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    The lesson of forgiveness and redemption come hand and hand‚ in order to be fully forgiven you have to redeem yourself. For some it takes years to master this lesson of maturity and growth‚ while for others it takes a lifetime. The book "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini is a great example of forgiveness and redemption. It shows Amir’s journey from a boy to a man by learning to forgive and redeem his relationships with his Baba‚ closest friend‚ Hassan and himself. Growing up behind a powerful

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    personalities of both Abigal and Amir demonstrate that they have experienced emotional growth‚ leading them to a last chance for atonement and reconnection. Emotional immaturity can lead some to deal with trauma in a dysfunctional way. In the book The Kite Runner‚ Amir had been looking for Hassan after winning the kite running competition. Loyal Hassan had left to chase after the prize kite. When Amir finally located Hassan he froze‚ he stood by in shock unable to respond: There were two

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    for sleeping with Ali’s wife Sanubar and having Hassan. Amir was guilty for Hassan’s rape and for the way he always treated Hassan in their childhood. Both Amir and Baba had guilt that tortured them‚ it shows how they are both similar throughout the book. They both made mistakes that caused them to have lifelong guilt. Mid end of pg#222 No he wasn’t. He and Sanaubar had Hassan‚ didn’t they? They had Hassan--" "No they didn’t‚" Rahim Khan said. "Yes they

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    Friendship Sometimes‚ up in those trees‚ I talked Hassan into firing walnuts with his slingshot at the neighbor’s one-eyed German shepherd. Hassan never wanted to‚ but if I asked‚ really asked‚ he wouldn’t deny me. Hassan never denied me anything. And he was deadly with his slingshot. Hassan’s father‚ Ali‚ used to catch us and get mad‚ or as mad as someone as gentle as Ali could ever get. He would wag his finger and wave us down from the tree. He would take the mirror and tell us what his mother

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    Kamila Al-Attia English 12 1st Period 4/1/14 The Kite Runner In the Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini emphasizes betrayal and redemption through Amir’s cowardly act of standing by while Hassan is raped and Amir’s attempt to redeem himself by rescuing Sohrab. Amir attempts to deal with his guilt by avoiding it. But doing this clearly does nothing toward redeeming himself‚ and thus his guilt endures. That is why he still cringes every time Hassan’s name is mentioned. Hassan’s rape is the source of Amir’s

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    and his son Amir lives in Kabul with their servants Hassan and Ali. Being that Hassan and Amir grew up together they have a very strong bond that is unbreakable under any circumstance or obstacles. In “The Kite Runner” there are three themes in the book‚ love‚ loyalty and guilt. First theme being love in “The Kite Runner”‚Baba had a love strong for Hassan and Ali. Though they were him and his son’s servant he loved them as his own family. “Please” Baba was saying but Ali had already turned to the

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    generation‚ cherished by millions of people across the world. However‚ some of these books have been removed from the public eye through a process called book banning. Books‚ along with music‚ magazines‚ and movies are banned from libraries for including sexually explicit content‚ graphic language‚ violence‚ discussions regarding race‚ homosexual references‚ and witchcraft. Some people may think that the banning of certain books should be allowed because children should not be exposed to inappropriate topics

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    Amir guilt was eating him alive‚ and he did not know what to do one day Amir was tossing fruit up in the air. Amir was getting upset because he wanted to make it even Amir pressuring Hassan to hit him “Get up! Hit me!”[Amir said to Hassan.]” (Hosseini 92) this quote is important because Amir knowing the way he feel inside it hurts him to see Hassan face to face Amir wanting Hassan to hit him so that it relieve stress off of him Amir thinks he deserves punishment‚ and they can go back to how they

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    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a novel with a personal experience from the author of what people in Afghanistan had to go through to live a normal everyday life. The main focus of the story is on the two boys named Amir and Hassan who are both Afghan. To the Afghan society‚ Hassan is in a lower class than Amir and therefore Hassan is Amir’s servant. Amir is a Sunni Muslim and Hassan is a Shi’a Muslim. There is a major religious and ethnic difference between the two. Although their relationship

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    Children all across the world read books at high reading levels‚ but some books at higher reading levels have inappropriate stories to tell. I strongly agree that certain books should be banned from schools because of racial themes‚ violence‚ witchcraft‚ negativity‚ profanity‚ and alternative lifestyles. Switching to a parent’s point of view I could guess that I wouldn’t want my child to be reading about demons or treating African-Americans like slaves and taking advantage of people who don’t look

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