Myth and legends have been of much fascination theme among Iranian authors. This seems to arise from the fact that the stories appeal to children who always want explanations about the puzzling reality around them. Children normally marvel at things their minds find complex and their inquisitive minds long to discover and explain the intriguing reality. For instance‚ children are fascinated by the appearances and actions of especially animals; why are they of different colors‚ shapes and sizes? Why
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RUNNER Discussion Questions 1. The novel begins with Amir’s memory of peering down an alley‚ looking for Hassan who is kite running for him. As Amir peers into the alley‚ he witnesses a tragedy. The novel ends with Amir kite running for Hassan’s son‚ Sohrab‚ as he begins a new life with Amir in America. Why do you think the author chooses to frame the novel with these scenes? Refer to the following passage: "Afghans like to say: Life goes on‚ unmindful of beginning‚ end...crisis or catharsis‚ moving
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The Kite Runner: Character logs: Amir: Narrator Mother dies giving birth to him in 1963 Aches for his mother Pashtun Sunni Rich by Afghanistan standards First word “Baba” Seeking love and acceptance from his father Baba In awe of his father Good at reciting poetry Avid reader Bad at sports Selfish Sometimes wishes Rahim Khan was his father Has a master-servant relationship with Hassan His belief in God: When Hassan catches the Kite‚ Amir is shocked saying‚ “And my god – if he
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Hassan had the runs. I wanted Baba all to myself" (Hosseini 12). There are several ways that he shows responsibility in this book when he puts Hassan’s sons life ahead of his own. He knows that he has to save Sohrab and did it regardless of what the outcome would have been. Amir promises Sohrab that he will never have to go to
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earn Baba’s love‚ and it blinds him of his and Hassan’s brotherhood. Thirty years later‚ Rahim Khan tells Amir “there is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 226). He tells Amir to rescue Sohrab from Afghanistan to mend the cycle of sins that Amir’s family committed to Hassan’s family. Amir’s decision to find Sohrab is the first real step he takes to atone his past. The decision he made will impact Sohrab’s life forever‚ so it shows that Amir is willing to think of someone other then himself. Since
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the characters and expand our outlooks on the story‚ if it consisted of more alternating perspectives. Furthermore‚ some of the subplots were too convenient‚ and too planned in the story. For example‚ when Amir returns back to Kabul in search for Sohrab‚ he comes across a beggar on the streets. The beggar‚ just so happens to be a literature professor who once taught Amir’s mother! The ‘coincidences’ felt too staged and
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the two men’s lives create a sense of tension and guilt throughout the novel‚ but the betrayals of Amir and Baba also lead to quests for redemption that bring about some good in the end – as Baba leads a principled‚ charitable life‚ and Amir rescues Sohrab from
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is no longer attempting to hide it. He is shown confronting it in this quote‚ “He’s my nephew. That’s what you tell people when they ask.‚” where ‘he’ is Sohrab (Hosseini 380). Here he wants the world to now know that Hassan was his half-brother although this is against the rules of society. Secondly‚ when he returns to Afghanistan to get Sohrab back he can’t believe the condition Afghanistan is in. He goes against the Taliban who have become part of Afghan culture there and heavily influence the
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Our lives is considered a huge butterfly effect that exist in one another. The butterfly effect is when small cause in the past creates a bigger effect in the present or later future. Problems unsettled in the past can sometimes create a negative effect in the present. In Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner‚ he gives multiple examples of showing the relationship between the present by giving flashbacks and comments the characters share in the book as well as reflections on the character’s past self.
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In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ the story is set in three distinct settings: 1970’s Afghanistan‚ in the city of Kabul‚ the USA and modern Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. Despite the different times and places‚ the social background of these remain the same‚ dominates by the rulers and norms of Afghan culture. Afghan society is very strict and conservative. There is a class order and Hazara are at the bottom as a servant or peasant class. In this novel‚ Hosseini used Amir’s
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