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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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 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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Kite Runner Final Questions 1. The tortured souls are said to be Amir and Baba according to Rahim Khan’s letter. Baba was tortured soul because he was always hard on himself for not telling the truth and other things in that happen in the past. Baba had kept the truth about Amir and Hassan being half-brothers for his entire life. Baba couldn’t love Hassan the way he longed‚ openly as a father. Baba always became furious with himself‚ so he took out his anger‚ guilt‚ on Amir instead. Rahim
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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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In “The Kite Runner‚” written by Khaled Hosseini‚ tells a vivid story that demonstrates the political and religious discrimination in Afghan society. Concerns about discrimination are reminded to the reader as one reads about the story of two Afghan boys. A major struggle is evident between the two groups in Afghanistan‚ the Pashtuns‚ and the Hazaras. Discrimination sets into place as we learn about the history between the two family lines. On page 9‚ Amir read from a book that says “Pashtuns had
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The Kite Runner- Essay Explain how the author uses places and settings to support the telling of the story. In ’The Kite Runner’ Khaled Hosseini uses a range of different places and settings to aid the telling of the story and provoke a certain reaction from the readers. The first chapter begins with an unknown narrator having a flashback to 1975 when he was twelve. This immediately creates suspense as the reader wants to know why this particular moment in time is significant to the story
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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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The Kite Runner A major theme that reoccurs thought out the novel is the presence of division in Afghanistan. The differences between Amir and Hassan are evident from the beginning of the novel. Amir lives in a luxurious home with his father‚ while Hassan resides in a mud hut on the property of Hassan’s father. Hassan and Amir’s relationship as well as their personal lives are frequently affect by economic status‚ ethnicity‚ and religious beliefs. These specific divisions are clearly communicated
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Name: Mike Teacher: Ms. Willey Course: ENG4U Date: 12/15/13 The Kite Runner Argumentative Essay When one person does something wrong‚ that person was affected by himself or by other people. This quote is related to Amir‚ the main character in the novel The Kite Runner. The novel The Kite Runner was wrote by Khaled Hosseini. It is talking about Amir; he is a wealthy boy in Kabul‚ Afghanistan. He has a best friend name Hassan. Amir is the owner in other Hassan is his servant. They are friend when
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