KITE RUNNER Discussion Questions 1. The novel begins with Amir’s memory of peering down an alley‚ looking for Hassan who is kite running for him. As Amir peers into the alley‚ he witnesses a tragedy. The novel ends with Amir kite running for Hassan’s son‚ Sohrab‚ as he begins a new life with Amir in America. Why do you think the author chooses to frame the novel with these scenes? Refer to the following passage: "Afghans like to say: Life goes on‚ unmindful of beginning‚ end...crisis or catharsis
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The Kite Runner- Essay Explain how the author uses places and settings to support the telling of the story. In ’The Kite Runner’ Khaled Hosseini uses a range of different places and settings to aid the telling of the story and provoke a certain reaction from the readers. The first chapter begins with an unknown narrator having a flashback to 1975 when he was twelve. This immediately creates suspense as the reader wants to know why this particular moment in time is significant to the story
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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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of the Kite Runner. The novel is based upon a boy named Hassan (a servant boy) and Amir who is Hassan’s best friend‚ and master’s son. The theme of violence begins when Amir and Hassan enter Afghanistan’s annual kite-fighting tournament. This is when boys from all around battle kites by covering the strings in broken glass. When one of the strings from the kites are cut‚ the losing kite flies loose‚ and boys called kite runners chase the kite across the city until it falls. Amir was the kite flyer
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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 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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understand it first. This is especially prevalent in The Kite Runner‚ a book about the struggles of a young Afghan boy as he grows in his changing homeland. An understanding of the caste system and the value of loyalty is essential in comprehending and enjoying The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini. The caste system is one of the most important aspects of Afghan culture‚ causing knowledge of it to be crucial in appreciating The Kite Runner. The caste system is a social hierarchy where when someone
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini illustrates the effects of past events on Amir’s present actions‚ attitudes‚ and values. The effects were both positive and negative. Past events can “change the course of a whole lifetime”. The raping event that happened during Amir’s childhood affects his actions even during his adulthood. After the rape event‚ Amir feels guilt and that guilt made him go on the road of redemption. The actions of Amir saving Sohrab were driven by this guilt from the past. Those
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Jordan Tetzlaff | 301 Like Father‚ Unlike Son The Contrast of Amir and Baba In The Kite Runner The general depiction of the ideal fatherson relationship is one with both parties sharing mutual interests‚ few conflicts‚ and an overarching sense of sheer compatibility. However‚ few to none of these traits are present in the relationship of Amir and his father‚ Baba in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. Amir shows various interests and likings towards his father
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Examination of Bravery in The Kite Runner During a lifetime‚ most people are put in a situation where they can either help someone who needs them or they can be willfully blind and not do the right thing for convenience’s sake. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ bravery is a quality that is shown by many of the main characters. These characters use bravery to guard the things in their lives that are important to them even if their physical wellbeing is harmed‚ they still stand
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