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    The Kite Runner: Notes

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    1. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay‚ the lamb I had to slay to win baba. Despite his efforts‚ Amir never really succeeds in winning his father’s love. Do you agree? In ‘The Kite Runner’‚ Khaled Hosseini depicts Amir as someone who tries very hard to get something that he desires‚ however does not receive it. In this case‚ Amir did not really ‘win’ Baba’s love. Through his early childhood‚ Amir and Baba’s contrast in each other caused much of the problem‚ and after the kite flying tournament

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    The Kite Runner Summery

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    Contents INTRODUCTION 2 KHALED HOSSEINI- BIOGRAPHY 2 MOTIVATION 3 TITLE 3 CHARACTERS 4 SUMMARY 5 FAVOURITE CHARACTER 7 REASON 7 LEAST FAVOURITE CHARACTER 7 REASON 7 INSPIRATION 8 THINGS YOU WANT TO CHANGE 9 ENDING ANALYSIS 9 INTRODUCTION: The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books‚ it is Hosseini’s first novel‚ and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007. The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir‚ a young boy from

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    a long time before Amir arrives in America. Amir grows up in Kabul with his prosperous father‚ Baba‚ who has two servants‚ Ali‚ and his son‚ Hassan. Amir and Hassan are best friends until Hassan is raped‚ and Amir doesn’t help him. Amir can’t get over his guilt‚ so he takes it out on Hassan and treats him very badly. Thus‚ Hassan and Ali leave Baba’s house. During the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan Baba and Amir flee to America. Many years later‚ Amir goes back to Kabul and rescues Sorhab‚ Hassan’s

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    Hero’s Journey Essay The hero’s journey is an aspect that’s found in many books and even movies. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a very famous book read by many English classes based on a hero’s journey. The characters in this book struggle to find out what their journey is‚ especially the main character Amir. Refusal of the call means the hero attempts to refuse the adventure because he is afraid. Amir holds back from doing a lot in the book because he is afraid of the outcome that comes

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    someone close to them. Baba portrays forgiveness when he forgives Hassan for stealing Amir’s money and watch even though Hassan didn’t actually steal it. Baba is unaware that Amir was only framing Hassan for stealing his money and watch. Baba asks‚ "Did you steal that money? Did you steal Amir’s watch‚ Hassan?" Hassan responded‚ "Yes." By Hassan taking the blame of stealing Amir’s belongings‚ he shows indirect forgiveness towards Amir who is in the room with Amir and Baba. There are two acts of forgiveness

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    Discuss the ways the actions of the major characters in the novel correlate to the punishments they receive and whether or not they are deserving of their fate. The presentation of good and evil in both ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khalid Hosseini and ‘Heart of Darkness’ by Joseph Conrad does not fulfill the traditional perceptions of morality. It can be argued that the actions of the characters are a mixture of both and not one character purely deserves their punishment. Whilst the innocent characters in

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    Occasionally in the novel Baba drinks an alcoholic beverage. In Islam‚ this is an inexcusable sin. Readers with pervious knowledge would understand how great the event in the book is. It is understood in the novel that Baba is not very religious but this act shows how far to the other side of religion he truly is. Another example is when Amir waits until Sohrab is on his death

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    Like Rahim Khan‚ Hassan began his letter by retelling the most recent acts of the Taliban’s unjust violence. He shared Amir’s nostalgia for the Afghanistan they knew of when they were children. He always had Amir in his mind‚ even after he left with Ali. It was evident that Hassan was a great father‚ although his son was growing up in a much more dangerous place than he did. Considering his ultimate fate‚ Hassan’s farewell was heartbreaking. If Amir had admitted his faults and sincerely apologized

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    English Essay Expository

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    English Essay Expository It is the impact of our parents and their history which shape us into the people we are today. Each family is unique within their values and ethics‚ and this is reflected upon the method chosen for the upbringing of their children. However‚ parents around the world use different strategies to reach the same objective. Parents hope to see their children succeed in life. Therefore‚ parent’s values change based upon their culture‚ their financial success‚ their religion

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    Amir was a Pushtun‚ and Hassan was a Hazara. In Babas house‚ there was not much of a religion barrier between Ali and Hassan‚ and Baba and Amir. Technically Hassan and his father were Babas servants‚ but Baba didn’t treat them as servants. Baba had grown up with Ali and had taught Amir to not only see people by the religion they were‚ but by the kind of loyalty they show. But the rest of Afghanistan just

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