we doing? Y'all got nothing after chapter 4? I can say something if I want. Bro, we're taking a long time, though, getting through these chapters. Yeah. We can just do predictions. I fucking love it. I mean, what are we on? 5 now? Yeah, let's just say it was good. That's a good pace. I mean, we're on like probably 20 minutes now. And then predictions are going to take hella long. I'd be, all right, for our closing things, any predictions. And then I'll be like, oh, shit, we forgot to talk about the geological, the whatever thingies that nobody on the fucking thingies. What if we just leave that shit out? He's got it. He's got it. He's going to point us on that. I'm telling you. All right, so are you going to say something or are we going straight into Chapter 5? Nah, let's just bust through. Let's go to Chapter 5, yeah? All right, I've got to read over. You start talking. I've got to read over a summary of Chapter 5. I'm on Cliff Notes right now. They're mad good. I'm on Spark Notes. I'm on Spark Notes. It's pretty much the same thing. I'm on Google. Yeah, you're good. Yeah, that's good for you. Hey, I've been sounding pretty good on it. Yeah, bro. I'm up. All right. Now we're going to talk about Chapter 5. So, Chapter 5 kind of starts off where, you know, Amir and them kind of hear gunfire and stuff at night. And Ali, Hassan, and Amir go hide in the house until the morning. But Amir says that the night was the beginning of the end of Afghanistan they knew. Because the man who used to be the ruler of Afghanistan has went away to vacation in Italy. And his cousin, Daoud Khan, took over Afghanistan in a bloodless coup, which means they didn't really kill anyone. They just took it over, I wouldn't say peacefully, but they didn't kill anyone. They just fired off a bunch of gunshots kind of telling people, this is Daoud Khan's country now and that he will be in power, which in the future will not be so good because the previous ruler of the country has kept a very peaceful country for years now. And Daoud Khan seems kind of like a ruthless, jealous man. And I see him being a selfish guy in the future, tearing apart Afghanistan. Yes, so I think currently the main focus throughout this book is going to be the relationship between Hassan and Amir. Obviously there's going to be more conflicts on the outside, but I think this is where it's going to be, especially with the book being called Kite Runner. But I think this is a big point on where we meet a character named Asaf. And he's the neighborhood thug who rules with his pair of brass knuckles. And we get to the point where Asaf is kind of pressuring Hassan and Amir. And quote, but he's not my friend, he's my servant. And this is what Amir says right in front of Hassan. And I think this is kind of a point where we're really starting to see the relationship between these two and how it's getting pretty rocky. And most of this being from Amir, we see the very weak-willed person. And he's not really standing up for himself. And I think this is going to recur in the future. And we do see it recur in Chapter 7 at a really bad point. But I think this is a big point that's going to probably recur in the future. Yeah, to add on that, I'm pretty sure this is the chapter that Hassan stands up to Asaf and them when they confront Amir. Yeah, I also see a comparison with how they bring in Asaf, and they also bring in the new leader of Afghanistan at the same time. Two characters that seem more ruthless and cruel. And they show it in a wide range of the new ruler of Afghanistan. And they show it within a close range of Asaf in their neighborhood kind of being cruel and tearing it up. Just like how the new ruler of Afghanistan is looking to tear up Afghanistan and make it all just go to hell and start wars and the downfall of everything. Yeah, kind of to add on to my point about the conflict between Asaf and Amir. Asaf goes to hit Amir, but he freezes suddenly. And he sees Hassan in the corner of his eye with a slingshot, about to hit him in the face with a rock, which can be pretty brutal. Which we see here, you know, Hassan kind of does everything he can to protect Amir. And he kind of shows that respect, and he's a very trustworthy and respectable kid. Where Amir, on the other hand, kind of what Brooke said, he doesn't see him as a friend, just a servant. I don't think it's fair because everything that Hassan does for Amir, Amir should at least show him some empathy and kind of respect that he shows Hassan. Or that Hassan shows Amir. Okay. Okay, chapter six now. Let me get a chapter recap. All right, bro, tell me if this is wrong, though. This looks kind of fucked. Wait, what's it saying? It's divided into four short sections. All right, yeah, we're from the same thing. You're not under the analysis. Yeah, I got this. All right, so moving on to chapter six now. We kind of get the rundown of what kite running actually is and the tradition that runs through Afghanistan here and how important it is. We see the role and how good Hassan is and how he clearly identified is the kite runner. So this goes back to my point how I think the whole point of this book is really connecting Amir's relationship with Hassan. They talk about the importance of the kite after the last one's cut down, you know, and I was really good about that. Two minor lines that I think actually have pretty significant importance. This is Amir's discussion when he's kite