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Symbolism Of The Book 'Caliban In The Kite Runner'
The main ways the title is used is it told the reader that the story would be about something named Caliban, and if it had a soul. At first the reader thinks the main character a dog named Caliban is very ruthless. The story shows multiple examples of this, Caliban kills dogs that Leon his owner pets. Caliban kills cats that get in his way, even if they are doing nothing wrong. When the book is close to over the reader learns that Caliban does have a soul and goes to the afterlife. The reason he did was because he did save the baby. Caliban did not like the baby but in the end he knew it was the right thing to do. He also doesn't kill the cat that could not defend itself, Caliban knew that was not right.
The reason the quote was used and is important is, it shows that in the end Caliban did have a soul. The illustration that was drawn shows Caliban flying up to the afterworld and his white marble grave. The illustration shows a nice sunny day and Caliban smiling as he's going up to the afterworld. He is happy because there, he will no longer be judged by his appearance. There he will be judged by his soul. The picture also shows Caliban flying up to the afterworld with white wings. These wings portray Caliban as an angel because of the good things he did.
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An example of this is when Amelie judges Caliban and just writes him off because of what he looks like a scary monster. Also, not to jump to conclusions because that can hurt you and the people around you. One way this happened in the story is when Leon sees Caliban with blood on his muzzle and immediately shoots him thinking he killed the baby. When Caliban injures the gray kitten but eventually saves it. The reason he did that was because he knew the kitten was helpless and that was not

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