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     he completes the process of atonement by getting  what he deserves when he is beaten by Assef‚ and by making up for his actions by giving  Hassan’s son a good life. Although it takes Amir 26 years‚ he does fully atone for his actions.           WORKS CITED  Hosseini‚ Khaled. ​ The Kite Runner​ . London: Bloomsbury‚ 2011.

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    In the story The Kite Runner‚ based on his personality traits and actions towards Amir baba is the victim. He is very pressuring‚ unsympathetic and hypocritical towards his son Amir‚ and his actions cause Amir to make horrible decisions. Throughout the story Amir is pressured to be like Baba when he was a kid. The problem arises that he is not athletic like Baba was and would rather read and write. Baba doesn’t understand how Amir could be this way and doesn’t approve of his interests. In this scene

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    and religious denomination. The book shows many accurate examples of the conflict between the Sunni Muslim Pashtuns and the Shi’a Muslim Hazaras as well as the gruesome discrimination the Hazaras face everyday. As Amir and Hassan were leaving to go kite running‚ Ali‚ Hassan’s father‚ is mumbling a prayer and that “...he always said a prayer when his son left the house.” (Hosseini‚ 60) Hs father‚ and rightfully so‚ was afraid of what might happen to Hassan because he was Hazara. As shown in the book

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    from his dreadful past. I remember the very first time I took Sohrab kite running. There was a gathering of Afghans at Lake Elizabeth Park in Fremont in celebration of Sawl-e-Nau‚ the Afghan New Year. It was a rainy morning‚ but by the afternoon kites were out and about. At the time‚ Sohrab was still silent. But I could tell that he was interested in the kites. I had bought a kite for us‚ and we used it to cut down a green kite using the old lift-and-dive manoeuvre Hassan and I used. I looked down

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    In the novel The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini‚ the characters Hassan‚ Amir and Sohrab fill important roles throughout the story. Hassan fills the role of tragedy within the novel because of the multiple unfortunate events which occur toward him in the novel. As a child Hassan is bullied for being a Hazara and is then raped for the same reason. Hassan is betrayed by his best friend when Amir watches him get raped but does nothing to stop it‚ and lastly Hassan is killed as a young adult

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    mother. Misunderstanding his father‚ Amir believes the death of Baba’s "princess"‚ his mother‚ caused Baba to become careless of him. This leaves Amir craving for Baba’s approval which he tries to obtain by winning the kite tournament and bringing back the winning kite. After winning the kite tournament Amir gains Baba’s acceptance that he has so longed for. However‚ this doesn’t last long because "We’d deceived

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    To what extent is the novel‚ ‘The Kite Runner’ a story of redemption? In the novel‚ ‘The Kite Runner’‚ written by Khaled Hosseini‚ is a story of a twelve year old Afghan boy‚ Amir seeking acceptance and approval from his father by entering a kite-fighting tournament along with his servant and friend‚ Hassan‚ the tragedy on that fateful day that tears the two boys apart forever. The Russian invasion forces amir and his father to flee to America where amir realizes that one day he will have to return

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    In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ we see a young boy named Amir. The book starts off with Amir living in Kabul‚ Afghanistan with his father and his servants. His best friend‚ Hassan‚ is also his servant. Hassan and Amir spend a lot of time together and they enter a kite flying competition where Amir will fly the kite and Hassan will be the “kite runner”. Hassan tells Amir he will do anything to get the kite so Amir can make his father proud. Hassan ends up getting raped by a boy named

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    with his slingshot. When Hassan got the surgery so he could smile normally he stopped smiling. Amir wants to tell Assef that he really doesn’t consider Hassan a friend. Chapters 6-9 They have gashes on their fingers because they were out flying kites and strings were cutting them. Tar is string. Amir is jealous of Hassan because Baba always talks about Hassan and he receives more attention. When he says “my life as a ghost” he means he is tired of his father thinking of him as just a bookworm.

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     The Kite Runner Drama Assignment Improve of Chapter 15  Characters Amir – Michelle Marsha Rahim – Teresa Hassan – Renee (The Driver) Soraya – Sandra

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