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    The Kite Runner Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ 1975- the year in which Amir discovered who he would be for the rest of his adult life‚ both in Afghanistan and in America. An absolutely captivating and heart wrenching story of betrayal‚ trust‚ religion‚ race‚ friendship and kinship‚ The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini is an extremely vivid detailing of a young boys journey through the harsh pre-Taliban lifestyle in Afghanistan in the late 1970’s‚ shortly before the Soviet’s invaded. Being an Afghan

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    To be Good Again One action‚ or lack of action‚ can determine and impact a person’s entire life. The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ follows the life of Amir‚ a boy from Afghanistan who recognizes and witnesses discrimination‚ cruelty‚ and violence at a young age. This discrimination was first seen when Hassan was rapped‚ meanwhile Amir new what was happening and did not take any action to stop it. Amir’s inability to forgive his actions during his childhood drives him to redeem himself

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    the boys spend their time flying kites. • Baba takes Amir and Hassan to buy kites from the old blind man who makes the best kites in the city. • The highlight of the winter is the annual kite-fighting tournament‚ when the boys’ battle kites by covering the strings in broken glass. When the last kite is cut down‚ the boys called the kite runners chase the kite until it falls. • Hassan is the best kite runner in Kabul and he always seems to know where a kite will land before it falls down.

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    Danil Kukovitskiy The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini can be seen as a great book but at the same time one that is too simple and easy. In discussions of The Kite Runner‚ one controversial issue has been the inner levels of the novel. On one hand‚ many people believe that the novel is filled with numerous themes that are deep and make one think about the human experience and will leave you thinking long after you finish reading it. On the other hand‚ there are also many literary critics

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    Are there people in your life that have similar characteristics with the characters in the book‚ The Kite Runner? Sometimes when you read a book‚ you like it because either you find yourself in one of the characters or you find similar people in your life from that book. The Kite Runner has rich and multipronged characters in it. Especially‚ the relationship between specific characters has taught me a lot of things. In the book‚ the readers see that there are many characters with many different

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    REVIEW FOR UNIT TEST – CHAPTERS 10-25 Assignment 4 Chapters 10-11 1. What is Karim’s job? He is a people smuggler. He gets people out of Afghanistan. 2. To what country do Amir and his father first seek for safety from Afghanistan? They head to Pakistan for safety. 3. What country has a presence in Afghanistan as Amir and his father leave? Russian soldiers are in Afghanistan during this time. 4. At the first checkpoint Amir’s father stands up and confronts the Russian soldiers‚ putting himself in

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    In the novel the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini he illustrates the sacrifice one gives for love. Over the course of the novel‚ Amir‚ Hassan‚ and Baba all face dramatic events that shape them to the person they are. Each one of them sacrifice a piece of their own happiness for the one they love. Hassan is loyal to Amir even though in their childhood Amir was not a good friend. Baba sacrifices his life in Afghanistan for Amir to have an education in America. Amir risked his life for Sohrab‚ Hassan’s

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    Book Review The Kite Runner Summary The kite runner a novel by Khaled Hosseini is a novel about two young boys in Afghanistan named Amir and Hassan. Amir constantly struggles to earn his father’s love Baba since he feels that he was the reason of his mother’s death which happened during child birth. Finally Amir succeeds by winning a kite flying-competition. But the same day Amir witnesses the rape of Hassan and does nothing to stop it which troubles him for the rest of his life. He feels

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    In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini he shows how the past can affect your future and present day. Hosseini shows this by using a motif he has created at the beginning of the novel. This motif is about when Amir was watching Hassan getting raped and doing nothing about it‚ and then guilt falls on him after doing nothing. When Amir watched Hassan getting raped‚ he did nothing about it and it ruined his friendship between each other. In the quote “I hit with another pomegranate‚ in the

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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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