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    The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini is a book many readers might appreciate. The book inflicts turmoil of emotions and leave readers in shock. The Kite Runner illustrates a heartbreaking friendship and other relationships that make the story come alive. Readers will appreciate the love‚ friendship and redemption. The characters are Amir‚ Hassan‚ Baba‚ Ali‚ Sohrab and Assef. Amir is selfish‚ Hassan is loyal‚ Baba is brave‚ Ali is dutiful‚ and Assef is cruel. Amir is the protagonist of the book‚ Hassan

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    What is loyalty‚ why is (was) it important‚ what difference did it make in the story? Loyalty is a strong feeling of support or allegiance. In the novel The Kite Runner‚ the author shows a relationship between two boys one of whom who is extremely loyal‚ Hassan‚ and the other‚ Amir‚ who betrays him when he needed him most. Set in Afghanistan and the United States in 1970s-2000‚ a bullying incident in childhood that caused Amir to betray Hassan‚ troubles Amir’s conscience for the next

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    Dorothy Campbell M.A.L.S. Essay The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini This essay will discuss the central themes of the book The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini. Because the story is told at a time before the War on Terror‚ it brings the reader back to an Afghanistan the average American never knew existed and presents the current socio-economic reality of a United States one may choose to ignore. The description of Afghanistan before its many "occupations" is a tragedy in itself. The Author

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    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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    Essay of The Kite Runner It is never too late to redeem your prior mistakes. Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner‚ he writes about an afghan boy who grows up with fear of standing up for himself. He later finds out in life that he is more like his father than he throught. Throughout the novel‚ the author shows that its never too late to redeem your prior mistakes which is shown through Hassan’s rape‚ Hassan;s mother leaving him‚ and Soraya talking to Amir about her life when she was sixteen

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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 by KHALED HOSSEINI Riverhead Books - New York The author makes liberal use of _italics_ and I have missed noting many of them‚ but the rest of this text file should demonstrate good proofing. Copyright © 2003 by Khaled Hosseini Riverhead trade paperback ISBN: 1-59488-000-1 This book is dedicated to Haris and Farah‚ both the _noor_ of my eyes‚ and to the children of Afghanistan. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am indebted to the following colleagues for their advice‚ assistance

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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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