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    Kite Runner Redemption

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    guilt. Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner revolves around betrayal and redemption. Redemption is the act of saying or being saved from sin‚ error or evil‚ which the main character Amir seems to need the most. Amir lives with the guilt he has built up over the years because of one incident from his childhood. Amir’s fathers words still echo through his head "A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything." (The Kite Runner pg. 24) Although Amir destroyed the

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    Kite Runner Themes

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    The Kite Runner is an Afghan American fiction novel written by Khaled Hosseini. In the text the story of a man‚ named Amir’s‚ past is told. In continuation‚ a reader of the novel may get the impression‚ at the beginning of the book‚ that Amir is just an ungrateful child that receives everything he wants‚ but in reality that is not the case. Throughout his journey he dealt with various hardships that inflicted drastic alterations on it. As readers explore a journey down memory lane with Amir‚ a magnitude

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    Kite Runner Redemption

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    Redemption is portrayed as an important theme in the text The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Throughout the novel‚ several characters attempt to redeem themselves of the sinful deeds in the past by scarification. However‚ true redemption requires appropriate sacrifices which are not necessarily the act of giving up something precious; but instead‚ it is strong determination to gain redemption that leads to one willingly sacrificing everything in order to compensate the victims. Amir’s yearning of

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    Kite Runner Monologue

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    I ran down every street looking into the sky hoping to see my blue kite‚ but really I just wanted to find my kite runner. Finally I come around the corner of a falling apart building that leads to a dark ally. Of course it has to be an ally‚ a dark ally! Everything bad ever happens in an ally. Their I see Hassan in the snow‚ Assef ontop of him. Assefs two minions close by. It took me a second to realize what was happening. My feet felt glued to the ground I stood on‚ but I knew if I didn’t do something

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    The Kite Runner Betrayal

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    In “The Kite Runner‚” Amir and Baba both betray the servants most loyal to them. Hassan and Ali both do everything in their power to please their masters and remain loyal to them. Hassan and Ali differ from their masters in numerous ways but both pairs have similar differences. The master servant relationship between Baba‚ Ali and Amir‚ Hassan both differ in the characters’ attitudes‚ relationships‚ loyalty and courage. Although Baba and Ali grew up together‚ they grow to be very distinct people

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    The Beginning of The Kite Runner allows the reader to see signs of the motif of blood and red coincide with the theme of the past is always part of the present. In the following quote Amir talks but Ali and Sanaubar’s relationship.Ali wasn’t treated well even though the two came from the same bloodline. This was how he was treated until he Hassan was born and then the bad treatment carried to Hassan’s life.“But despite sharing ethnic heritage and family blood; Sanaubar joined the neighborhood kids

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    In The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hoseini‚ (Riverhead Press‚ New York‚ 2003) the main character Amir moves to America from Afghanistan in search to forget his past. He goes on a journey of redemption in which gives him a chance "to be good again". Through Amir’s journey he has to recognize his sin and then he has to search for redemption in order "to be good again". Amir‚ who lived in Afghanistan with his father Baba and two servants Ali and Ali’s son Hassan‚ grows up playing with Hassan and doing

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    Outline of Kite Runner

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    Kite Runner The purpose of this research paper : I want to highlight the effect of the readers of the novel about Taliban and to have another thought about Afghanistan . Also to show how Housseini’s succeeded in showing a new trend of New Orientalism to prove to the west how Muslims are not bad after 9/11 or as they described Muslims as terrorists . Introduction : A brief introduction about the novel and the current affairs of the country . Main body : ( will tackle a few main themes + giving

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    The Kite Runner: Parody

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    Jill Endaya Hour 2 Crump – Fiction 214 Kite Runnin’: The Kite Runner Parody December 2001 I’m not who I am because of where I went to college‚ or what I’ve done… it’s what I saw at the age of twelve in the winter of 1975. This incident changed my life forever… the alley changed my life forever. Hannah was my best friend‚ a girl yes‚ but none-the-less‚ my best friend. Who am I? I am Amy. Yes‚ probably the most feminine name you could ever give a boy‚ but I’m not feminine at all. Or am I? Maybe

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    A common theme throughout the novel The Kite Runner is suffering. Many characters deal with emotional pain in their lives especially Sohrab‚ who suffers the most out of all of them. Among the many characters who go through grief is Amir. The main issue he struggles with in life is the relationship he shares with his father. While Hassan is getting assaulted by Assef Amir comes to the decision not to help him in order for him to obtain the blue kite Hassan has. “Nothing was free in this world. Maybe

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