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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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     he completes the process of atonement by getting  what he deserves when he is beaten by Assef‚ and by making up for his actions by giving  Hassan’s son a good life. Although it takes Amir 26 years‚ he does fully atone for his actions.           WORKS CITED  Hosseini‚ Khaled. ​ The Kite Runner​ . London: Bloomsbury‚ 2011.

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    The Kite Runner Hero

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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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    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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    these kind of hacks before and was in a familiar position as to this. The phrases from this passage contribute to the entire text by bringing Marcus’s skills to light for the readers to realize even more. This also develops Marcus’s character in the story. The Maze Runner Notes Gally- aggressive‚ mean‚ not physically intimidating Find out that he was stung‚ and saw Thomas during the “Changing” The Changing- After someone has been stung by a griever‚ they are given a serum and they go through a painful

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    mother. Misunderstanding his father‚ Amir believes the death of Baba’s "princess"‚ his mother‚ caused Baba to become careless of him. This leaves Amir craving for Baba’s approval which he tries to obtain by winning the kite tournament and bringing back the winning kite. After winning the kite tournament Amir gains Baba’s acceptance that he has so longed for. However‚ this doesn’t last long because "We’d deceived

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    with his slingshot. When Hassan got the surgery so he could smile normally he stopped smiling. Amir wants to tell Assef that he really doesn’t consider Hassan a friend. Chapters 6-9 They have gashes on their fingers because they were out flying kites and strings were cutting them. Tar is string. Amir is jealous of Hassan because Baba always talks about Hassan and he receives more attention. When he says “my life as a ghost” he means he is tired of his father thinking of him as just a bookworm.

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    Katherine Character Foil

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    When exploring through the traits of characters within all well written stories or even actual people‚ the major changes within them began with small little choices or events and the repercussions snowballed upon each other‚ and rock the character down to their very core ideals. With this truth set in place‚ it becomes evident that casting judgement upon another due to their reaction to an event is something inherently wrong. As the events that they have experienced up to that point are something

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    The Kite Runner Summary

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    friends‚ despite their many character similarities and personal connection to one another. Hassan and Amir had a lot in common‚ such as the fact that they both grew up without a mother. Though they were raised with different beliefs‚ they were brought up together‚ and spent their entire childhoods making memories with each other.

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    How does Hosseini present the character of Amir in Chapters 1-9? The first nine chapters of the novel show us Amir as a boy growing up in Kabul with his very wealthy father and a friend who clearly adores him. However Amir also displays character traits which show him to be a very flawed character. He is very selfish and displays cowardice on regular occasions. He also appears to be incredibly insecure and he constantly seeks his father’s approval despite what it means for other aspects of his

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