HSC English (ESL) Language Study within an Area of Study Related Text Scaffold (Fill in one for EACH text) Related text scaffold 1. Find out basic information about the text. a) Name of text: The Shawshank Redemption b) Composer: Frank Darabont c) Source (Where you got the text from. Include date of publication‚ or date of accessing website): Castle Rock Entertainment‚ September 23rd 1994 d) Type of text Film 2. Summarise the text. In 1947
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relationship between Hassan and Amir is something that is complex‚ yet so simple. The two boys grew up together and will always be connected by the fact that they drank out of the same wet nurse‚ but the events that happen will forever plague their relationship. To Amir‚ Hassan was a friend who he had conflicted feelings for. One part of him was always remembering their past while the other was telling Amir that he was a worthless hazara. This inner battle constantly kept Amir from getting too close to
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people for redemption. If anyone returns from their evil ways‚ there will be a redemption and peace for the rest of their lives. These concept of redemption is seen in the movie‚ The Kite Runner‚ which takes place in the late 70s in Kabul‚ Afghanistan. Director Marc Forster tells the story of a friendship between Amir and Hassan‚ two young boys growing up in Kabul. Although‚ they are raised in the same household and shared the same wet nurse‚ Amir and Hassan grew up in different worlds: Amir is the son
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fathers and sons and daughters‚ or husbands and wives‚ is that the love is always unequal.” In The Kite Runner‚ Amir‚ the protagonist‚ life changes tremendously and is displayed through relationships‚ events‚ and character development. As Amir matures‚ he witnesses and experiences many things things most young men don’t typically encounter. Amir’s mother died when he was just a boy and he does not have a personal connection with his father. These factors in the early stages of his life create his personality
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Kite Runner Essay: In the book The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hossen shows the relationship between the main character‚ Amir and his father‚ Baba. They are so different from each other. Amir thinks Baba dislike him“I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all‚ I had killed his beloved wife‚ his beautiful princess”(Page 52). He is so distance from his father since the day he was born and he always thought the reason was because of the death of his mother after birth. He tries
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Renford World Literature (H) Redemption in The Kite Runner Based in Kabul‚ The Kite Runner leads us through the extensive journey of the main character Amir working towards fulfillment and redemption for his past sins. The journey starts during Amir’s childhood: Amir’s father‚ Baba was never accepting of Amir. The journey continues when Amir witnesses Hassan‚ his half brother be raped and does nothing to stop it because he yearns for his father’s affection. The betrayal Amir emitted was later fulfilled
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Redemption As we go through life we all make mistakes‚ how we deal with them shows more about us than the mistake its self. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Amir makes a huge mistake that he will struggle with for many years to come‚ until one day he gets a phone call telling him that “There is a way to be good again.” (Hosseini 2) After this he sets off on a journey to redeem himself. As we read‚ we realize that redemption is very difficult but possible to achieve. Some may have to do things
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INTRODUCTION Amir Khusrau was a Turk and a Soldier by birth. His title ’Turkullah ’ which means (The Turk or Soldier of God)‚ which was bestowed upon him by his Pir Sheikh Nizamu-Din-Auliya‚ shows that he was of Turkish origin.1 His ancestors had migrated to India in the early 13th century on the eve of Changis Khan’s Onslaughts. His father Amir Saifu-Din-Mahmud Settled down at Patiyali (in District Etah in Uttar Pradesh‚ which was situated on the bank of the river Ganga and entered the service
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Amir and Hassan’s relationship could be viewed as one sided. Between the two of them‚ Hassan was the loyal one. Amir only acted kind to Hassan when no one his age was around‚ and even then he would often make fun of him for his lack of education. Hassan did not know this‚ as Amir was quite devious in the ways he would make fun of Hassan. Hassan would stand up for Amir if he was being threatened‚ but Amir would not do the same for Hassan. Amir allowed Hassan to be brutalized by Assef because he believed
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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 to find
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