wrongdoings they have committed and people cannot let go of their guilt. A person’s past cannot be erased‚ and the mistakes cannot be undone however through constant charitable acts there can be a different way to reach redemption. In the book‚ The Kite Runner‚ the protagonist‚ Amir‚ struggles with his guilt throughout the novel as he tries to get rid of his sins but has trouble forgetting past actions. Several good deeds can redeem for an evil action that people have done
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"It may be unfair In a single day can change the coarse of a whole life time." That one-day in 1975 made Amir who he was to become in 2001. Discuss. In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini‚ we find a grown man name Amir‚ still struggling to over come his past sins of betrayal and sacrifice. For the many years he had tried to bury his shameful memories of his cowardice of the abuse of his loyal fiend Hassan. Amir as a child had a confusing childhood‚ where he cried for the acceptance
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Kite runner themes Ethnic Pride Baba expresses a great deal of pride and attachment to the afghan culture so the move to America fills Amir and himself with a loss of heritage and identity. The escape from the previous culture however allows Amir to escape the incident of rape upon his best friend Hassan which has left a bad taste on his childhood. In America Amir doesn’t turn away from his Middle Eastern culture‚ and asks Soraya’s father‚ the general for permission to marry her even though
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Thoughts‚ ideas and values practised for generations come together to form a culture. The cultural values practised through generations create a tradition. Thoughts of one generation differ from those of the other and so do the values. So‚ a conflict of two generations is inevitable. Whenever a new idea tries to assert itself at the cost of something that has been followed conventionally‚ and the new idea claims to be progressive‚ we say that tradition is becoming an obstacle to progress. The question
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powerful General Taheri and her family had to emigrate to the USA just before the change of regimes when the Soviet army invaded Afganistan. She is a mature person‚ her personality was defined by Afghan traditions‚ values‚ culture. In the USA she is exposed to different culture and society traditions. Although the space given to Jamila in the book is modest‚ but her role as a character is very important because she was basically the one that allowed Amir and her daughter Soraya to converse and later
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Do people still care about their culture and involve themselves into it like as much as they used to? Or do they leave it aside like a rejected toy and forget about it? Today‚ the cultures and traditions of our people still play a big role in our society. Cultures and traditions are still important because they hold many history‚ defines our individuality‚ and it’s something for you and others to discover and enjoy. Cultures and traditions have a lot of history. They are passed down through generations;
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heritage and my family. As a Hispanic‚ I get to carry out and pass down all the culture and traditions that come with it. Hispanic culture has been described as bright‚ vibrant‚ and exceptionally family-oriented. I didn’t grow up speaking Spanish‚ even though‚ majority of my family knows Spanish just as they do English. My experience with being Hispanic was never defined by the language. I undertake different traditions throughout the year. Whether it be setting up farolitos and
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Amir is raised in a traditional culture with clearly defined rules; highly patriarchal‚ gender roles are strictly followed and constrain much of family life. Similarly‚ racial hierarchy is so ingrained as to be something of a caste system. In Kabul‚ it is common for people to believe that Hazaras are lesser than Pashtuns. This belief system can be seen when Amir describes his relationship with Hassan‚ “I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara. . . and nothing was ever going to change that” (Hosseini
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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 forward like a slow‚ dusty
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influenced by their culture‚ which leads into the damaging and destruction of the already exist relationships. Khaled Hosseini‚ in his book The Kite Runner‚ illustrates the struggles of relationships caused by cultural and religious reason through the stories of two young boys‚ Amir and Hassan. Ever since they were born‚ Hassan had shown endless love and appreciation for Amir‚ but Amir not treating Hassan as equal due to the different social status the two has in Afghanistan culture. As the story went
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