seemingly he was very happy and successful child. In fact‚ he was constantly chasing something he could never get‚ and later on he became a victim of his own memories‚ which haunted him in his adulthood. “Kite Runner” begins “I became what I am today at the age of twelve”. This quote is very significant for understanding the whole novel and Amir’s behavior. As we learn from the book‚ Amir and his servant Hassan were living together. Hassan is loyal and loves his master Amir‚ but on the other hand‚ Amir
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texts or concepts or events. Do you see any similarities between this material and other books that you have read? Does it bring to mind other issues or incidents or people or descriptions that are somehow related? Section: The Letter Important Quote: “When I went back to her room she was crying. We were not in the same social class‚ but at least we were in the same bed (p.37).” This section discusses Marjane’s friendship with their maid Mehri‚ who was ten when Majane was born. Mehri was an extremely
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Quote: “Standing in the kitchen with the receiver‚ I knew it wasn’t just Rahim Kahn on the line. It was my past of unatoned sins.” (Hassan‚ 1) Response: This quote foreshadows to the reader what the book is going to be about. The reader can assume that the book will be about the narrators past life. Once I read farther into the book and saw what the narrator (Amir) was referring to I realized that there was going to be a theme of redemption throughout the novel. Rahim Khan calling him was the beginning
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(Hosseini 92) this quote is important because Amir knowing the way he feel inside it hurts him to see Hassan face to face Amir wanting Hassan to hit him so that it relieve stress off of him Amir thinks he deserves punishment‚ and they can go back to how they use to be . Amir did not redeem himself because the guilt he had‚ wanting Hassan to hit it wasn’t going to make a difference because at the end of the day Amir watched Hassan get rapped. 2nd Body Paragraph After Amir won the kite runner tournament
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the decisions that we make. When our mistakes cause others to suffer‚ we tend to feel guilty and resent ourselves. Our conscious constantly aggravates us until we act to redeem ourselves and set right. This is proven in Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner‚ Roger Allers’ movie Lion King and Chester Bennington’s song What I’ve Done. Disappointment leads people into quitting themselves and others‚ but later the recognition of their faults guides them to take hold of their responsibilities and see them
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3RD QUESTION REVIEW 1. Title: The Kite Runner 2. Author: Khaled Hosseini 3. Time period: The Kite Runner took place from the 1975 to 2001. It is told in retrospect by the main character Amir. He tells the story of his childhood up to his current age. The book starts out with his life as a twelve year old in Afghanistan‚ living through the Russian communists’ takeover. 4. Genre: The genre is historical fiction. 5. Another famous work from the same time period is a Thousand Splendid
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“There is a way to be good again”. This quote is one of the remarkable quotes of this book. It is used in the beginning of the novel to make it more interesting. The choice of using this quote was very smart‚ since it explains a lot of the plots just in one sentence. This was said by Rahim Khan who is very close to Amir. He is a person Amir respects very much and he is the one who tells Amir about his dad and Hassan being his step brother. This quote brings out the feeling of guilt Amir was feeling
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The film essay: the kite runner The film adaption of the kite runner does not diminish the complexity of the story to a full extent‚ only to some extent‚ for the book has too much content to be put in a film. However‚ the fil executed the scenes where hassan got raped for Amir’s kite‚ where baba was willing to die for the young woman in the truck‚ the scenes where farid assisted Amir to find sohrab and where Amir got beaten by assef to get sohrab well. All of these scenes are perfect examples of
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Passage Analysis 1.Sometimes home isn’t always the most comforting place that we’d like it to be. Sometimes we feel trapped and in prison‚ with no escape. “Those who got out always left something themselves behind” this means that they must leave a piece of their character or who they were behind to live a better life. This represents a cultural idea‚ anybody who has ever lived in a bad neighborhood‚ has had to leave a piece of himself behind. 2. “If the snake sheds his skin
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come: Friday afternoon in Paghman. An open field of grass speckled with mulberry trees in blossom. Hassan and I stand ankle-deep in untamed grass‚ I am tugging on the line‚ the spool spinning in Hassan’s calloused hands‚ our eyes turned up to the kite in the sky. Not a word passes between us‚ not because we have nothing to say‚ but because we don’t have to say anything – that’s how it is between people who
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