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    The Kite Runner Oral

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    English Oral – The Kite Runner (Social Class/Marginalization) Good Morning/Afternoon [TEACHER NAME] and my fellow colleagues. My speech today will emphasise the discriminatory behaviour between different social classes.Throughout The Kite Runner‚ discrimination between different social classes is quite evident and is shown in many cases throughout the novel. The author of the novel‚KhaledHosseini‚uses a biased point of view to describe and portray the events‚ characters and culture represented in

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    Kahled Hosseini’s novel‚ "The Kite Runner‚" serves as a story of redemption and metamorphosis of child into man‚ through the eyes of a young Afghan boy born into a family of recognition and prosperity. Amir‚ son of businessman Baba‚ narrates his outlook on the struggles he faced from his troubled childhood‚ including jealousy‚ neglect‚ and the manifestation of his own insecurities. Amir thrives for redemption in hopes of relieving self-condemnation‚ due to pain inflicted on his best friend Hassan

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    Themes in the Kite Runner

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    Themes in The Kite Runner As in all books‚ “The Kite Runner” has many different themes throughout. There are many ironic twists and turns and always keeps you wanting to read more. Some of the themes include: Kites; Discrimination and violence; and family ties‚ homeland‚ and nationality. One very key theme in the book was kites. You can tell that kites are a theme just by reading its title‚ "The Kite Runner." The theme starts to show in the very beginning when they have the kite tournament

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    Kite Runner Thesis

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    The Kite Runner Introduction: Global Statement (“Hook”): A fundamental aspect of intricate kinship‚ loyalty within a friendship is a driving force and foundation on which a relationship is constructed‚ developed‚ and corrupted. Compelling closeness and loyalty provide the soul with an unmatched unity and comfort in life‚ and serve as an integral component of one’s intensely intrinsic commitment to another. The deep attachment and relentless devotion associated with such an awareness of fealty

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    English Honors 2 Summer Work 1. When the novel begins and Amir says “I became what I am today at the age of twelve‚” he is referring to when he witnessed his friend get rapped and made no action to do anything about it. His assertion is not entirely true‚ because he underwent many other life transforming actions. Amir was changed by the facts of growing up with no mother and a unusual afghan father‚ his character was undoubtedly changed when he went back to Afghanistan and found out that he and

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    The Kite Runner-Shame

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    Derek Wheater English 11 McKay Prompt: In The Kite Runner‚ shame is a destructive force Killer of the Psyche . “Shame is a soul eating emotion.” This quote by Carl Gustav Jung perfectly sums up many of the struggles the main character Amir‚ as well as Sohrab‚ go through in the novel‚ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. From the start to the end Amir struggles with the destruction that shame causes in his life. This begins with his relationship between him and his father‚ it then continues

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    FRIENDSHIP IN THE KITE RUNNER MOVIE DIRECTED BY MARC FOSTER: HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH A) Background of the Study The Kite Runner is a film of friendship that was directed by Marc Foster based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. This movie was released on December 2007 by Paramount Vontage with the duration 128 minutes. The Kite Runner released in Indonesia on February 2008 and was released on DVD on March 25‚ 2008. The Kite Runner‚ in a novel was

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    Misuse of Power In the book The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseni‚ a young boy named Amir grows up with guilt and is tormented by the memories of when he betrayed his best friend Hassan when they were little. The main cause of Amir’s guilt was due to the misuse of power on his father’s side. Another misuse of power is shown at different times throughout the book and this misuse of power is with Amir’s childhood enemy Assef. Both of these misuses of power shape the lives of Amir and at some degree the lives

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    In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Amir’s reaction to his best friend’s violation reveals that he is both selfish and disloyal. By not intervening on the rape‚ Amir’s instincts expose his flaws and traumatize him for the rest of his life. Amir’s actions in the alley show how selfish a person he is. After returning to the alley to confront Hassan‚ he admits that the first thing he did was look for the kite Hassan was protecting in order to "scan it for any rips"(78). Because the kite was a means

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    In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini the protagonist Amir has found himself in a collision with forces beyond his control and in his case his response to the collision can be described as morally questionable. We see this first on the day of Hassan’s raping and years later with Assef and Amir last encounter. The day of the kite running Amir wins and Hassan goes off to run for the kite‚ this was the day Amir made his father so proud of him. But what he didn’t know is that while Hassan

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