THE KITE RUNNER QUESTIONS CHAPTER 11 AND 12 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS 1. Where did they move to after Pakistan? They moved to America after Pakistan. 2. What job did Baba get? Baba got a job at a gas station. 3. Why didn’t he want food stamps? Baba refused food stamps because this was an insult to his pride. He is mentioned to have a strict code of honour and pride and accepting outside help to take care of his own problem. 4. What did Baba give Amir for his birthday? Why? Baba gave Amir
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believability of the father-son relationships that we are introduced to right at the story’s beginning. The characteristics in the relationships we witness are many; they include the sad love-hate tensions between Baba and Amir‚ the relationship between Ali and Hassan‚ which seem to be more friendly than familial (explained late in the book)‚ and the wistful‚ cautious affection that Baba has for Hassan. The most important father-son relationship in The Kite Runner is that between the protagonist Amir
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ReseaRch PaPeR Tourism Volume : 3 | Issue : 3 | March 2013 | ISSN - 2249-555X Monumental Heritage in Lucknow: Is Host Population Aware of Monumental Heritage ? Keywords Monuments of Lucknow‚ tourism product‚ tourism development etc. Jatashankar R. Tewari Assistant Professor and Coordinator- Hotel Management‚ School of Tourism and Hotel Management‚ Uttarakhand Open University‚ Haldwani District –Nainital Uttarakhand (India) ABSTRACT Monumental heritage constitutes a great opportunity
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Due to the color prejudice of their white European masters‚ African Americans suffered greatly from the blatant oppression they experienced for nearly 400 years in slavery. White Americans thought that “Negroes are too backward in evolution to associate with” (Curtis‚ 52). This attitude pushed a lot of African Americans in the early twenty century to reject all forms of suppression in every possible way. Thus they came up with their own system of beliefs. Their withdrawal from Christianity could
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“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Kabul‚ Afghanistan where a young boy named Amir lives with his father Baba‚ and two servants Ali‚ Baba’s best friend‚ and his son Hassan. Even though Ali and Hassan are Hazara’s‚ an ethnic minority in Afganistan‚ Amir and Hassan are inseparable. Growing up‚ Amir’s friends‚ Assef‚ Wali‚ and Kamal judge Amir for hanging out with a Hazara such as Hassan‚ but there relationship remains until the next winter. Winters in Afghanistan were known as kite-competition
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Amir Jan. The only one who does is Rahim Khan Chapter 8: “Baba have you ever thought about getting new servants?” (Hosseini 95) Amir regrets what he did to Hassan that he did not stood up for him and so everyday he sees him around it reminds him of his guilt and remembers what happened in the rape scene. He asks Baba if he could get a new servant and Baba does not understands why he says that and he gets mad at him. This tells us Baba really cares about Ali and Hassan‚ he loves them and accepts
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Resolution. The prominent names amongst them are Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani‚ Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi‚ Maulana Abdul Hamid Badayuni‚ Mufti Muhammad Shafi‚ Maulana Muhammad Ibrahim Sialkoti‚ Pir Ghulam Mujadid Sirhandi‚ Amin-ul-Hasanat (Pir Sahib of Manki Sharif)‚ Pir Sahib of Zakori Sharif‚ Pir Jamaat Ali Shah‚ Maulana Sanaullah Amratsari‚ Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Ghangohi‚ Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotavi‚ Haji Zaman Ali Shaheed and a lot of others. In fact‚ the foundation stone of Pakistan Movement
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AQ Khan‚ the man behind Pakistan ’s nuclear programme. (Photo: Reuters) There is nothing much unusual about armed guards outside the houses in my quiet‚ neat neighbourhood of Islamabad. These are the homes of retired generals‚ well-connected politicians and international aid workers‚ all of whom might be targets for Pakistani extremists. But one house stands out. Instead of frail‚ elderly guards armed with shotguns‚ one house is ringed by uniformed police officers with AK-47s. Roadblocks control
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shifted back to Amir‚ as he talked with Rahim Khan about the huge aftermath of his past actions. The photograph that Rahim Khan gave to him was the first time Amir saw Hassan smiling after the rape incident. Like Rahim Khan‚ Hassan began his letter by retelling the most recent acts of the Taliban’s unjust violence. He shared Amir’s nostalgia for the Afghanistan they knew of when they were children. He always had Amir in his mind‚ even after he left with Ali. It was evident that Hassan was a great father
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The telling of the novel was passed to Rahim Khan as he narrates about the life he and Hassan were living while Amir and Baba were in America before the narration was passed back to Amir. 2. Plot • Introduction – The childhood memories of when Amir and Hassan were still boys‚ living in Kabul. • Rising action – The raping scene of Hassan by Assef and his lackeys that was witnessed by Amir after the kite flying competition. • Climax – When Rahim Khan calls and requests Amir to visit him in Pakistan
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