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    Immigration in the Kite Runner There are many challenges that immigrants must face when they move to a new foreign country‚ which in turn leads them to experiencing various hardships. After applying and‚ hopefully‚ being accepted into a country such as Canada‚ one of the biggest challenges that they face is language barriers. Learning to communicate with other people‚ who do not know your own mother tongue‚ is very difficult and stressful. By choice‚ some immigrants decide‚ or are forced to take

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    In the story The Kite Runner‚ based on his personality traits and actions towards Amir baba is the victim. He is very pressuring‚ unsympathetic and hypocritical towards his son Amir‚ and his actions cause Amir to make horrible decisions. Throughout the story Amir is pressured to be like Baba when he was a kid. The problem arises that he is not athletic like Baba was and would rather read and write. Baba doesn’t understand how Amir could be this way and doesn’t approve of his interests. In this scene

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    xxx xxx English 12 Honors 29th of November‚ 2013 Betrayal and redemption In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner‚ several major themes arise. One of the most dominant themes is betrayal. The protagonist‚ an Afghani-American named Amir‚ retells the story of his childhood; from growing up in Afghanistan and ending up in America. During his life Amir have been forced to make many difficult choices‚ several of which he is not proud of. In his early years he watched his best friend Hassan get raped

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    and religious denomination. The book shows many accurate examples of the conflict between the Sunni Muslim Pashtuns and the Shi’a Muslim Hazaras as well as the gruesome discrimination the Hazaras face everyday. As Amir and Hassan were leaving to go kite running‚ Ali‚ Hassan’s father‚ is mumbling a prayer and that “...he always said a prayer when his son left the house.” (Hosseini‚ 60) Hs father‚ and rightfully so‚ was afraid of what might happen to Hassan because he was Hazara. As shown in the book

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    Jordan Morrison January 7‚ 2014 English II Honors Goudy The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini‚ is a heart-gripping tale of love‚ redemption‚ and acceptance. The story is about a young Afghan boy who grows up during the tough times of war in Afghanistan. In the novel‚ Hosseini effectively illustrates the theme of betrayal through his complex cast of characters. Hosseini presents this betrayal when Sanaubar leaves Hassan and Ali days after Hassan’s birth‚ through Amir’s abandonment

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    The Kite Runner How does Hosseini suggest that individuals can atone for evil things they have done in their past? Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” is an emotionally charged novel that focuses‚ exposes and interweaves the themes of dreams‚ individual desire‚ betrayal‚ guilt‚ personal growth and atonement. Set in Afghanistan and America‚ Hosseini follows the centre protagonist‚ Amir‚ through a journey to seek redemption and atonement for a misdemeanour committed in the past. Hosseini explores

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    from his dreadful past. I remember the very first time I took Sohrab kite running. There was a gathering of Afghans at Lake Elizabeth Park in Fremont in celebration of Sawl-e-Nau‚ the Afghan New Year. It was a rainy morning‚ but by the afternoon kites were out and about. At the time‚ Sohrab was still silent. But I could tell that he was interested in the kites. I had bought a kite for us‚ and we used it to cut down a green kite using the old lift-and-dive manoeuvre Hassan and I used. I looked down

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    The Kite Runner Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ 1975- the year in which Amir discovered who he would be for the rest of his adult life‚ both in Afghanistan and in America. An absolutely captivating and heart wrenching story of betrayal‚ trust‚ religion‚ race‚ friendship and kinship‚ The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini is an extremely vivid detailing of a young boys journey through the harsh pre-Taliban lifestyle in Afghanistan in the late 1970’s‚ shortly before the Soviet’s invaded. Being an Afghan

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    redeeming himself and paints a story of "friendship‚ fathers‚ sons‚ betrayal‚ tribute and redemption" ("Novels which explore the struggle for modern identity"). Throughout the novel there are many parallel events that show Amir’s quest to redeem himself‚ from his desire for acceptance in Baba’s eyes to his guilt about Hassan’s rape. These events put the novel in motion as it sets up Amir’s want for redemption early in the book. Kite Runner begins with Amir relating his childhood memories during his and

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    throughout their lives together. However‚ they were always there at the end of the day for each other when they needed it. In The Kite Runner by Khalid Hossieni‚ Amir and Hassan share a similar relationship with each other. This relationship helps the reader better understand the plot and the development of the novel. Two social classes are presented in The Kite Runner‚ The Pashtuns and the Haraza. The Pashtuns are the higher class‚ the ones that have all the money and fame. They are known to be

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