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    Dedication to Serve Robert Cormier’s novel‚ After the First Death is filled with many themes and messages. Cormier attempts to relate the characters‚ although radically different on the surface‚ to common themes. The reader bears witness to Cormier developing the radically different characters in high tension environments to result in witnessing their most intimate motivation as human beings. The most prominent theme that results‚ patriotism‚ is most prominently emphasized with the characters of

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    Marcus Garvey once said“A people without the knowledge of their past history‚ origin and culture is like a tree without roots”. With out the knowledge of where we come from we tend to feel like we don’t belong. It’s absolutely absurd that we feel this way‚ when the earths diameters is approximately 7‚926 miles. This shows us just how much we depend on are culture to help shape us for who we might be in the future. Whether we want to admit it or not the worst feeling is not being able to share with

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    Hesitation is a common trait amongst the human race‚ even prior the most insignificant decisions in one’s life most people will hesitate before they make their choice‚ and regardless of what is chosen consequences will often follow these choices. In the Novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ the protagonists from each story‚ though different in many ways‚ are similar in the sense that they both have a hesitant nature which precedes their decision making. Amir

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    Khaled Hosseini author of The Kite Runner shows a story of pure love‚ trust and betrayal towards two completely different people. A friendship that takes place where class matters and your depended on your race. The story is about a boy name Amir who is the son of a wealthy man in the northern area of Kabul‚ who develops a friendship with his servant name Hassan. Amir never considered calling Hassan a friend because of his low class Hazara heritage and Amir can’t get past the society they lived in

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    Interpretations of the text Your work on genre will have raised a number of issues as to just what type of film ’The Kite Runner’ is. One of the genres that we mentioned was the political film. One aspect of the film has to do with terrorism and the consequences of terrorist acts. There is obviously a very timely link here between what we see happening in the film and the current ’war against terrorism’. At one point during the film we see Amir reading Hassan’s letter and hoping that:

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    The Kite Runner Vocabulary: But mostly because Ali was immune to the insults of his assailants; he had found his joy‚ his antidote‚ the moment Sanaubar had given birth to Hassan. (Page 10) Assailant: a person who attacks another. 2. The police brought the somewhat contrite young men and the dead couple’s five-year-old orphan boy before my grandfather‚ who was a highly regarded judge and a man of impeccable reputation. (Page 24) Contrite: feeling regret and sorrow for one’s sins

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    In the novel “The Kite Runner‚” by Khaled Hosseini‚ one of the main themes is the influence and importance of the father-son relationship‚ specifically the influence and importance that Amir’s father has on him from his early childhood all throughout his life and into his own experiences as a father. Throughout the novel‚ Baba‚ Amir’s father‚ guides Amir through certain events which are crucial to his coming-of-age‚ and does it in a way in which it is not always clear what his intentions are. Baba

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    Veronica Inveen March 9th 2011 Period 2 Atonement to Redemption “Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person”-Tennessee Williams. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Amir‚ a young boy who grows up in Afghanistan lives his whole life with regret because he has betrayed his best friend Hassan. He is always trying to earn his father‚ Baba’s love. As years pass‚ Amir gets the chance to atone for his mistakes. When

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    In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ the author Khaled Hosseini depicts guilt and perseverance as the motivation for an individual to seek redemption and attain the satisfaction of self-fulfillment. Hosseini characterizes Baba as a wealthy‚ well-respected businessman who shows skepticism towards religious fundamentalism and follows his own moral code. Although‚ being rebellious to ones religion is looked down by society‚ Baba is still well respected because he acts with self-assurance and audacity.

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    Thesis: In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni‚ Amir’s character is known for being cowardly; he finally attains redemption for his past misdeeds through saving Sohrab from Assef and bringing him back to the United State. Throughout the novel‚ it is hard not to notice how Amir is a a coward. He escapes from his problems‚ and allows someone else to do fighting for him. When Assef assaults Hassan‚ Amir is too coward to help his friend Hassan. All Amir focuses on is the blue kite that Hassan is holding

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