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    The Kite Runner According to Maya Angelou‚ “History‚ despite its wrenching pain‚ cannot be unlived‚ but if faced with courage‚ need not be lived again.” This quote implies that history is permanent and it is simply impossible for one to change the past. As humans we make bad choices that we have to live with that can potentially haunt us later in life. The only way to change this reality is to foster a brave outlook on life. With a little courage and a clear conscience‚ one can make a better

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    Identity

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    Intro: In the novel The Kite Runner‚ author Khaled Hosseini demonstrates the way that individuals can have deceiving perceptions of themselves based on the perceptions that others have them. Throughout the novel Amir struggles with his sense of identity because his opinion is influenced by the way that various people in his life view him. How baba sees amir: Amir lived his life with one main goal‚ to impress his father‚ Baba. He grows up seeing the great man his father is‚ from building orphanages

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    ‘The kite runner shows that it is better to confront our mistakes than attempt to leave them behind.’ Do you agree with this interpretation of the text? In Khaled Hosseini’s novel the Kite Runner‚ Amir the protagonist and narrator of the novel spends his life guilt ridden over his central mistake of abandoning his childhood friend Hassan when he is beaten and raped by the evil Assef. Amir is a 38yr old living in America with his wife Soroya‚ he is immediately revealed to be a deeply scared prisoner

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    The relationship between Baba and Amir in Afghanistan and America is different because of the people and environment they are surrounded by. Amir and Baba in Afghanistan were surrounded by the people they had wronged‚ and by riches. “Like father‚ like son. But it was true‚ wasn’t it? As it turned out‚ Baba and I were more alike than I’d ever known.”(238) In Afghanistan‚ both Baba and Amir were constantly seeing someone they both had wronged‚ Hassan. Consequently‚ because of that guilt‚ they were

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    In the novel‚ The Chosen‚ written by Chaim Potok‚ you learn how important a relationship between a father and a son really is. Both of the main characters‚ Danny and Reuven‚ are deeply influenced by their fathers. Both of their relationships are based on education‚ but they differ in every other way. One relationship is caring and compassionate‚ while people believe the other is cruel and harsh. Danny was raised by his father Reb Saunders. The only time Saunders speaks with his son is when

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    Kite Runner Friendships

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    Kahlil Gibran once said: “Every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love‚ the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone” (“Quotes about friendship” 4). Just like in The Kite Runner friendship is something needed in life just like Amir and Hassan needed each other. Their friendship just like many other friendships will go through their ups and downs. Firstly‚ Amir shows some of the negative sides that can happen in a friendship. On the other hand

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    Betrayal is one of the very prominent themes in the novel The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini. Both Baba and Amir chose to betray the people close to them‚ which resulted in major ramifications for themselves and the people around them. Hassan‚ on the other hand‚ chose to remain loyal‚ no matter the situation or what someone was threatening upon him‚ which resulted in major consequences for him‚ but allowed the reader to understand that he was kind‚ caring‚ and loyal to those he cared about. All

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    Statement of intent: I have done a formal writing piece of the Kite Runner to show what I know about this novel‚ and to show some of the ideas in the text that are represented by cruel and kind behaviour. (Analyse how cruel or kind behaviour was used to show one or more ideas in the text Note: ideas may refer to character‚ theme or setting.) The Kite Runner In the novel ‘The Kite Runner’‚ written by Khaled Hosseini‚ the themes of cruel and kind behaviour helped me with the understanding of the

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    The crisis of masculinity in the 1950s led to a series of ingénues‚ or non-threatening‚ innocent‚ young women‚ appearing in popular culture. As the men felt less important and felt their masculinity dwindling‚ the lesser women became because in society men are always held above women.“This alteration reflected the social values of postwar society‚ with its emphasis on marriage and he home as the defining components of a happy American life‚” (Nash‚ pg. 169) After all‚ concerns about men’s loss of

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    The Beauty and Cruelty in Human Nature: An Analysis of The Kite Runner from Biblical View and Karl Marx’s Theory In this essay‚ we will discuss both the beauty of human kind‚ love‚ and the cruel sin in human nature from Biblical view and Karl Marx’s theory. We will also use some examples from Khaled Hosseini’s novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ as well as history and current event to support the main points that love is the beauty and uniqueness of humankind‚ and everyone is sinful for we all will inevitably

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