found in Chapter 8 of your text. Select (either from your own collection‚ borrowed from your local public library‚ or rented from a video store) and watch a full-length movie that depicts a particular culture or way of life. Some suggestions are Kite Runner‚ Crash‚ The Great Debaters‚ A Walk in the Clouds‚ Grand Torino‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ Dances With Wolves‚ etc. You may choose a movie you know well but watch it again through the eyes of a sociologist. Your task is to look critically at the culture
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a book about a boy named Amir who lives in Afghanistan. Amir witnesses his servant‚ Hassan‚ get raped‚ for sticking up for Amir but does nothing‚ and does not tell Baba. A few months later Hassan and his father‚ Ali‚ move away because of what happened to Hassan. Years later war breaks out and Amir and Baba move to America‚ where Amir gets married and becomes an author‚ but Baba dies from cancer. Amir goes back to Afghanistan to visit a friend‚ and finds out Hassan
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The Kite Runner The novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ is about a young boy named Amir who forever lives a life full of shame‚ quilt and regret. These feelings are brought out by things that Amir has done in his past such as refusing to stick up for Hassan and lying to his father. By the end of the novel‚ Amir fully atones for his sins by returning to Kabul‚ adopting Sohrab and being beaten by Assef. During the annual kite tournament‚ Amir witnessed his brother‚ Hassan being brutally beaten and raped by
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grew up in Kabul‚ in Afghanistan and seemingly he was very happy and successful child. In fact‚ he was constantly chasing something he could never get‚ and later on he became a victim of his own memories‚ which haunted him in his adulthood. “Kite Runner” begins “I became what I am today at the age of twelve”. This quote is very significant for understanding the whole novel and Amir’s behavior. As we learn from the book‚ Amir and his servant Hassan were living together. Hassan is loyal and loves
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will always be part of humanity‚ but the atonement of those sins is what matters in the end. What changes is the severity of the sin and the lengths one has to go in order to atone for those sins and redeem one’s self. In Hosseini’s novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ guilt‚ atonement of sins and redemption all show that no matter what a person’s sin may be‚ he or she will always be able to atone for that sin and find redemption. Amir’s sins are far worse than anything most people will ever go through‚ yet he
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treated his son like he was not even there. This was a poor parenting decision made by Baba because Amir does not have a mother. Although he grew up with very minimal parenting‚ Baba was extremely strict when he wanted to be. In early stages of The Kite Runner‚ Baba is never around‚ he is often seen leaving the house to go somewhere out of town. Amir’s father is mostly seen in his smoke room with a cigar and drinking with his friends when he is home‚ “Baba smoked his pipe and talked...he then closed the
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There are crucial parts throughout the novel that Hosseini wanted us at readers to visualize as we read. Three ironic moments illustrated in the novel that I picked was when Baba told Amir “Now‚ no matter what the mullah teaches‚ theres is only one sin‚ only one. And that is theft” (16). The second irony is Baba tells Amir that there is one better than a Pashtun by your side. “We may be hardheaded and I know we’re far too proud‚ but‚ in the hour of need‚ believe me that there’s no one you’d rather
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The Search for Redemption in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner As human beings‚ making mistakes is inventible. The only way people can learn and grow from their mistakes is to search for redemption. Many people search for redemption their whole lives but very few are able to find it. The journey to redemption is evident in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini through the choices of Amir and Baba. Amir makes several mistakes so does Baba‚ which grows to haunt them in the future. They attempt
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Over the last month or so i read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. This book has been eye opening for me. At points‚ I had to put down the book‚ close my eyes‚ and think. It brought up many memories for me‚ multiple times I had to tell myself that it’s in the past and it can’t be changed now. I actually spent fairly long amounts of time going over my life decisions so far‚ my regrets‚ and most of all‚ my future. When Amir had to make strong choices‚ it made me remember recent tough situations when
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please a king. A king is defined as the ruler‚ or the most important person. Everybody under a king will refer to the king as “your highness”. People under the king will also try their hardest and strive to do whatever the king pleases. In The Kite Runner‚ Hosseini uses Baba’s intimidating physical features and Amir’s exalting of his dad‚ Baba‚ to characterize Baba as a king and Amir as a servant. Baba’s physical features appear much more intimidating than that of an average man. One feature about
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