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    Symbolism of the kites There are alot of hidden symbols in the kite runner. The kites are the most important ones. Traditionally‚ kites symbolize both fate and prophecy. However‚ kites symbolize so much more in this novel. The kites represent the class difference between Amir and Hassan - which has a huge effect on their relationship. In kite fighting‚ there is one who controls the kite while the other assists by managing the kite spool. Just as Hassan cleans Amir’s room and makes his breakfast

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    Hsi English HL Octover 8th‚ 2012 Mr. Danny Wall The Kite Runner - Deep Thoughts Essay Guilt is an emotional experience when a person believes or realizes that they have done an unethical action. Many people regard guilt as an unnecessary‚ even harmful‚ emotion. Contrary to popular opinion‚ guilt can be a good emotion. Without guilt‚ individuals might lack the motivation to act morally. Guilt plays a major role in The Kite Runner‚ Amir attempts to redeem himself by his feelings of guilt

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    ignorance in secrets‚ and the protection that secrets provide fades away into nothingness.....and the truth explode into the world and people finally see things the way they really are and realize they much rather handle the truth. In the novel The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini’s characters keep secrets to protect each other‚ but the ignorance that they spread causes more pain to the people then the truth would have. They learn this harsh reality by suffering from massive guilt‚ realizing the aftermath

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    Friendship in the Kite Runner Every child makes a vow to be best friends with another child at least once in their life. Some girls by necklaces with matching half hearts to signify their friendship and some boys carve their names into trees. In the bestselling novel The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ two boys‚ Hassan and Amir‚ have a friendship that is not as typical as other children’s. In every friendship there is always at least one loyal friend. The friendships between: Amir and Hassan;

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    E4U Mrs. Nizic The Kite Runner Novel Vs. Film Transforming a novel into a film can be a very challenging task to do. This is due to the fact that a novel has many key factors that make up the plot and it is nearly impossible to compress them in a certain time frame. Mark Forster’s adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s coming of age novel “The Kite Runner” is a weak portrayal of the originally work because specific scenes lacked intense

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    The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini Chapters 1-5 (PP. 1-47) Reading Questions 1. The novel begins with a flashback. What do you think is its purpose? What do you learn about the narrator? The purpose of the book in my opinion is to set up the setting of the main idea of the book and to give the readers Amir’s opinion on his fellow characters‚ so they can see the main idea. You learn about Amir’s life and how this event has affected him. 2. Who is Hassan? Describe him physically. What

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    ENG013 Wai Min Phyo (Dmo) September 21‚ 2006 Formal Essay #1: The Kite Runner Question 1 The relationship between Amir and Hassan “I opened my mouth‚ almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t. I just watched. Paralyzed.” (Khaled Hosseini 73). That is what Amir‚ a young Afghan boy in Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner‚ thinks in his mind before he commits the sins against his friend and also his half brother‚ Hassan. This

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    The Kite Runner focuses on the life of Amir‚ a shy young boy and the son of a wealthy dad from Afghanistan. Amir participated in kite competition to get his dad’s acceptance. Fortunately‚ Amir won the kite competition with his best friend Hassan’s help. However‚ Hassan allowed himself to be raped to save Amir’s winning kite‚ but Amir decided not to help him‚ and he walked away. Hassan’s dad found out what happened to his son and he chose to leave the house. Then Baba asked Hassan if there was any

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    All fathers’ parenting style is different from a mothers’ parenting style when it comes to a male child. What a male child need the most is his fathers’ guidance most especially if the child’s mother 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

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    The Kite runner (Symbol of Kite) One kite‚ ties with one unique and detached friendship. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner”‚ the blue kite represents the friendship between Amir and Hassan and also the relationship between Amir and Baba‚ his father. From the beginning of the story‚ this unique friendship between Amir and Hassan has been foreshadowed‚ “Then he would remind us that there was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast‚ a kinship that not even time

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