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    people who had fed from the same breast‚ a kinship that not even time could break. ‘ Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And‚ under the same roof‚ we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba. His was Amir. My name’. (2.34-37) (page 10) There’s a primal closeness between Amir and Hassan. Later‚ we’ll find out the two boys have the same father‚ but notice how

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    In Khaled Hosseni’s novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ the main character‚ Amir‚ has an internal battle against himself for his wrongdoings. He has to face the overbearing guilt which has come from a terrible event he had witnessed during his childhood. The beginning of the story shows the reader the relationship that Hassan and Amir have. Amir is more well off‚ and Hassan’s father works for his father. Although the boys grow up together‚ Amir tends to act with a more self righteous air to him‚ while

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    The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini Chapter one Is set in December 2001 when Amir the narrator is living in San Francisco. He recalls an event that occurred in 1975 which happened in Afghanistan where he grew up. He doesn’t go into detail about what happened but says what happened there made him who he is today. Amir gets a call from a friend named Rahim Khan who asks Amir to come to Pakistan to visit him. When Amir gets off the phone he walks along golden gate park‚ when he sees to kites which

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    Kite Runner Essay While some religions provide assistance to one’s quest for redemption‚ Buddhism teaches that no one‚ neither gods nor priests‚ neither church nor sacraments‚ nor faith nor works are of any avail. The only one who can redeem a person is herself‚ but it never totally goes away from her because her heart‚ her memories and her sins will be with her forever. The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir‚ a boy from Afganistan‚ who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood friend

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    helps prepare a boy to understand right from wrong. Khaled Hosseini in‚ The Kite Runner‚ uses the complex emotional bond between fathers and sons to demonstrate the necessity of an empathetic fatherly figure. The relationships that clearly demonstrate this need for a fatherly figure are between Baba and Amir‚ Hassan and Sohrab‚ and Amir and Sohrab. To begin‚ the strained relationship between Amir‚ the protagonist‚ and Baba‚ his father‚ as well as the events influenced by this relationship‚ demonstrates

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    the son of Baba and Amir’s brother. Late in the book‚ they allow us to know by saying that there is a special closeness that people who fed from the same breasts share. He was poorly educated and stood up for what he believed in‚ even if it meant dying for it. He always stood up for Amir no matter what the consequence‚ even if its him being raped. In the end of the novel‚ he does get shot for not giving up Amir’s property after he had moved to America. Amir - The main character who is the

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    THE KITE RUNNER QUESTIONS CHAPTER 11 AND 12 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS 1. Where did they move to after Pakistan? They moved to America after Pakistan. 2. What job did Baba get? Baba got a job at a gas station. 3. Why didn’t he want food stamps? Baba refused food stamps because this was an insult to his pride. He is mentioned to have a strict code of honour and pride and accepting outside help to take care of his own problem. 4. What did Baba give Amir for his birthday? Why? Baba gave Amir

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    Kite Runner Final Questions 1. The tortured souls are said to be Amir and Baba according to Rahim Khan’s letter. Baba was tortured soul because he was always hard on himself for not telling the truth and other things in that happen in the past. Baba had kept the truth about Amir and Hassan being half-brothers for his entire life. Baba couldn’t love Hassan the way he longed‚ openly as a father. Baba always became furious with himself‚ so he took out his anger‚ guilt‚ on Amir instead. Rahim

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    The Kite Runner Has someone that you know betrayed you in some sort of way? Betrayal is part of a Relationship‚ and happens all the time in them. Betrayals are a normal issue in a relationships. Betrayals are sort of like Injuries in a relationship‚ but like every Injury‚ it can be healed overtime. In the Kite Runner‚ Amir and Hassan are best friends‚ but later on‚ Amir betrays Hassan by not helping him when Hassan was getting raped by Assef. There are many other betrayals in The Kite Runner‚ including

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    Through the use of these literary techniques‚ Hosseini illustrates the progression of characters and relationships whilst engaging our emotions with the quest for redemption and portraying the changing backdrop of Afghanistan. Hosseini ’s use of symbols and motifs in The Kite Runner is significant in illustrating the development of the characters and the plot. The predominantly male characters of The Kite Runner and the relationships between them‚ are the foundation pillars on which the story rests

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