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    The Kite Runner takes place in Afghanistan‚ where conflict between the Sunni-Muslim Pashtun’s and the Shiite Hazara’s is very heavy. But this rivalry is not against only the Shiite Hazara’s‚ but it includes all kinds of the Hazara people‚ including minorities of Sunni Hazara and Ismaili Shia Hazara. In 1747 when Afghanistan was originally founded‚ Pashtun had the vast majority of the state. It wasn’t until the Hazaras immigrated to Kabul in the second half of the twentieth century‚ that their religious

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    Lauren Billups Young Adult Literature March 5‚ 2009 The Kite Runner Cultural and Historical Criticism The Kite Runner reflects the period in which it was written in many ways. The Kite Runner was written to reflect the culture of those who live or lived in Afganistan. Hosseini did a wonderful job of broadening the readers knowledge of the Arab culture. As a good historical novel should be written‚ it had a great authentic rendition of the time and place as well as the people being featured

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    limit the spread of communism. Throughout the book there is a lot of tension between the different relationships that develop. Ali and Hassan are Hazaras‚ which means they’re from an ethnic minority. They don’t have the same status

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    The Kite Runner One of the main themes throughout novel The Kite Runner is redemption. Throughout the novel‚ the main character‚ Amir‚ attempts to find redemption for his sins. In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ Hosseini presents the desire for redemption and forgiveness that Amir tries extremely hard to get because he wants to fix his “unatoned sins”. Amir’s quest to redeem himself makes up the heart of the novel. In the beginning of the book Amir tries to redeem himself in Baba’s eyes‚ mostly because

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    FULL TITLE • The Kite Runner AUTHOR • Khaled Hosseini TYPE OF WORK • Novel GENRE • Bildungsroman; Redemption story LANGUAGE • English TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN • Los Angeles‚ CA; 2001 - 2003 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION • May 2003 PUBLISHER • Riverhead Books NARRATOR • The Kite Runner is narrated by Amir four days after the final events of his decades-long story. POINT OF VIEW • The narrator speaks in the first person‚ primarily describing events that occurred months and years ago. The narrator

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    The bestselling children’s book The Graveyard Book was published in 2008 and is still being enjoyed by book lovers of all ages. The book is about a toddler who escapes the presence of a killer and finds refuge in a nearby graveyard. He is raised by many different characters and personalities both living and dead in the graveyard. Unfortunately‚ another topic is creating a buzz about this novel other than its’ awards. The Graveyard Book is being called out because of its many similarities of the much

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    The Tragedy of Hassan in the Kite Runner Fancine Abstract The character Hassan is consistently humble and good‚ leaving a great impression in reader’s mind. The role of Hassan in the story is significant. However‚ there are few scholars focusing on the character of Hassan. This essay focuses on the tragedy of Hassan‚ analyzing the causes with the theory Etiology. Etiology is a theory studying on various causes of one phenomenon. Key words: The kite runner; Hassan; Tragedy; Causes; Etiology

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    In the novel‚ “The Kite Runner”‚ written by Khaled Hosseini‚ is a story of a twelve year old Afghan boy‚ Amir seeking acceptance and approval from his father by entering a kite-fighting tournament along with his servant and friend‚ Hassan. On that same day a tragedy tears the two boys apart forever. "The Kite Runner" tells us‚ through Rahim Khan that‚ "true redemption is when guilt leads to good again..." Throughout the book there are many characters like Amir and Baba that have committed sins and

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    Overseas English 2010 9 A Naturalistic Perspective to the Kite Runner and Its Enlightenments to the Contemporary ( , 546300 ) Abstract: By analyzing the basic naturalistic features‚ namely the controlling power of environment and heredity‚ it is expected that the naturalistic tendency‚ at least naturalistic features of the novel can be revealed and some enlightenments on the world view of the contemporary can be gained. The early part of the thesis provides a frame by giving the research

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    people in your life that have similar characteristics with the characters in the book‚ The Kite Runner? Sometimes when you read a book‚ you like it because either you find yourself in one of the characters or you find similar people in your life from that book. The Kite Runner has rich and multipronged characters in it. Especially‚ the relationship between specific characters has taught me a lot of things. In the book‚ the readers see that there are many characters with many different characteristics

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