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    has become an international best seller. With more than eight million copies sold world wide‚ Hosseini shares that the story was inspired by his childhood in Afghanistan. When moving to California with his family‚ Hosseini recalls the passages in the book of Amir and Baba as immigrants in the United States to be the most resembling of his life. Through the period of adjustment from living in an upper-middle class nieghbourhood with his father as a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother

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    would tell him. He does not like violence but would do anything to save Amir. People make fun of him because he is Hazara. The Kite Runner Analysis The expression "riddled with guilt" is a good way to describe the main character’s life‚ Amir‚ in the book The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner is a story about an Afghan boy‚ Amir‚ who has many hardships throughout his life as he grows from a boy living in war-torn Afghanistan‚ to a successful writer living in America. Amir experiences

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    human nature and how the topics and themes mentioned above connect to the characters. • how character actions‚ events‚ and ideas provide insight into larger truths about how people tend to act. What‚ in your opinion‚ is the main theme of the book The Kite Runner? Explain your answer clearly‚ making specific references to the text. Your formal essay must be 800-100 words‚ in standard 12-point font with one-inch margins. Use a thesis sentence in the introduction and then use direct quotes from

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    Everyone makes mistakes in life and would pay for them in different ways. In Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” and Joe Wright’s “Atonement”‚ both the protagonists commit unforgivable ‘crimes’ and seek redemption. Therefore‚ redemption is portrayed as an important theme throughout two works. Amir‚ who betrays Hassan‚ redeems himself by cofessing the truth and adopting Sohrab; whereas the character of Briony loses the opportunities to pay for her guilt of preventing Robbie and Cecilias’ relationship

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    The main character of “The Kite Runner” is Amir. In the Beginning of the novel Amir is a young child who lives with his rich father in Afghanistan. He goes out and plays with his servant child Hassan just about every day. But throughout the book he is confronted by different situations that would soon haunt him for the rest of his life. His father tells him early on “There is only one sin‚ only one. And that is theft.”Pg 17-18. This connected with song when said “ I wrestle hard with my youth

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    In Khaled Hosseini’s book‚ The Kite Runner‚ the author brings the reader on a journey where we are introduced to two young boys‚ Amir and Hassan. It is a story about their friendship and the choices they make while growing up in Kabul. Although‚ Amir and Hassan are raised in the same household‚ and are fed from same breast‚ they grow up in different realities: Amir is a Pashtun and the son of a rich and noble man‚ Hassan is a Hazara and Amir’s servant‚ whose father also served for Amir’s father.

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    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a book about a boy named Amir who lives in Afghanistan. Amir witnesses his servant‚ Hassan‚ get raped‚ for sticking up for Amir but does nothing‚ and does not tell Baba. A few months later Hassan and his father‚ Ali‚ move away because of what happened to Hassan. Years later war breaks out and Amir and Baba move to America‚ where Amir gets married and becomes an author‚ but Baba dies from cancer. Amir goes back to Afghanistan to visit a friend‚ and finds out Hassan

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    throughout the book‚ we see many of the characters speaking Farsi or using a Farsi word during a conversation or when referring to someone. In fact‚ Amir refers to his father as “Baba” throughout the entire novel (the equivalent of “dad” in Farsi). This technique is useful as it gives the reader a more realistic view on the story since all of the events are occurring in a foreign country where English is not the native language. Amir travels to a variety of places throughout the book and comes into

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    the characters and themes of the novel? KHALED: Good morning and thank you. These particular few pages of my novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ hold some of the most important parts regarding character and theme set up. One of the first apparent themes is the book is the tension and delicate relationship that exists between father and son. In the excerpt I show the reader that Baba is unimpressed with Amir. He feels that there is something wrong with Amir; he infers that Amir is a coward. This is revealed when

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    Zoe and I have chosen to read the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. This is a historical fiction novel that takes place in Kabul‚ Afghanistan and is told in the perspective of a wealthy Pashtun boy named Amir. So far‚ a prominent element of this book is the complicated relationship between the Amir and his robust father. Amir goes into great depth describing his father‚ Baba‚ who is a highly respected‚ accomplished‚ and admirable man. Amir desires approval from his father and looks up to him

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