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    act of cowardice and afterwards suffers from an all-consuming guilt. Even after leaving the country‚ moving to America‚ marrying‚ and becoming a successful writer‚ he is unable to forget the incident so permeated in his mind. In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini uses the guilt and regret of the main character to show one of the prevalent themes‚ redemption‚ as Amir goes through horrendous events leading back to his youthful mistakes that affect him into his adult life‚ until that certain

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    The Kite Runner Chapter 1 – 5 (PP 1 – 47) 1. The novel begins with a flash black to make the reader aware of what has happened in the narrators past and prepares them for the story that is about 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

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    Zimbardo Prison Experiment once said that “Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives‚ or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.” In hindsight‚ it’s a greatly fitting reflection on the Zimbardo Prison Experiment when so many otherwise innocent people started abusing their power simply because they could. However‚ the quote‚ in other words‚ means that only those who can act in the highest moral standards regardless of what is

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    importantly‚ did you forgive yourself? Regret and redemption are very important themes in the book The Kite Runner. Having regret for something can affect your whole life‚ as seen with the character‚ Amir. Through the development of Amir and his childhood friend‚ Hassan‚ Amir has to live with his regret and hope for redemption for the rest of his life. From the beginning of the story The Kite Runner‚ it is apparent that Amir did something wrong from the very first page. Amir says‚ “Standing in the

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    Hazaras In The Kite Runner

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    Everyone who reads the Kite Runner will stir up empathy inside them for the Hazaras‚ the reason is lying in the accurate representation of racial devaluation. In august of 1998 Taliban forces killed roughly 8000 Hazara men‚ women and children in one city. Mass murders like that were not happening before the Taliban took over Afghanistan‚ but the life of a Hazara was still far from easy. The relationship between pre-Taliban rule and during is the fact that large groups of people saw Hazaras as less

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    Honors English 10 Mrs. Mills May 7‚ 2010 The Kite Runner symbols The author of The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini added many symbols to his book. These symbols are important to the life of Amir‚ and the rest of the characters. The symbols range from something as inconspicuous as a few words from Hassan’s letter‚ to something as prominent as kites and kite-running. Of these symbols this essay will give three examples. Every one of them is important to the development of the story. When Amir

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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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    enjoyed doing things together‚ but Amir never considered Hassan and him to be friends. Amir thought and felt this way because he knew that no matter how time would pass‚ it wouldn’t change who they were. In the end‚ Amir would always be a Pashtun and Hassan a Hazara. They did feed from the same breast and they grew up together‚ so nothing was going to change that either. Amir is afraid to be Hassans true friend because of the discrimination that comes along with it. Hassan is loyal to Amir because

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    the Kite Runner In The Kite Runner violence is one of the main themes; it shapes Amir’s life. The main type of violence is rape along with murder and abuse. When the Taliban arrived in Afghanistan violence became more relevant to all of the society. Some may think there was to much violence in the story‚ but without it I feel it would lack purpose. The first time Amir encounters a violent act is after the one of the biggest kite competitions. Hassan runs the last kite Amir

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    Kurban Said portrays the city of Baku as both Eastern and Western like the identity of his two main characters. Baku is a city that is influenced more and more by European culture where both Ali and Nino grow up and meet‚ she is Georgian and he is a Mohammedan. Nino is brought up with more Western culture (European) while Ali is more of an Eastern (Asiatic) culture. Baku is one city‚ but it has two identities best described by Ali as desert (East) and woods (West). Said also portrays Baku as Eastern

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