fighting. It's about, would I ever lie to you? That's the quote. I'm just trying to look for it. It's, would I ever lie to you? Hassan says to Amir. I think this kind of shows the blind kind of golden retriever trust Hassan currently has for Amir. And I can only feel like really the tension in this chapter, how this can't really be going in the right way. It's kind of a twisted relationship and I thought that was a pretty important part. I had it underlined in my book. Yeah, this chapter I feel like is just, it introduces the kite fighting tournament and we see that Amir is kind of the kite fighter and Hassan is introduced as a kite fighting runner, where when a kite string has been cut, the board is run to catch it, which in this case Hassan is the one to catch it and he's gifted, he's a special one. He always seems to get it when Amir wants him to get it. And a very deep meaning in this chapter is when Amir and Hassan go to this kite and they get it and Amir tests Hassan's loyalty by asking him if he would eat dirt if commanded to do so. And Hassan says he would, but at the same time, Hassan said, would you do the same for me? Which kind of stuns Amir a little bit. What did he say to that? Did he say yes? Did he say yes? I don't know. I thought he said, I would eat dirt if you commanded, but you wouldn't ask me to. I thought that's what it was. That's what Amir said? I think that's... It says right here. I don't know. But challenges Amir over whether he would ever ask him to. Alright, I'm getting the chapter 7 off. Alright, so chapter 6 was a great setup chapter for what I think is a really big chapter, chapter 7. In this chapter, we get into a dive of the first tournament they go into, the first kite running tournament they go into. And they're very nervous. It's a very big tournament. Lots of people are watching. Big event. And they both go on it together. Amir is the kite fighter and Hassan is the catcher. And the pressure is on. We see that this is a big day for Amir. He wants to prove his God, Baba. He wants to show that he's actually his son. That he's a winner. That he's worth something. And by winning this tournament, he could do that. And yeah. Continue. So the tournament starts and they get into it. And already Amir is getting straight into his bag. He's slicing down kites. They're doing their thing. They get up to the top 20. They're still feeling confident. They're still feeling good. Getting a little nervous. And they finally get down to the last two. Him and this blue kite. And Amir, he does it. Yeah. And I feel like a big part of this is when Hassan, he has a dream that night, the night before. It's about that Amir and Hassan, they were the ones on the beach. And everyone was saying there's a monster in the lake. And Amir and Hassan, they go in the water. They proved to everyone that there is no monster in the lake. That it's swimmable. And Hassan mentions that to Amir right before his kite fighting. Because he's super nervous. His dad's watching him. And Amir's thinking about that quote and his dream the whole time. And in the end, he remembers there is no monster in the lake. And he gets real confident and very, you know, he does what he can do. And he wins it all, like Chacha said. So, Hassan really played a big part in winning that. So. Yeah, I think this is really the defining moment after Hassan goes and runs for the kite and get it. We do see Yusuf. And the rape scene happens and we finally see the weakness of Amir. And he has no willpower to stand up for his friend. And in a way, we kind of see how Amir's reaction is understandable. He's a child of privilege. And he's not strong physically, emotionally, or spiritually. But I think this is a huge defining event that will probably be rested on the book for the rest of the, pretty much the rest of the book. And hopefully we'll see a response or an apology later. Or something that will change the way Amir treats Hassan for forgiveness. Or maybe this, as we saw at the end of the chapter, Hassan didn't really say a word. I think he said, here's your kite, Amir. And that was it. And we will probably see some change in the characters. And, yeah. Yeah. You got it. I got it. I got it. Yeah, we see that when Amir kind of just looks the other way and kind of is a coward. This kind of plays into the, a couple of chapters back when Asaf is about to beat up Amir. And Hassan steps in and threatens to sling him with a slingshot. And we see that loyalty between Hassan and Amir right there. Hassan would do anything to kind of put his life on the line to save Amir from getting hurt or anything. Because he's his friend, right? And in this one, where Hassan is about to get raped, Amir, his loyalty is kind of broken. He, kind of like in the chapter right before this, where he runs the kite and asks him if he would eat dirt if he commanded to too. And he was hesitant because he really wasn't loyal. He was just, he's a coward and he always has been a coward the whole time he's been with Hassan. And we see that in this chapter, which is sad to see that when Hassan gives everything for Amir, that Amir doesn't do anything back for Hassan. Yeah, I definitely think this was a dividing decision that will have an effect for the everlasting of the book. A decision between Baba's love or Amir's friendship. And he chose Baba's love, but in all actuality, it really seems like he should have chose Hassan's friendship. Because