Reading Questions for The Kite Runner Chapters 1-5 1. The novel begins with a flashback. What do you think is its purpose? What do you learn about the narrator? 2. Fill in the table below analyzing each character. Defend your analysis with text references. Describe the character physically. How do others feel about this character? Describe the character’s actions toward others. Important quotes by/about this character Amir Hassan
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The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini Chapters 1-5 (PP. 1-47) Reading Questions 1. The novel begins with a flashback. What do you think is its purpose? What do you learn about the narrator? The purpose of the book in my opinion is to set up the setting of the main idea of the book and to give the readers Amir’s opinion on his fellow characters‚ so they can see the main idea. You learn about Amir’s life and how this event has affected him. 2. Who is Hassan? Describe him physically. What
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protect that which is dearest to him. It takes a special kind of person to do this. When faced with adversity‚ there are a select few who can push it aside for the greater good. These are the people worth writing about. In Khaled Hosseini’s‚ The Kite Runner‚ the main character‚ Amir‚ learns the true meaning of loyalty and friendship by risking his own life to save another‚ thus proving that one does not know the value of friendship until it is gone. After years of misguidance‚ Amir realizes that
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In Khaled Hosseni’s novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ the main character‚ Amir‚ has an internal battle against himself for his wrongdoings. He has to face the overbearing guilt which has come from a terrible event he had witnessed during his childhood. The beginning of the story shows the reader the relationship that Hassan and Amir have. Amir is more well off‚ and Hassan’s father works for his father. Although the boys grow up together‚ Amir tends to act with a more self righteous air to him‚ while
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The Kite Runner – Theme Analysis Grade 11 Mr. Saini 1. Friendship‚ guilt‚ redemption “He knew about Assef‚ the kite‚ the money‚ the watch with the lightning bolt hands. He had always known. ‘Come. There is a way to be good again‚’ Rahim Khan had said on the phone just before hanging up. Said it in passing‚ almost as an afterthought.” (Chapter 14‚ pg 202). This quote symbolizes how Amir strived to do everything to forget‚ all he needed to do was to fly to Pakistan and see what Rahim Khan
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The Kite Runner – Relationships Essay How are relationships portrayed in The Kite Runner? The theme of relationships runs throughout the novel‚ the four main relationships being Baba and Amir‚ Amir and Hassan‚ Amir and Sohrab and Baba and Hassan. Some relationships are parallel to each other and are reflective in many different chapters throughout the novel. The father and son relationship between Baba and Amir is problematic from the start as Amir feels he is blamed in some way for his mother’s
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KITE RUNNER ESSAY By: Julianna Procyshen The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini takes the reader on a haunting journey of Amir and Hassan’s friendship and displays the hardships that the two boys are faced with as a result of this friendship. Although they have many similarities‚ such as growing up together‚ feeding from the same breast and sharing many of the same experiences‚ Amir is a Pashtun‚ meaning he is favored and has a high status in society and Hassan‚ on the other hand‚ is a Hazara and Amir’s
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Hassan - Amir’s best childhood friend. He was often bullied by Assef and his followers Kamal and Wali. He was Ali’s son even though later in the novel‚ it is revealed that he is truly the son of Baba and Amir’s brother. Late in the book‚ they allow us to know by saying that there is a special closeness that people who fed from the same breasts share. He was poorly educated and stood up for what he believed in‚ even if it meant dying for it. He always stood up for Amir no matter what the consequence
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ENG013 Wai Min Phyo (Dmo) September 21‚ 2006 Formal Essay #1: The Kite Runner Question 1 The relationship between Amir and Hassan “I opened my mouth‚ almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t. I just watched. Paralyzed.” (Khaled Hosseini 73). That is what Amir‚ a young Afghan boy in Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner‚ thinks in his mind before he commits the sins against his friend and also his half brother‚ Hassan. This
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The Kite Runner Suffering is The state of undergoing pain‚ distress‚ or hardship. People can suffer in many ways such as physical‚ mental‚ and sometimes spiritual. The novel The Kite Runner takes place in Afghanistan and Khaled Hosseini wrote this novel. His novel about a guilt-filled child named Amir demonstrates true suffering. The characters in this book try to write the wrongs they have done and try to make piece with there suffering. Amir What is suffering to you? Suffering to me shows how
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