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    The Kite runner (Symbol of Kite) One kite‚ ties with one unique and detached friendship. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner”‚ the blue kite represents the friendship between Amir and Hassan and also the relationship between Amir and Baba‚ his father. From the beginning of the story‚ this unique friendship between Amir and Hassan has been foreshadowed‚ “Then he would remind us that there was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast‚ a kinship that not even time

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    Relationship between Amir and Hassan The relationship between Amir and Hassan is one that is complex. There is a bond between them that is only openly acknowledged by one party. The Amir’s denial of their friendship and constant picking on Hassan stems not only from their different cultural and ethnological background but also from his insecurities as a boy. Despite all of this‚ Hassan still insists‚ “Amir Agha and I are friends.” (43) and he does so without reservation or malice. As can be inferred

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    Amir and Baba’s relationship changes throughout the novel. The novel starts out with Amir doing whatever he could to win his father’s attention‚ which includes betraying his best friend‚ Hassan. He betrayed Hassan for his father’s full attention. He then earns it when Hassan and Ali move out and Baba and Amir move to America. Here are the examples. 1. Amir and Baba’s relationship is fake. Amir is pretending to be someone he is not by pretending to enjoy the soccer games Baba always takes him to

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    The Role of Social Status and Ethnic Tensions in the Kite Runner The Kite Runner‚ a very emotional novel‚ was written by Khaled Hosseini. It is the story of two young boys growing up in Afghanistan named Amir and Hassan. Their different social classes cause tension and they part their separate ways but are later reunited. Amir was the son of a well-known Pashtun while Hassan was his servant and the son of a Hazara. Hassan looked up to Amir in the same way that Amir looked up to Baba‚ but they had

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    Kunj Rami Ms. Grindley ENG3U0- C December 13th 2012 The Kite Runner: A Different View Point In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini‚ exemplifies the act of loyalty. This novel outline the hardships character faced and how their perception of the world has changed. The conflict between the Soviets and the Taliban’s affects the character in this novel to experience hardships. The three main characters that change their perception are; firstly after Baba fled to America with

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    The Kite Runner – Practise Essay 2 No matter how hard Amir tries to forget the past‚ ‘it claws its way out’. Discuss There are defining moments or events in life that stay with the individual into adulthood. We often try to forget things that make us feel guilt or anxiety but we never really lose the impact they have made on us or who we become. The Kite Runner is a confronting story about two boys whose lives are shaped by the political and social imbalances that existed in Afghanistan during

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    American Military Academy British Literature 12-3 Prof. Minerva I. Mendez Analytical Essay #1 Kite Runner Essay Raymond Alexander Bravo Miranda #2 September 17‚ 2012 I chose to do my paper on the caste system. The caste system is an inherited social ranking of the classes and plays an important role throughout the Kite Runner. The book sates that there needs to be an order of the people to make sense of things worthwhile. The two boys try to defy that the caste system is nothing more than

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    A healthy father-son relationship is built on trust‚ since the older father is in a position of power and authority over the younger son. Without trust‚ the essential bond can only extend as far as the dishonesty lasts; when the truth comes out‚ there can be only bad feelings. In The Kite Runner‚ Baba conceals his parentage of Hassan from Amir both for cultural reasons and because he doesn’t want Amir to feel jealous of Hassan. When Amir finds out‚ many years later‚ his reaction shows how much of

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    ignorance in secrets‚ and the protection that secrets provide fades away into nothingness.....and the truth explode into the world and people finally see things the way they really are and realize they much rather handle the truth. In the novel The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini’s characters keep secrets to protect each other‚ but the ignorance that they spread causes more pain to the people then the truth would have. They learn this harsh reality by suffering from massive guilt‚ realizing the aftermath

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    Cheema 13 The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini Haugen Skole Umeer Ahmad Cheema 13 The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini Haugen Skole The story is about Amir and Hassan‚ a Hazara. They spend their days in a peaceful Kabul‚ kite fighting‚ roaming the streets and being boys. Amir’s father loves both the boys‚ but seems critical of Amir for not being manly enough. Amir also fears his father blames him for his mother’s death during childbirth. However‚ he has a kind father figure in the form

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