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    The Kite Runner Notes - California‚ San Francisco - Year 2000 - Young couple - Man receives box of novels in the mail - Novel is called “A season for ashes” - We learn the man’s name is Amir Qadiri when we see the novel beside the telephone when it rings. The phone rings for Amir and he’s asked to go to Afghanistan. - At this stage the film flashes back to 1978 in Kabul‚ Afghanistan - For the second time so far in the movie flying kites have been the focal point at the start of the scene

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    MULAN (early 20s) cuts woods in the forest when a couple of teenage boys start making fun of her‚ because of doing man’s work. The teenage boys go on to say that she will never find a husband if she acts like a man. Even though she looks unmoved on the outside‚ these comments hurt her on the inside. Later‚ her father FA ZHOU (45-50)‚ an old soldier and the village leader‚ shows her some fight moves. That night‚ ROURAN RAIDERS attack Mulan’s village. As the villagers try to defend Mulan’s village

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    and religion no matter how lengthy and strong they are. The ways different people view connection are influenced by their culture‚ which leads into the damaging and destruction of the already exist relationships. Khaled Hosseini‚ in his book The Kite Runner‚ illustrates the struggles of relationships caused by cultural and religious reason through the stories of two young boys‚ Amir and Hassan. Ever since they were born‚ Hassan had shown endless love and appreciation for Amir‚ but Amir not treating

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    Hosseini makes his opening to The Kite Runner interesting by using a range of techniques. In the opening to this story: The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini writes it in the first person; making up a character called Amir. By writing this chapter in the first person‚ it intrigues the reader to carry on reading and makes you think of some many questions throughout this. For example why did Hassan ring him up? What happened in winter 1975? Why has he been peeking into that deserted alley for the last

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    class and the Hazaras are the lower class. Women are also seen as a social class/group as they are oppressed as well. The Pashtuns and men have privilege and power as the Hazaras and women have little to no power and privilege. In the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ women‚ Pashtuns‚ and Hazaras are each present

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    search for redemption‚ Khaled Hosseini portrays a guilty Amir in search of redeeming himself and paints a story of "friendship‚ fathers‚ sons‚ betrayal‚ tribute and redemption" ("Novels which explore the struggle for modern identity"). Throughout the novel there are many parallel events that show Amir’s quest to redeem himself‚ from his desire for acceptance in Baba’s eyes to his guilt about Hassan’s rape. These events put the novel in motion as it sets up Amir’s want for redemption early in the

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    One of the central themes of the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ is whether Amir truly redeemed himself for what he did. First of all‚ I think what he did to Hassan was terrible. Not helping his friend‚ and half brother‚ which he would find out later‚ when he is getting raped‚ is a terrible and cowardice act. He should have at least told someone what had happened‚ or had fought back‚ rather than avoiding the situation all together. Did he honestly think that this event would not hurt his conscience

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    Applying Psychoanalytic Criticism to The Kite Runner: CHAPTERS 1-4 The father/son relationship • “The problem‚ of course‚ was that Baba saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can’t love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little” (15) • “Of course‚ marrying a poet was one thing‚ but fathering a son who preferred burying his face in poetry book to hunting…well‚ that wasn’t how Baba had envisioned

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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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    Chapter 4 Summary: Colin and Hassan stop at a rest stop‚ and Hassan has bad breath so he wants to get some toothpaste. Then Colin try’s to tell Hassan the proper term for bad breath‚ but Hassan does not want to hear it. Colin begins to think about the first time he and Hassan met. It was in tenth grade calculus when Colin asked the teacher to go to the bathroom because his eyelash was stuck in his pupillary sphincter‚ once he came back Hassan talked to Colin and told him if he kept on saying things

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