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    and supportive. Hassan was every single one of these qualities to Amir‚ and he knew it. Hassan did everything for Amir‚ he cares about him more than anyone else ever had. Although they were the bestest of friends‚ Amir was still embarrassed of Hassan. Hassan was commonly discriminated because of his hazara ethnicity. Amir grew up thinking he was better than him‚ and that’s what everyone else thought too. When tragedy struck‚ Amir panicked. Years later‚ Rahim Khan calls Amir‚ who is now an adult living

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    you can carpool with someone so they aren’t using their gas and you’re using yours. Try to do many trips at once so you don’t have to keep going out and wasting gas‚ turn off your car when you’re not using it. Walk‚ take a bus or train. 2) You have better gas mileage‚ are helping the environment‚ and can save money on gas. 3) Less fuel means paying less money for gas. Module 3 – The importance of proper maintenance 1) Your vehicle should be maintained and checked every 5000km 2) There are pressure

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    Joel Huff Period 2 November 19‚ 2010 Social Divisions Two main themes in the novel The Kite Runner are that of social class and gender roles. Everywhere that Amir‚ the main protagonist‚ turns‚ society is divided. From his earliest childhood memories to living in America‚ there always seems to be some sort of invisible line drawn between his people. There is separation between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras‚ between Americans and Afghans‚ between men and women‚ and between the Talibs and the people

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    In the novel‚ “The Kite Runner”‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ the author uses a specific character whose power‚ revenge‚ and sadism creates one or more of the many in themes in the novel. He also finds pleasure in having and abusing his power over everyone else. This character is named Assef‚ and in my opinion‚ he is a is one of the most ruthless characters in this story. This character displays his sadistic personality‚ and finds pleasure in hurting others. To start with‚ Assef commences the theme

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    and The Kite Runner. In these two stories a person will encounter with the feelings of abandonment and death. In the kite runner Amir was depressed that he and baba had to leave Kabul. He was wondering if he was going to forget his homeland along the line. He mentioned‚ “I only knew the memory lived in me a perfectly encapsulated morsel of a good past a brush stroke of color on the gray‚ barren canvas that our life had become ” The Russians invaded Afghanistan so baba and Amir had to leave to find

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    Once Amir gets some answers concerning Baba’s transgression‚ he feels as if his whole life has been a cycle of disloyalty‚ even before he sold out Hassan. Be that as it may‚ having an essence of treachery himself does little towards recovering Amir. At the point when Assef very nearly murders Amir‚ he feels "mended‚" as if now that Assef has hurt him‚ he is recovered. He even tells Farid that in the room with Assef‚ he "got what he merited." In the end‚ Amir figures out that discipline is not what

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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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    Symbolism in The Kite Runner Every single day of your life‚ you observe different things and objects that can spark different memories or emotions. Sometimes these memories can be happy ones; for example‚ your grandparent’s house may remind you of your carefree childhood. However‚ sometimes certain things may cause bad memories or emotions to arouse‚ such as being in a war. In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner‚ the main character‚ Amir‚ is constantly reminded of the wrongs he has committed by noticing

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    The United States should be involved in the affairs of other countries because what we do for other countries‚ we get back in return. In The Kite Runner‚ the Taliban take over Afghanistan and ruled most of it including its capital‚ Kabul. Since no one could stop the Taliban‚ many devastating things occurred. “I saw a dead body near the restaurant. There had been a hanging. A young man dangled from the end of the rope tied to a beam‚ his face puffy and blue‚ the clothes he’d worn on the last day of

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    and refused to fulfill my obligations to the injured party or parties by taking them to the nearest hospital … I swear by almighty god that I make this statement under no duress and under instruction from no one” (Adiga

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