Shoun Jacob Mrs. Mason ENG3U 04.11.13 Kite Runner Journal Entry # 4 Around the time of his 13th birthday‚ Amir decided to do something that would change his life forever; he decided to betray his loyal friend and servant‚ Hassan. His actions caused Hassan and Ali to leave Baba and him forever. Soon after that happened‚ Baba and Amir were forced to leave the Wazir Akbar district due to several dangers. They ended up in Fremont‚ California. Although Baba didn’t like his life in America‚ Amir seemed
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Alienation The two books that have been examined thoroughly are the Kite Runner by Khalid Hussein and Parvana’s journey by Deborah Ellis. “They called him flat-nosed because of Ali and Hassan’s characteristic Hazara Mongoloid features.” (Hosseini 9) Being alienated from society through poverty and‚ the minority class‚ seems to be the most common way that alienation is portrayed. “It was comforting to have a mother taking care of her again too‚ cooking for her and taking care of her‚ even though
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becomes one which will be discussed with more rigour so that justice can prevail. In The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini‚ it is obvious that the vast majority of male characters are treated with respect because of their gender but this sexism is also apparent in our modern world due to issues such as the gender pay gap and the way women are perceived in the media. Within the pages of The Kite Runner‚ the reader is given an insight to the life of
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How to Define Scene Construction in Viewing Texts Text: The Kite Runner Example One 1. In the orphanage scene‚ medium shots are used as symbolic representations of child abuse. The boys’ facial expressions in some cases eyes looking down‚ imply that the boys are performing out of necessity rather than choice. 2. Dialogue between the owner of the orphanage and Amir confirm that Taliban men abuse both genders. 3. Boys are abused for sexual gratification purposes. 4. Girls are
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Regret is a strong emotion‚ that can drive people through their memories and into the present. Our past actions can dictate our actions today through psychological acknowledgement and conditioning. The main character‚ Amir‚ in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini shows the theme of redemption through his actions during the novel in order to show a revelation and forgiveness for one’s past. From the start of the novel‚ Amir is an absent-minded child‚ blind to the hardships of the true Afghan world
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Amir and Hassan are in a different social class of not just based on their wealthy and poor but the ethnic that represent the separation and the racism in Afghanistan. In Afghan society there are many criticism of how other Muslims help other Muslims but other Muslims treated other Muslims unfairly. Amir is a Pashtuns which is a high population living in Afghanistan and Hassan is a Hazaras in a lower population. Throughout the novel‚ Amir found his mother’s old history book and found chapters about
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Pashtuns and Hazaras are two different ethnic groups that play significant roles by how individuals behave or think throughout the text. "’Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been‚ always will be. We are the true Afghans‚ the pure Afghans‚ not this Flat-Nose here’"(69). This quote is an example of how Assef‚ a Pashtun‚ thinks that he his more superior than another person just because of their ethnicity. Additionally‚ this quote is foreshadowing how Assef is going to behave later on
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Amir - The narrator and the protagonist of the story. Amir is the sensitive and intelligent son of a well-to-do businessman in Kabul‚ and he grows up with a sense of entitlement. His best friend is Hassan‚ and he goes back and forth between acting as a loyal friend and attacking Hassan out of jealousy whenever Hassan receives Amir’s father’s affection. Amir is a gifted storyteller and grows from aspiring writer to published novelist. His great desire to please his father is the primary motivation
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After reading about his childhood and the life-changing events that took place during it‚ my initial perception of Amir was that he was selfish‚ even though he did not mean to be. He did not want to be so cruel‚ but he was a young boy‚ he was a bit confused‚ and at times jealous too. He only thought about his own suffering. His greed to overcome the pain he felt for not helping Hassan when Assef was beating him up‚ and the way he threw those pomegranates at Hassan‚ and saw the way Hassan just stood
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Once Amir gets some answers concerning Baba’s transgression‚ he feels as if his whole life has been a cycle of disloyalty‚ even before he sold out Hassan. Be that as it may‚ having an essence of treachery himself does little towards recovering Amir. At the point when Assef very nearly murders Amir‚ he feels "mended‚" as if now that Assef has hurt him‚ he is recovered. He even tells Farid that in the room with Assef‚ he "got what he merited." In the end‚ Amir figures out that discipline is not what
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