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    “The guilty one is not he who commits the sin‚ but the one who causes the darkness.” – Victor Hugo. In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ Khaled effectively portrays guilt as being destructive to oneself and affecting others around it. The violence that the main character‚ Amir‚ experiences leads to him feeling guilty for rest of his life‚ which breaks up the relationships that he once had in his previous years. Amir’s guilt turns brother against brother and friend against friend. In

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    isn’t present. In KhaledHosseni’s novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ a story of a boy who has an absent mother‚ and longed for his father’s love and did everything to get until the point that he even gave up an important friendship with his childhood friend. Another two novels that parallel the story is Chinua Achebe’s‚ Things Fall Apart and Salman Rushdie’s‚ Haroun and the Sea of Stories. In Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe tells a story of a man who fills himself with fear due to his father’s reputation‚ but

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    are. In Khaled Hosseini´s novel The Kite Runner‚ the characters caused pain to the people around them by keeping secrets. Suffering from guilt and realizing the consequences of the secrets they learn that the truth would have caused less pain. Amir suffers richly from guilt because the huge secret he holds creates pain through guilt. It becomes clear that Amir have this guilt when he visits Whahid´s family and Whahid says to Amir‚ “You are an honorable man‚ Amir aga”. (238) Amir “cringes inside”

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    The kite Runner- Analysis and Chapter Summaries Chapter 1 Starts off in the present day when Amir receives a phone call from Rahim Khan in Pakistan telling him that he must go and see him. We are told about the events that made him who he is today and we also find out that the grown up Amir has moved to America. Key quotes: “I became what I am today at the age of twelve.” “there is a way to be good again" “the hard ripped kite runner.” Flashbacks: The story is being told from end point December

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    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 son of Baba. His mother died during childbirth. He always holds himself responsible and wonders what things

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    3RD QUESTION REVIEW 1. Title: The Kite Runner 2. Author: Khaled Hosseini 3. Time period: The Kite Runner took place from the 1975 to 2001. It is told in retrospect by the main character Amir. He tells the story of his childhood up to his current age. The book starts out with his life as a twelve year old in Afghanistan‚ living through the Russian communists’ takeover. 4. Genre: The genre is historical fiction. 5. Another famous work from the same time period is a Thousand Splendid

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    equality really means; Equality means that you are given equal status‚ rights and opportunities regardless of the race‚ ethnicity‚ or anything that might discriminates you. Equality opens up many doors for individuals giving them an option to become better in society. But in equality‚ there will always be problems either racially or socially.

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    September 2014 The Kite Runner Every man is called upon at least one time in his life to do something great. This task could be as small as giving back to the community or as large as saving a life. The man can either chose to be a coward and step down‚ or to step up and face the challenge along with any consequences it may come with. The characters throughout The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ had to face many challenges and were called upon many times by faith to step up and do something great

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    The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner‚” revolves around a crucial theme of sin and redemption. In Hosseini’s novel‚ redemption is significant because sin is so persistent. Amir opens the story by telling us not about how exactly he sinned‚ but about sin’s strength. Throughout the novel‚ the theme of Sin and Redemption is evident throughout the actions of the main characters‚ Baba and Amir as they sin and plead for redemption. Throughout the novel‚ the protagonist‚ Amir weighs each

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    very well for privately owned businesses. Businesses have two different of section. a type of Businesses are non-profit organisation which like public sector and voluntary‚ some of the building and services are provided by government‚ and someone who working within are also paid from government. They are also providing good services‚ but not looking for making money. However‚ the money that government had been given was came from taxes. (E.g. library‚ college‚ hoplites etc.) Another type of

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