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    and religious denomination. The book shows many accurate examples of the conflict between the Sunni Muslim Pashtuns and the Shi’a Muslim Hazaras as well as the gruesome discrimination the Hazaras face everyday. As Amir and Hassan were leaving to go kite running‚ Ali‚ Hassan’s father‚ is mumbling a prayer and that “...he always said a prayer when his son left the house.” (Hosseini‚ 60) Hs father‚ and rightfully so‚ was afraid of what might happen to Hassan because he was Hazara. As shown in the book

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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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    range of discrimination that has characterized white supremacy in its successive stages. During and after the slavery era‚ the culture of white racism sanctioned not only official systems of discrimination but a complex code of speech‚ behavior‚ and social practices designed to make white supremacy seem not only legitimate but natural and inevitable. In the antebellum South‚ slavery provided the economic foundation that supported the dominant planter ruling class. Under slavery the structure of white

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    of commiting the act. In the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini there are many different vibrant themes like redemption‚ love‚ forgiveness‚ and social class tensions. There are also many different motifs in this book like the kites‚ the brass knuckles‚ guilt‚ and rape. Rape in the Kite Runner is prevalent in three different scenarios throughout the book. But you are able the guilt and emotionally scars left by these scenarios in almost every chapter. In the Kite Runner‚ Rape is a significant recurring

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    mother. Misunderstanding his father‚ Amir believes the death of Baba’s "princess"‚ his mother‚ caused Baba to become careless of him. This leaves Amir craving for Baba’s approval which he tries to obtain by winning the kite tournament and bringing back the winning kite. After winning the kite tournament Amir gains Baba’s acceptance that he has so longed for. However‚ this doesn’t last long because "We’d deceived

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    before and was in a familiar position as to this. The phrases from this passage contribute to the entire text by bringing Marcus’s skills to light for the readers to realize even more. This also develops Marcus’s character in the story. The Maze Runner Notes Gally- aggressive‚ mean‚ not physically intimidating Find out that he was stung‚ and saw Thomas during the “Changing” The Changing- After someone has been stung by a griever‚ they are given a serum and they go through a painful process that

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    with his slingshot. When Hassan got the surgery so he could smile normally he stopped smiling. Amir wants to tell Assef that he really doesn’t consider Hassan a friend. Chapters 6-9 They have gashes on their fingers because they were out flying kites and strings were cutting them. Tar is string. Amir is jealous of Hassan because Baba always talks about Hassan and he receives more attention. When he says “my life as a ghost” he means he is tired of his father thinking of him as just a bookworm.

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     The Kite Runner Drama Assignment Improve of Chapter 15  Characters Amir – Michelle Marsha Rahim – Teresa Hassan – Renee (The Driver) Soraya – Sandra

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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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    narration was passed back to Amir. 2. Plot • Introduction – The childhood memories of when Amir and Hassan were still boys‚ living in Kabul. • Rising action – The raping scene of Hassan by Assef and his lackeys that was witnessed by Amir after the kite flying competition. • Climax – When Rahim Khan calls and requests Amir to visit him in Pakistan which resurfaced Amir’s buried past. • Falling action – Sohrab cutting himself‚ trying to commit suicide when he believes Amir would betray him and go

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