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    always determined‚ but sometimes has a tendency to not express his feelings and therefore‚ seeming distant and unloving. Through out the book Baba proves his courage and fearless personality‚ for example‚ when Baba and Amir escape Kabul‚ Baba prevents a guard from raping an innocent woman‚ something Amir had already proved himself to cowardly to do. Throughout the book we learn Baba never was able to fully accept Amir as his son‚ the guilt ate at him all the time‚ and at the mid-end of the novel Baba

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    Amir takes actions that seem bad because his entire life he had to deal with emotional and physical abuse. In the kite runner Amir is projected as a bad guy because of how he treats Hassan throughout the book. Amir isn’t a bad guy because his actions were done when he was young‚ full of jealousy‚ and rejected. People can overlook it because these feelings are relatable. Amir does these immoral action because he believes that it will make his life easier. He tries to see his action as solutions to

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    of Amir and Hassan’s relationship‚ the book also touches on the racial tensions between the Pashtun and the Hazara as well as the political evolution that Afghanistan undergoes. It is a story that highlights the regrets that Amir lives through as he leaves his home‚ country and closest friend. The most controversial aspect of the book is that near the beginning of the book where there is a homosexual rape scene that occurs and begins the conflict of the book with Amir living with the regret of not

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    We are constantly influenced by various things we encounter‚ these things even have the potential to change the way we view the world around us‚ none more so than texts like Khaled Hosseini’s novel‚ The Kite Runner. The book is a retelling of an Afghani boy’s life‚ which addresses the issues of friendship‚ coming of age‚ and the power of the past can have on somebody. The Author’s way of addressing of these issues‚ has significantly shaped my own views‚ specifically how friendship can often be unequal

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    Gender Mosaics: A Masculinist Reading of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner An individual’s esteem of himself and thus‚ by extension‚ others’ opinion of him is determined by a simultaneous play of variegated factors. This paper is an attempt to unravel various such subtleties of a masculine identity as depicted in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. At the same time‚ it also tries to determine the importance of culture in determining an individual’s identity and that of transcending certain

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    Khaled Hosseini I feel is a book about redemption. Hassan and Amir are two boys who share the same father‚ but don’t know until they are adults. Amir is part of the ‘higher class’ in Kabul and is treated more or less like royalty‚ hassan is raised as a servant’s son. I like how the two boys are shown acting and playing as brothers as children. I like the way the book shows Amir’s guilt throughout his life. And I feel that the connection made towards the end of the book when Amir finds out that Hassan

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    that Hassan and Amir will never see each other; Amir can never properly make amends and give Hassan the unconditional love in return. I am glad that Hassan stayed the same after so many years of abuse; it gives me hope. My favourite characters in the book so far would have to be Baba‚ Rahim Khan‚ and Hassan. Even though Baba was hard on Amir‚ he was a good man who helped those in need. Rahim Khan for the relatively reason that he was always supportive of Amir and understanding. Hassan because of his

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    for his path to redemption for the rest of the novel. In the beginning of the book‚ he was definitely a coward. He was not able to stand up for his best friend because he was scared of getting hurt. Even though Amir’s made a horrible decision in letting Assef rape Hassan‚ he still wouldn’t have been able to do much to help him. If Amir had stepped in he probably wouldn’t have been able to help. But throughout the book Amir learns from his mistakes. Amir redeems himself from his sins through

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    Khaled Hosseini‚ who was mistaken by many readers to be an iniquitous person for watching his servant Hassan get raped and not stopping the act. However‚ only few readers understand that he did what he did to earn his father’s approval. Through out the book‚ Amir was knuckling down for his father’s affection and his obsession to be the perfect son blurred out the fine line between good and bad‚ and made him take odious actions. Baba was one of the wealthiest and noble men in Kabul. People looked up

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    Furthermore‚ Jordan clearly grows in his dying moments. At the beginning‚ his only fear is “of not doing my duty as I should” (FWTBT‚ 91). Hemingway demonstrates Jordan’s knowledge of his fate when Pilar reads his palm (FWTBT‚ 33) and her discussion about the smell of death (FWTBT‚ 254-256). Surrounded by his fate‚ Jordan faces his futile duty without hope. He is alone and an island‚ yet at death he tells Maria‚ “But I go with thee. As long as there is one of us there is both of us” (FWTBT‚ 463)

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