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    juxtaposition shows a sultry image of natural passion. You could also link this to rustic activity if you imagine a worker possibly working in the night time. The tones of the two poems seem completely different from each other. Holden’s poem‚ ‘Photograph of Haymaker’ has a nostalgic tone ‘he pausing from his work... trousers tied below the knee’. The phrases used give the connotation of the poet bringing back good memories. This is what photographs tend to do. Clarke uses enjambment as she does not use punctuations

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    a smile as wide as the valley of Panjsher on my lips. I ran. P. 391 Is this about you and Hassan? I know there’s something going on between you two‚ but whatever it is‚ you have to deal with it‚ not me. I’m staying out of it. - Baba (79) 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. His people pollute our homeland‚ our watan. They dirty our blood. - Assef (35) Fuck the Russia! - Baba (117) Hassan’s

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    The Kite Runner: Jealousy

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    I have chosen to read the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. This is a historical fiction novel that takes place in Kabul‚ Afghanistan and is told in the perspective of a wealthy Pashtun boy named Amir. So far‚ a prominent element of this book is the complicated relationship between the Amir and his robust father. Amir goes into great depth describing his father‚ Baba‚ who is a highly respected‚ accomplished‚ and admirable man. Amir desires approval from his father and looks up to him at a

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    Brianna October 31‚ 2013 The Kite Runner Essay Rough Draft Redemption is something a person has to work for in order to make themselves feel like they have made up for their wrong doings. In The Kite Runner‚ Hosseini describes the life of a young boy named Amir whose mistake haunts him for years. And His journey to find a way to redeem himself and relieve the guilt he had to live with. Redemption is a way to rid people of the guilt from the mistakes they have made. Using the parallels of the

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    Sins In The Kite Runner

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    People all around the world may wonder how many sins there are in their religion or others religion. But in the book‚ the kite runner‚ there is only one sin according to one of the characters and that sin is theft. No matter what sin you commit it relates back to theft. Now in the book the kite runner‚ it is about a boy named Amir and the obstacles he has gone through growing up and trying to be a perfect son for his dad. His dad‚Baba‚ taught Amir that there is only one sin ever and that sin is

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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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    The kite runner

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    For most high school students‚ spring break is a time to go to the beach with your friends or family or just a time to relax away from all of the stress that comes with school. Although lying on the beach with the people that mean the most to me for a week sounds wonderful‚ I chose to do something different and make a difference in the lives of others during spring break of my sophomore and junior years. Along with thirty other adults and high school students‚ I traveled to rural locations in the

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    the kite runner

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    restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its worldwide growth. McDonald’s restaurants are found in 118 countries and territories around the world and serve 68 million customers each day. McDonald’s operates over 34‚000 restaurants worldwide‚ employing

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    Kite Runner Friendships

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    cannot reach alone” (“Quotes about friendship” 4). Just like in The Kite Runner friendship is something needed in life just like Amir and Hassan needed each other. Their friendship just like many other friendships will go through their ups and downs. Firstly‚ Amir shows some of the negative sides that can happen in a friendship. On the other hand Hassan shows the positive sides of a true friendship. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ two bestfriends‚ Amir and Hassan will show the positive

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    the same idea that I’m a gifted runner‚ and there’s no way they could be good themselves. What i don’t think they’ve noticed is the fact that I started off from the same place that they are all at ‚and I’ve only been slowly improving each year. When I first started running‚ I was always one of the slowest kids in each race. If my place in a race moved up‚ it was only because there were less kids in that

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