Write about the way the significance of the way in which Hosseini uses setting in ‘The Kite Runner’. Focus on two or three. Hosseini uses setting in the kite runner in various ways. It is a tool in showcasing the social division between Hazara and Pashtuns in Kabul and is also used to dramatise and add tension to the story. An example of Hosseini adding tension through setting is Amir and Baba’s car journey from Kabul to Jalalabad. It is narrated by Amir in the present tense‚ as if he is there
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childhood memories together‚ and spent most of their lives together. The weird part was that one of the boys was a Hazara servant to the other one’s family. What these two boys didn’t know was that they shared the same blood‚ and the same father. Baba was a rich man who lived in Kabul. He had a very nice‚ big house and drove and expensive American car‚ a Ford Mustang. Many people envied
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the novel The Kite Runner that although Baba occasionally displayed some of these qualities‚ the overall lack of an empathetic father figure can result in challenges throughout one’s life. This is shown through Amir‚ the main character‚ who feels neglected by his father‚ Baba‚ which follows Amir throughout his life. Initially‚ Amir is desperate for Baba’s approval due to Baba’s lack of empathy and willingness to accept Amir. “Most days I worshiped Baba with an intensity approaching the religious
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Hosseini‚ Baba deceives many people to protect them‚ but he ends up hurting them and leaving them with regrets. Baba thought that by not telling Amir and Hassan that they were truly half brothers that he was protecting them from the torment and gossip that would follow from the community. The deceitfulness Baba displays in the book shows the similarities between Amir and himself too. In the end Babas deceit helped give Amir a chance for redemption from a mistake he made many years earlier Baba knew that
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to be told. It tells us how he is caught up in his past‚ how the event that took place in 1975 made him who he is and how he see’s kites flying and is reminded of his friend Hassan‚ who he calls a kite runner. 2. Hassan is the son of Ali who is the servant for Baba. Hassan is a childhood associate of Amir’s‚ Hassan is also a servant so Amir doesn’t consider him a “friend” although he is. Him and his father live in a shack in the back of Baba’s land. Hassan has a round face and a flat‚ broad nose
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change the coarse of a whole life time." That one-day in 1975 made Amir who he was to become in 2001. Discuss. In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini‚ we find a grown man name Amir‚ still struggling to over come his past sins of betrayal and sacrifice. For the many years he had tried to bury his shameful memories of his cowardice of the abuse of his loyal fiend Hassan. Amir as a child had a confusing childhood‚ where he cried for the acceptance of his father‚ challenged his servant’s
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from a poor Hazara family. Amir lived with his father‚ Baba‚ in a lavish home in Kabul. Meanwhile‚ Hassan and his father‚ Ali‚ lived in a small mud hut on the grounds of Baba’s estate‚ and Ali worked as Baba’s servant. Hassan is very poor while Amir is rich. Rahim khan is babas business partner and a father figure to amir when baba isn’t present during amirs conflicts. 3. Rahim khan is babas business partner and a father figure to amir when baba isn’t present during amirs conflicts. 4. Amir’s mother
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the love‚ friendship and redemption. The characters are Amir‚ Hassan‚ Baba‚ Ali‚ Sohrab and Assef. Amir is selfish‚ Hassan is loyal‚ Baba is brave‚ Ali is dutiful‚ and Assef is cruel. Amir is the protagonist of the book‚ Hassan is a servant in Amir’s house. Hassan is loyal to Amir and Ali is another servant to Amir and Baba (Amir’s dad). The reader gets a feel for the relationship between Amir and Hassan on page 34. “Then he (Ali) would remind us that there was a brotherhood between people who had
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Nobody would ever believe that the innocent diversion of kite flying could lead into an epic tale of betrayal and eventual redemption; however Hosseini‚ in his novel The Kite Runner‚ manages to weld this activity with the journey of one man from betrayer to his redemption and challenge to higher authority. Amir a young and determined boy trying for his father’s affection will go to all extremes to win the kite tournament and his father’s love. He will betray his companion on multiple occasions‚ because
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Kite Runner Questions Chapter 3 1. What did Baba decide to construct and pay for? 2. Why do you think Amir lied to Baba and told him that Hassan had “the runs” when they were about to leave for the orphanage opening? 3. Why did Amir say to Baba‚ “ I think I have sataran” (Cancer)? 4. What was Baba’s response when the wind knocked his hat to the ground and everyone laughed at him during his dedication speech to the orphanage? What does this say about his character
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