frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. I remember the precise moment‚ crouching behind a crumbling wall‚ peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. That was a long time ago‚ but it’s wrong what they say about the past… about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now‚ I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty six years.” In the winter of 1975 Amir watched his best friend‚ Hassan‚ get raped by Assef in a “deserted alley”‚ in order
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KITE 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
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The problem that we are solving is “How does the temperature outside affect the speed and heart rate of the runner?” We chose this to investigate “How does the temperature outside affect the speed and heart rate of the runner?” because we both play sports that require lots of running (Track and Field and Soccer.) Therefore‚ when running track outdoors the weather at the beginning of the meet may be colder‚ than the end when it’s most likely hotter. As well as a soccer tournament‚ you may play a tournament
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In my english class we are reading the book called the “Kite Runner‚” written by Khaled Hosseini. This book itself is about fierce cruelty and fierce love. This book can also be considered to be a journey novel. A journey of redemption and self- awareness. This novel is different because it starts at the end‚ meaning that when you read the book the “Kite Runner‚” Khaled Hosseini starts to like give flashbacks on the things that happened in his life and the things he wished he could’ve done differently
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FULL TITLE • The Kite Runner AUTHOR • Khaled Hosseini TYPE OF WORK • Novel GENRE • Bildungsroman; Redemption story LANGUAGE • English TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN • Los Angeles‚ CA; 2001 - 2003 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION • May 2003 PUBLISHER • Riverhead Books NARRATOR • The Kite Runner is narrated by Amir four days after the final events of his decades-long story. POINT OF VIEW • The narrator speaks in the first person‚ primarily describing events that occurred months and years ago. The narrator
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a novel‚ I believe what matters most are the ideas‚ because they introduce themes and symbols which makes the novel more significant‚ as small things such as the kite in “The Kite Runner”‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ have a greater meaning in the novel and represent themes. In “The Kite Runner”‚ I noticed three symbols: The cleft lip‚ the kite‚ and the lamb. Hassan’s cleft lip is one of his most representative features as a child‚ and is one of the features Amir refers to most describing him; “A Chinese
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The novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini tells the story of Amir‚ a boy who faces numerous complications; such as‚ living in the household of an unloving father‚ and ultimately fails miserably when he tried to impress his father. His cowardice is revealed after witnessing the rape of his best friend‚ Hassan. With a guilty conscience‚ Rahim Khan tells Amir to travel to Afghanistan‚ in which Rahim says “there is a way to be good again” as a last attempt of redemption for Amir’s past shortcoming
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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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Everyone is affected by their own culture. The way people think‚ talk‚ eat‚ and spend their free time is greatly influenced by the culture they are born into. When people read a book‚ they are exposed to the culture of others throughout the world. To be able to read these books set in another culture‚ one must be able to understand it first. This is especially prevalent in The Kite Runner‚ a book about the struggles of a young Afghan boy as he grows in his changing homeland. An understanding of
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In the beginning of The Kite Runner‚ Amir is living in Afghanistan‚ I would define him as a selfish boy who only cares about his reputation and his own life. He has difficulties with finding himself and doing what is known to be right because of him and his family’s past. Amir comes of very selfish and only cares about things which involve him. He tends to make wrong decisions because of his father‚ Baba’s influence. Baba seems to be disappointed by Amir’s lack of athletic ability‚ which causes a
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