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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The book the kite runner is a story of betrayal and redemption. This story is both a book and a movie if I had to rate the book it would be 5 out of 5 stars because it tell you the whole story and gives a lot of details. If I had to rate the movie‚ it would be 2 out of 5 stars because it followed the story in the beginning but left out the most important parts. I wish the movie should have had the attempted suicide scene‚ which I feel was one of the most important parts because it shows how bad things
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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‚ 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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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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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 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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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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