Socratic Seminar Questions 2. The pomegranate tree is a symbol of the different stages of Hassan and Amir’s friendship. "One summer day‚ I used one of Ali’s kitchen knives to carve our names on it: "Amir and Hassan‚ the sultans of Kabul.’ Those words made it formal: the tree was ours" (26). This quote represents Amir and Hassan’s relationship between them during their early childhood. They are extremely close and carving their names on the tree shows that they will be a part of each other’s
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In 2014‚ Khaled Hosseini’s novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ was the seventh most challenged book in the world. It has been criticized for its mature ideas‚ controversial beliefs‚ and inappropriate scenes. Although there have been attempts to ban The Kite Runner‚ it should not be removed from your school because the benefits of reading it far outweigh the negative consequences. The Kite Runner explains the importance of being virtuous‚ and of acting ethically. Baba‚ Amir’s father‚ tells his son‚ “Now‚ no matter
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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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at the time‚ regardless of if Amir wants to admit it or not. The tree represents the bond the two boys have formed with each other‚ regardless of social standing or structure. As the boys begin to drift apart‚ Amir becoming more distant after the kite Running tournament‚ they visit the tree less and less. This in a way could be viewed as the separation they begin to undergo‚ While the
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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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Karl Taro Greenfeld once said‚ “The harsh truth of every relationship‚ even between those who love each other‚ like fathers and sons and daughters‚ or husbands and wives‚ is that the love is always unequal.” In The Kite Runner‚ Amir‚ the protagonist‚ life changes tremendously and is displayed through relationships‚ events‚ and character development. As Amir matures‚ he witnesses and experiences many things things most young men don’t typically encounter. Amir’s mother died when he was just a boy
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The Kite Runner should not be banned in schools because high schoolers are old enough and mature enough to comprehend the content of the book‚ and it is not too obscene for the age group. The Kite Runner shows how it was living in Afghanistan and how nice it was‚ surprisingly how everyone wanted to live there. Then how life changed after the Taliban started taking over. This book showed people in America life from the perspective of someone‚ that is also a child‚ living in Afghanistan and that
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The desire for love and the need for acceptance can create more than a feeling of rejection. In East of Eden and The Kite Runner‚ many characters find the task of love daunting and insufficient to their expectations. Love presents itself in every aspect of both novels and therefore is a major theme. Whether it was love from family or lovers‚ both novels explore the idea of unrequited love and its consequences on the characters lifelong journeys. The theme of love is a major underlying cause
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know it or not they change the way we perceive certain topics. Social commentary is often used by authors and/or artists to draw attention to ineffective elements of a society. This is present in the novels “Animal Farm” by George Orwell and “The Kite Runner” by Khlaed Hosseini. The “Animal Farm” is an allegory about a farm in which the animals revolt against the irresponsible farmer Jones after the Old Major dies and name it “Animal farm”.The animals establish seven rules to live by‚ of which the
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