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    The Kite Runner

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    Ignorance is bliss. Or so one may think....in actuality ignorance is merely an illusion of bliss‚ a false occurrence produced by telling secrets when one fears the truth. .Just like a dream though‚ one most eventually awake from the ignorance in secrets‚ and the protection that secrets provide fades away into nothingness.....and the truth explode into the world and people finally see things the way they really are and realize they much rather handle the truth. In the novel The Kite Runner‚ Khaled

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    was his opportunity to go back and get redemption. He was finally going to be able to stop peeking into that deserted alley. This was an opportunity for Amir to make amends to Hassan. When he was finally face to face with Assef towards the end of the book Amir is almost again the same child as he was years ago. He was still scared of Assef and unsure of his plan. After Assef tells the guards to stay out of the room no matter he hears. Amir was feeling comfort with the fight he was having and Assef

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    This book focuses on the theme of kindness and how individuals can attempt to determine their own destiny by the way that they act towards others. Throughout the Kite Runner there are many events that occur where the characters are faced with difficult situations and often the outcome of the situation is a result of the action they chose to take or not take‚ and other times the result of their destiny is out of their control. The book begins with Amir and Hassan playing together. The book shows

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    At some point in most people’s lives they will achieve redemption through a life changing event. In the book The Kite Runner‚ Written by Khaled Hosseini‚the character finds why friends matter. In the story a dramatic event happens that sets up the journey of a young/man to find his new life in america. He also finds out the true meaning of loyalty. In the story one of the main characters named Amir does achieve redemption by savings his friends son named Sohrab after his dad Hassan was killed.

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    One of the primary symbols in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner are kites. What kites symbolize for the protagonist changes throughout the book and has multiple meanings at once. At the start of the novel kites symbolize good things for Amir‚ but it drastically changes after the winter of 1975‚ where the kite becomes a reminder of guilt and shame. In the concluding pages‚ the kite returns to a positive symbol. In Amir’s childhood the kite symbolizes a few things; it symbolizes some of the best times

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    A Story By Li-Young Lee

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    Time has the tendency to impact everyone and everything. In the poem “A Story” Li-Young Lee reveals the intimate yet short lived relationship of the father and the son through the use of dialogue‚ conflict and point of view to hint at the inevitably of children branching out and possibly surpassing their parents. Emphasized through the differing perspectives of the father and son Lee highlights the innocence of young children and parents and their changing relationship over time. The speaker depicting

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    1. Title: The Kite Runner 2. Author: Khaled Hosseini 3. Time period: The Kite Runner took place from the 1975 to 2001. It is told in retrospect by the main character Amir. He tells the story of his childhood up to his current age. The book starts out with his life as a twelve year old in Afghanistan‚ living through the Russian communists’ takeover. 4. Genre: The genre is historical fiction. 5. Another famous work from the same time period is a Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled

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    the western part of the world has lack of knowledge about Immigrants and the Middle East. I’ve read the novel The Kite Runner‚ and I mean that the book can give us another impression of what the Middle East is about- My focus in this essay is on one of the similarities found in The Middle East compared to the rest of the world. I think that the book can change people’s attitude about people living in the Middle East and immigrants‚ because their humanity is recognizable. The first part of the

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    The Kite Runner The book begins with Amir as a child in Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ as he lived his life with his father‚ and his friend Hassan. He loved to read‚ and often read to Hassan. Eventually he would go on to write his own books‚ that he would try to show to his father‚ but he didn’t appreciate his son’s work. Instead his father friend Rahim Khan shows interests and supports his writing choices. One of the focused points of the story is the kite running as Amir wins the kite flying competition

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    background and religion no matter how lengthy and strong they are. The ways different people view connection are influenced by their culture‚ which leads into the damaging and destruction of the already exist relationships. Khaled Hosseini‚ in his book The Kite Runner‚ illustrates the struggles of relationships caused by cultural and religious reason through the stories of two young boys‚ Amir and Hassan. Ever since they were born‚ Hassan had shown endless love and appreciation for Amir‚ but Amir

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