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    people can be any religion or denomination they please without the fear of being beaten or treated differently. In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner‚ he portrays the false importance of Social status and morality and its effect it has on people of different social status. Amir‚ who is constantly struggling to earn his father’s love‚ finally succeeds by winning a kite-flying competition. But on that day‚ he witnesses a horrible act involving his best friend and does nothing to stop it. Neither did anyone

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    have been honoured to have never understood. Author Khaled Hosseini‚ displays a new perspective in this novel‚ which describes the upmost issues which Afghans’ were forced to deal with and the difficult realities which they seem to face. In The Kite Runner‚ Hosseini displays the unique relationships between father and son‚ upper and lower class‚ and ethnic diversity to notion love and sacrifice‚ or lack thereof‚ for the greater needs of the supported individual. These relationships are portrayed and

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    Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner‚” revolves around a central theme of sin and redemption. The main characters in the novel have sinned and everyone in one way or another is seeking for redemption. The novel starts by Amir foretelling us about ultimate sin in that winter of 1975 when Hassan gets raped and he chooses to do nothing. And he tells us he carried that guilt even in America‚ “... Looking back now‚ I realized I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years .”

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    4-5-13 Is the Mind Powerful then the Body:The Old Man In The Sea There are two types of strength: Strength in the mind and strength in the body. But question is which is stronger? Santiago‚ an old man‚ strives to overcome and fullfil his dream of catching a fish. Through his journey the old man tries to proceed on catching a fish even though he’s been unlucky since ’’eight-four days now without taking a fish’’ (pg 1). A boy name Manolin‚ a friend of Santiago‚ Admires Santiago

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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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    AssessmentLanguage A: literature guide Introduction Syllabus Assessment Assessment in the Diploma Programme Assessment outline—SL Assessment outline: School-supported self-taught students—SL Assessment outline—HL External assessment Internal assessment Appendix External assessment Assessment criteria are used to assess students for all assessment tasks. The assessment criteria are published in this guide. For paper 1 there are four criteria. For paper 2 there are five criteria

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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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    that decisions have both‚ positive and negative repercussions. The Kite Runner‚ a novel by Khaled Hosseini‚ portrays that every action has a reaction‚ and one’s actions can impact his destiny‚ and the destinies of others. In the novel‚ the protagonist Amir‚ makes many difficult decisions that have severe consequences. Amir chooses to flee when Assef starts to abuse Hassan. This action has a negative impact on most of the major characters in the book. Subsequently‚ Amir has to live with the guilt for

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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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    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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