it was really the right thing to do. And I think if he came home to Baba without a kite and just with Hassan and they had a good time and whatever, I think he would have been much more happier or just as happy with him as him coming home with a kite. But having Hassan and Amir's relationship absolutely ruined. Because we know how much Baba likes Hassan and thinks he's good for Amir. So this kind of ruins their relationship, but will also have an effect on Baba who loves Hassan and thinks he's a great influence on Amir. And that kind of sums up the first seven chapters of this book. And now we can kind of lead into the predictions of each character and what we see. Kind of like the resilience in each character, if they're going to be resilient in the end or if they're not. Who do we want to talk about first? Amir? Hassan? Should we talk about Hassan? Hassan, we know he's going to be resilient in the end. I think Hassan shows resilience, especially in that point where he stood up to Seth for Amir. It kind of shows his willpower as a kid and how he has that stance. Even until the end, fighting all of them off in chapter seven for that kite. And eventually, obviously, he gets hung up against three kids. He can't do anything about that. As for the other characters, I think I'm really disappointed with Amir right now. I don't see a ton of resilience in him. And I think we'll see later on. I think Chacha was on a good point on how this is going to connect with his father Baba. Because eventually, I think this is going to come out and it's going to be found out on what happened. The whole truth is going to be revealed. And I'm going to make the prediction that Baba is going to see some disappointment to Amir. And I think this is going to break Amir. But yeah, that's what I saw. Yeah, my prediction is kind of for the two characters that we see. Hassan, he's a man of his word. He never lies. He's always telling the truth. And he's showing resilience all throughout the first seven chapters. We can already see it. And I think he'll stay like that all throughout the book. And he's just going to continue to be that way because that's how he was raised. But Amir, on the other hand, we see he kind of uses his privilege of being rich and doesn't really do kind for others. He just thinks of Hassan as his servant. And you know, Hassan treats him so nice. But Amir never really gives it into return. So I would really like to see, well, my prediction for Amir is that he's not, he's, my prediction in the future for Amir is that in the end, he's going to do something really big for Hassan. And Hassan will kind of forgive him. And they'll be back to friends in the end. So, yeah, that's kind of on the lines of my same prediction, too. I think we've seen a lot of type of these stories where one of the main characters shows cowardness or being scared in the early parts of the story. We'll usually come back and show a lot of resilience towards the end, especially for someone they did wrong in the beginning of the chapter, especially someone as important as Hassan is to his life. And Amir's dad, Baba, I feel like has such a strong character, always leaning towards friendship and loving Hassan as he does Ali. We'll end up finding out and we'll end up pushing Amir to change his ways of thinking and his acts of cowardness into a way of resilience to help Hassan down the line. So, yeah, I do think Amir will end up doing something very important in helping Hassan in his life or at a certain moment where he needs him. Yeah, and now it's time for the prediction of the Afghanistan resilience. And I kind of think that it was fine in the beginning, but now I kind of feel like that we see there's a new leader taking over that I see in the end Afghanistan turning into a very non-resilient place. And I don't really see Afghanistan coming back and being resilient again. And I think there might be sparks of it, but in the end, I don't think Afghanistan will be resilient. Honestly, I mean, obviously, we're being in the 21st century. We kind of sort of have a backstrand what Afghanistan's gone through. Obviously, I don't know a ton, but it's been a war-torn country for a long time. I at least know that. And I think they will show a little bit of resilience. I mean, it's still named Afghanistan, so I don't think the country's really taken over them yet. But I think Afghanistan will show some resilience, but it's going to go through a lot of character development. And it's going to go through a lot with the wars and everything going on and the divide between the Muslims. But there's a lot of stuff going on. Yeah, I definitely think Afghanistan is definitely taking a wrong path for its people. But I feel like we know so much about Baba and these strong characters within the story that I don't think they'll just leave Afghanistan without putting up a little bit of a fight, showing some resilience to themselves that they'll fight for their country and their nationalism for Afghanistan. And so I think there will be a little push. But as Brooke said, knowing as how Afghanistan is nowadays, I don't think it will be a big enough push to get over the leap of bringing back peace to the country. So I think it will ultimately end up as the war-torn country as it is perceived to be right now. And so this wraps up the Let's Do It podcast. Let's do it. Let's do it. Thank you so much for tuning in. We'll see you next time.