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    Kite Runner Racism

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    Racism plays important roles in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. The author uses racism to describe the characters and the culture represented in the stories. In The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini uses prejudice as a tool to tell this story of betrayal and redemption. He pursues his story with prejudice and racism in Afghanistan as well as in the United States. While the author uses individual characters to tell the story‚ he portrays the general attitudes and history associated with the characters’

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    Kite Runner

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    Tone and Mood  You might think about the difference between mood and tone as  follows: Mood as the attitude of the author toward the subject‚ and  Tone as the attitude of the author toward the audience. Usually.  Sometimes there is a fine line‚ and Tone can be an attitude toward the  implied audience and subject both.     Tone - the writer’s attitude toward the audience; a writer’s tone can be serious‚ sarcastic‚ tongue-incheek‚ solemn‚ objective‚ satirical‚ solemn‚ wicked‚ etc. - Tone is the

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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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    Kite Runner Essay

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    14 May 2013 T/TH 10:15 Irony of "The Kite Runner" Irony is a literary technique used to show contrast between reality and what appears to be reality. It is usually used to put emphasis on a particular event in a book. In the novel The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini‚ irony is used throughout the book to tie together certain events and themes. The story follows a boy named Amir living in Kabul‚ Afghanistan during the Taliban take over. Amir lives with his wealthy father Baba and his

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    The Kite Runner Essay

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    Redemption is something that has always been portrayed through movies as some sort of revenge and violence‚ but “The Kite Runner” written by Khaled Hosseni connects redemption with the circularity of events throughout the book without having someone killed off to end the story. This book written by Khaled Hosseini includes many important aspects of human nature such as betrayal and deception‚ but these aspects are well hidden behind the storyline‚ making it a great book. Redemption in this book is

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    In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Amir’s reaction to his best friend’s violation reveals that he is both selfish and disloyal. By not intervening on the rape‚ Amir’s instincts expose his flaws and traumatize him for the rest of his life. Amir’s actions in the alley show how selfish a person he is. After returning to the alley to confront Hassan‚ he admits that the first thing he did was look for the kite Hassan was protecting in order to "scan it for any rips"(78). Because the kite was a means

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    The Kite Runner: Notes

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    Despite his efforts‚ Amir never really succeeds in winning his father’s love. Do you agree? In ‘The Kite Runner’‚ Khaled Hosseini depicts Amir as someone who tries very hard to get something that he desires‚ however does not receive it. In this case‚ Amir did not really ‘win’ Baba’s love. Through his early childhood‚ Amir and Baba’s contrast in each other caused much of the problem‚ and after the kite flying tournament‚ Amir’s guilt had driven them further apart. However in America‚ Baba truly begins

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    The Kite Runner and Novel

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    question in terms of Amir and Sohrab‚ two characters who leave Afghanistan when they are still growing up. Even though countless events occur in the novel‚ the title refers to kite fighting and kite running. What do these activities represent in the novel and why are they so important? To whom or what does the title‚ "The Kite Runner‚" refer? Examine what itCould the story of the novel exist without the class difference between Amir and Hassan? Make a case‚ using specific plot points and historical facts

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    The Kite Runner Response

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    text The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini‚ was the event of Hassan’s rape. This event of Hassan’s rape from Assef is the most important part of the book when thinking about Amir’s character because it is this event that is the catalyst for the way in which he treated Hassan afterwards through the thoughts that only benefited himself. If we consider how this event links to the theme of loyalty and betrayal we think about how Hassan was unfailingly loyal to Amir when running the kite for him

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    hurt is betrayal‚ because it means someone was willing to hurt you just to make themself feel better.”(Linda Poindexter) Betrayal‚ which can be considered a form of sin‚ is enduring and ends up cyclic in The Kite Runner. Betrayal is one of the most prevalent themes of The Kite Runner. One the other side friendship is also prevalent is the novel at some places. This thesis paper aims to look at issues related to betrayal of deep friendship. It explores the inhumane acts of individuals which

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