Theme quotes for ‘the Kite Runner’ 1. ‘But he’s not my friend! I almost blurted. He’s my servant!’ (page 36) – Class differences‚ human nature‚ friendship & inhumanity. 2. ‘Afghans are an independent people. Afghans cherish custom but abhor rules. And so it was with kite fighting. The rules were simple: No rules. Fly your kite. Cut the opponents. Good luck’ (page 45) – Values and morals & father and sons. 3. ‘I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken Dealt with’ (page 144) – Human nature‚ courage
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CouttsDue: December 19‚ 2012 | ENG3U1-04 | Jack Hammond | Surpassing The Past Patrick Coutts Hammond/ENG3U1-04 December 19‚ 2012 A strong‚ healthy relationship between a father and son allows for a happy family and lifetime. In The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini illustrates the fragile relationship between Baba and Amir and how easily a third party could affect the relationship. Amir can now transcend his relationship with his father by confronting his past‚ locating his courage and portraying
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Redemption in Kite Runner Guilt can drive people to the ground. It can ruin ones life from top to bottom. Some people spend their whole life being guilty and they lose sight of what is really important in life. They spend way too much time trying to redeem themselves and it is in their conscious forever. In the case of Amir‚ he spends his entire childhood and midlife trying to redeem himself. He feels guilty for many reasons and all of his struggles in the novel are because of his feelings of guilt
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have been honoured to have never understood. Author Khaled Hosseini‚ displays a new perspective in this novel‚ which describes the upmost issues which Afghans’ were forced to deal with and the difficult realities which they seem to face. In The Kite Runner‚ Hosseini displays the unique relationships between father and son‚ upper and lower class‚ and ethnic diversity to notion love and sacrifice‚ or lack thereof‚ for the greater needs of the supported individual. These relationships are portrayed and
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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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Zoe and I have chosen to read the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. This is a historical fiction novel that takes place in Kabul‚ Afghanistan and is told in the perspective of a wealthy Pashtun boy named Amir. So far‚ a prominent element of this book is the complicated relationship between the Amir and his robust father. Amir goes into great depth describing his father‚ Baba‚ who is a highly respected‚ accomplished‚ and admirable man. Amir desires approval from his father and looks up to him
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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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In the realistic fiction novel‚ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Amir‚ a conflicted‚ Afghan child‚ betrays Hassan‚ his childhood friend and servant‚ propelling them into a complex loop of redemption fueled by the justice‚ injustice‚ and dignity theme. Throughout Amir’s childhood‚ he fails to be the traditional‚ masculine child his father‚ Baba‚ envisioned‚ while Hassan‚ who is of less respectable‚ Hazara heritage and lower social class‚ suits Baba’s ideal quite well‚ leading to Amir’s jealousy
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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 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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