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    are not always warped to appease an audience. Therefore‚ actions are more revealing of character than thoughts because it displays honesty and commitment. Generally‚ honesty is crucial to the perseverance of human relationships. In the movie Sling Blade‚ Karl‚ who had just been released from a mental institute‚ forms a relationship with a family that is burdened by an abusive stepfather. As Frank starts to view Karl as a father figure‚ Karl realizes he must kill

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    in The Novel A bond so cherished and sought after‚ may not always be one of love‚ but one filled with pain and longing. The relationship between a father and a son helps prepare a boy to understand right from wrong. Khaled Hosseini in‚ The Kite Runner‚ uses the complex emotional bond between fathers and sons to demonstrate the necessity of an empathetic fatherly figure. The relationships that clearly demonstrate this need for a fatherly figure are between Baba and Amir‚ Hassan and Sohrab‚ and Amir

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    There are many different reasons people fight against each other. Some fight for their freedom of religion‚ some fight for basic human rights‚ and some fight for political reasons. However‚ the main cause of all fights in our world is people’s desire to have better and happier lives. In history‚ the Crusades‚ the religious battles between the Christians and the Muslims‚ occurred because Christians desired to earn the happiness that comes from wealthier and stronger country‚ while Muslims had desire

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    The Kite Runner Characters 1. Amir is the main character and the narrator of the book. Amir grows up extremely privileged with a rich father named Baba. He feels deprived of an emotional connection with Baba. He thinks that his father blames him for his mothers death and wishes he was more like Hassan. Hassan was Amir’s best friend but‚ he was jealous of Hassan’s relationship with Baba. Amir constantly teased Hassan although Hassan always defended him. Amir sacrifices Hassan for his fathers acceptance

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    The Kite Runner Essay The word Hero is defined as “a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose‚ especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life.” The main character and narrator‚ Amir‚ shows traits of heroism in the novel many times mostly near the second half of the novel when he risks is own safety to return to Afghanistan to aid his father’s sick friend‚ or when he selflessly gives Wahid’s children money and his own watch. On the other hand Amir also plays the

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    Kite Runner Final Questions 1. The tortured souls are said to be Amir and Baba according to Rahim Khan’s letter. Baba was tortured soul because he was always hard on himself for not telling the truth and other things in that happen in the past. Baba had kept the truth about Amir and Hassan being half-brothers for his entire life. Baba couldn’t love Hassan the way he longed‚ openly as a father. Baba always became furious with himself‚ so he took out his anger‚ guilt‚ on Amir instead. Rahim

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    The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini Chapters 1-5 (PP. 1-47) Reading Questions 1. The novel begins with a flashback. What do you think is its purpose? What do you learn about the narrator? The purpose of the book in my opinion is to set up the setting of the main idea of the book and to give the readers Amir’s opinion on his fellow characters‚ so they can see the main idea. You learn about Amir’s life and how this event has affected him. 2. Who is Hassan? Describe him physically. What

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    In the movie “Sling Blade” a young boy named Karl Childers is released from the mental hospital where he has spent most of his adult life after murdering his mother and her boyfriend. This movie is very interesting it shows how a young boy that was raised in a unfit enviorment can commit crimes due to lack of knowledge. Although Karl wasn’t the smartest kid he sure knew how to fix a small engine. As the movie went on we soon learned that Karl was a changed person and there were a few people to give

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    THE KITE RUNNER by KHALED HOSSEINI Riverhead Books - New York The author makes liberal use of _italics_ and I have missed noting many of them‚ but the rest of this text file should demonstrate good proofing. Copyright © 2003 by Khaled Hosseini Riverhead trade paperback ISBN: 1-59488-000-1 This book is dedicated to Haris and Farah‚ both the _noor_ of my eyes‚ and to the children of Afghanistan. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am indebted to the following colleagues for their advice‚ assistance

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    The human condition is the experience of existence and life as humans. This notion can be seen through the novel "The Great Gatsby"‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the film "Blade Runner"‚ directed by Ridley Scott. These texts explore the themes of human judgment‚ the ambition involved in being human and human morals‚ which make up part of the human condition. This is shown through the actions‚ comments‚ and descriptions of the characters in the texts. The quote "’They’re a rotten crowd‚’ I

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