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    you laugh‚ someone you enjoy spending time with‚ and most of all they know how to have a good time and pick you up when you’re down. The novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini depicts the setting of a great friendship in the best and most thoughtful way but the definition does not seem to match with what others seem to think. Hassan and Amir show utmost loyalty and humility towards each other but with one event the course of both of their lives change and both sides of their friendship

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    Misuse of Power In the book The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseni‚ a young boy named Amir grows up with guilt and is tormented by the memories of when he betrayed his best friend Hassan when they were little. The main cause of Amir’s guilt was due to the misuse of power on his father’s side. Another misuse of power is shown at different times throughout the book and this misuse of power is with Amir’s childhood enemy Assef. Both of these misuses of power shape the lives of Amir and at some degree the lives

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    Writing Mr. Barry January 23‚ 13 As children‚ Amir and Hassan enjoyed doing things together‚ but Amir never considered Hassan and him to be friends. Amir thought and felt this way because he knew that no matter how time would pass‚ it wouldn’t change who they were. In the end‚ Amir would always be a Pashtun and Hassan a Hazara. They did feed from the same breast and they grew up together‚ so nothing was going to change that either. Amir is afraid to be Hassans true friend because of the discrimination

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    English Honors 2 Summer Work 1. When the novel begins and Amir says “I became what I am today at the age of twelve‚” he is referring to when he witnessed his friend get rapped and made no action to do anything about it. His assertion is not entirely true‚ because he underwent many other life transforming actions. Amir was changed by the facts of growing up with no mother and a unusual afghan father‚ his character was undoubtedly changed when he went back to Afghanistan and found out that he and

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    Stanley Jones). In Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner 2003‚ revolves around the fact that sin can transform into redemption. The novel starts by Amir foretelling us about his ultimate sin in that winter of 1975 when Hassan gets raped and Amir chose to do nothing. And he tells the reader he carried that guilt even in America‚ “... Looking back now‚ I realized I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.” (Hosseini 1) As Amir retells the story of his life‚ he weighs each

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    The protagonist in the novel The Kite Runner goes by the name Amir‚ in addition to being the protagonist he’s also the main character in the book. The novel follows Amir and his experiences through his childhood in Afghanistan and into a good amount of his adult life as a refugee in the United States. The novel starts off in December 2001 when the unknown narrator who we come to find out is Amir‚ gets a phone call from an old family friend from Pakistan‚ after the phone call he finds himself reminiscing

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    The Kite Runner Theme Essay Father-Son Relationship (Amir and Baba) Amir‚ who is the main character The Kite Runner‚ is a boy who always wanted the admiration and acceptance of his father‚ Baba. Baba and Amir cannot have the relationship Amir wants to have because of the characteristics that they have and do not share between each other. Amir wants to have Baba all to himself‚ and not share him with others‚ such as Hassan. Amir is weak in Baba’s eyes and Amir is not how Baba sees his son to be

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    The Kite Runner: The Significance to Identity     Herbert Chang Block E English Mr. Wall Who are we as individuals? This is a question that we contemplate‚ often yet unsuccessfully‚ without arriving at a definite answer. Our identities are a unique and complicated thing- not only are they influenced by many factors‚ they are also constantly evolving as we move from goal to goal‚ aspiration to aspiration. What makes each of us unique in personality is our different background and experiences‚

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    The Kite Runner Oral

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    English Oral – The Kite Runner (Social Class/Marginalization) Good Morning/Afternoon [TEACHER NAME] and my fellow colleagues. My speech today will emphasise the discriminatory behaviour between different social classes.Throughout The Kite Runner‚ discrimination between different social classes is quite evident and is shown in many cases throughout the novel. The author of the novel‚KhaledHosseini‚uses a biased point of view to describe and portray the events‚ characters and culture represented in

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    Themes in the Kite Runner

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    Themes in The Kite Runner As in all books‚ “The Kite Runner” has many different themes throughout. There are many ironic twists and turns and always keeps you wanting to read more. Some of the themes include: Kites; Discrimination and violence; and family ties‚ homeland‚ and nationality. One very key theme in the book was kites. You can tell that kites are a theme just by reading its title‚ "The Kite Runner." The theme starts to show in the very beginning when they have the kite tournament

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