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    chill between Baba and me thawed a little. And the reason for that was the kites. Baba and I lived in the same house‚ but in different spheres of existence. Kites were the one paper-thin slice of intersection between those spheres.”(Hosseini‚2003).Therefore‚ the kite is the only way to change the situation. In a conservation‚ Amir learnt that Baba attached great importance to the kite competition. He realized that the kite race was a straw to win Baba’s love. Just as the author writes‚ “The resolution

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    The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner‚” revolves around a crucial theme of sin and redemption. In Hosseini’s novel‚ redemption is significant because sin is so persistent. Amir opens the story by telling us not about how exactly he sinned‚ but about sin’s strength. Throughout the novel‚ the theme of Sin and Redemption is evident throughout the actions of the main characters‚ Baba and Amir as they sin and plead for redemption. Throughout the novel‚ the protagonist‚ Amir weighs each

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    The Kite runner (Symbol of Kite) One kite‚ ties with one unique and detached friendship. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner”‚ the blue kite represents the friendship between Amir and Hassan and also the relationship between Amir and Baba‚ his father. From the beginning of the story‚ this unique friendship between Amir and Hassan has been foreshadowed‚ “Then he would remind us that there was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast‚ a kinship that not even time

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    Friendship in the Kite Runner Every child makes a vow to be best friends with another child at least once in their life. Some girls by necklaces with matching half hearts to signify their friendship and some boys carve their names into trees. In the bestselling novel The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ two boys‚ Hassan and Amir‚ have a friendship that is not as typical as other children’s. In every friendship there is always at least one loyal friend. The friendships between: Amir and Hassan; Baba

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    verbalize‚ utter Sentence: The clamor of the community could be heard from miles away. 7. Word: chide Meaning: to scold mildly Example: you scold bad behavior Synonym: lecture‚ call down Sentence: the teacher chides the student for talking out of place. The Kite Runner Escape from Afghanistan | Amir | Farah Ahmedi | Description | A friend of the son of a servant (Hassan)‚ jealous Pashtun‚ no integrity‚ kite fighter‚ coward‚ slower and clumsier than Hassan‚ loved winter break (3

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    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 and Sohrab. To begin‚ the strained relationship between Amir‚ the protagonist‚ and Baba‚ his father‚ as well as the events influenced

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    between Amir and Hassan The relationship between Amir and Hassan is one that is complex. There is a bond between them that is only openly acknowledged by one party. The Amir’s denial of their friendship and constant picking on Hassan stems not only from their different cultural and ethnological background but also from his insecurities as a boy. Despite all of this‚ Hassan still insists‚ “Amir Agha and I are friends.” (43) and he does so without reservation or malice. As can be inferred from the above

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    learn from them and some end up making them again. It’s up to you to decide if you’ll use your mistakes to your advantage” -Meredith Sapp The Positive and Negative Effects of guilt Guilt is known as an evil feeling‚ one may try to cover up the past‚ but in the end this feeling is what drives humans to compensate for evil deeds and give back to the world. In this book “the Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini‚ the authour demonstrates the effects of guilt on Amir’s life. Amir commits

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    normally Hazarah. The Hazarah were lower in class and used their labor to make a living by becoming servants to the Pashtun. Like Hassan was to Amir and Baba. ​Amir the main character and novel narrator is of the Pashtun religion and because of this he is accustomed to having the things he wants handed to him on a silver platter. The only things Amir feels deprived of is a deep connection both emotionally and figuratively with his father Baba. He blames it on himself because he is so different

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    The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini Chapter one Is set in December 2001 when Amir the narrator is living in San Francisco. He recalls an event that occurred in 1975 which happened in Afghanistan where he grew up. He doesn’t go into detail about what happened but says what happened there made him who he is today. Amir gets a call from a friend named Rahim Khan who asks Amir to come to Pakistan to visit him. When Amir gets off the phone he walks along golden gate park‚ when he sees to kites which

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