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    Kite Runner - Chapter 9

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    ENGLISH LITERATURE COMMENTARY THE KITE RUNNER The paragraph shows the moment of epiphany as it is the moment where Amir realizes that Hassan know that Amir had hide behind the alley when the incident happened. Amir discovers Hassan’s love for him is endless and accepts his flaws despite after everything that has happened shows in the phrase “led to another understanding: Hassan knew”. Hassan proves that his love for Amir is so great that he forgives Amir and willing to cover up for Amir once

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    being. Amir could not say the same for himself after abandoning Hassan when he needed him the most. After all‚ Hassan was in that situation because he was running the final kite that Amir had cut. The thought alone of my favorite book‚ The Kite Runner‚ provokes many interesting ideas. Amir and Hassan’s strange‚ yet tragic journey provided me with a perfect state

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    Kite Runner; Past Regrets

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    The Kite Runner is a book that was written by Khaled Hosseini from a young boy’s perspective named Amir who lived with his father‚ Baba‚ and two Hazaras named Ali and Hassan in Kabul‚ Afghanistan. They lived here during the Russian War and had escaped to America to find peace and happiness. We learn about Amir’s childhood struggles and his efforts to be what his father wanted him to be and to be a good friend like Hassan is to him. Amir knows that Hassan is better than what he deserves; he knows

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    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hossenini deals primarily with the theme of guilt and redemption and subtly approaches the correlations between religion and violence through these main themes. The novel centers on the relationship between the narrator Amir and his friend/servant Hassan and Amir’s guilt when he witnesses an act of violence done to Hassan that he fails to intervene in. This personal conflict ties into the narrator’s experiences with religion as he attempts to redeem himself. Through this

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    The book‚ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ is a “classic” in the making. It tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet‚ redeeming love. The qualities within The Kite Runner such as‚ teachings of morals/lessons‚ relatable characters and its in depth description of culture/tradition will contribute to the making of it to the exalted “classic” status. With these in mind and various other qualities that make this text worth experiencing‚ The Kite Runner will continue to be read repeatedly and

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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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    Summer Reading: The Kite Runner Betrayal “I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley‚ stand up for Hassan‚ the way he’d stood up for me all those times in the past‚ and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end I ran.” (Pg. 77) This quote was an example of betrayal because Amir left Hassan by himself in the alley. He didn’t stick up for him like Hassan has done many times for him. He could’ve

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    Throughout the novel The Kite Runner‚ the ideas of betrayal and redemption are brought up various times. These factors help readers understand and study the different relationships these characters have with one another. The father-son relationship that Amir and Baba had was different than the ideal relationship people would see in today’s society. Readers learn how Amir always felt envious towards Baba’s appearance and wanted to find a way to please him. When living in America‚ Baba and Amir create

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    In the Kite Runner and Persepolis parent/child relationships were a great running theme. The environment that their parents raised them in was prevalent in shaping Amir and Marji. Throughout The Kite Runner‚ Amir and Baba’s relationship grows and changes and Amir realizes they are not too different after all. In Persepolis‚ Marji’s relationship with her parents is tense but also filled with love at a time when their country is going through so much. Throughout Persepolis‚ Marji often feels the need

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    Depression cause a down fall on a person’s emotion. This is easy to understand in the novels Angela’s Ashes and The Kite Runner. In these two stories a person will encounter with the feelings of abandonment and death. In the kite runner Amir was depressed that he and baba had to leave Kabul. He was wondering if he was going to forget his homeland along the line. He mentioned‚ “I only knew the memory lived in me a perfectly encapsulated morsel of a good past a brush stroke of color on the gray

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