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    The Selfish Sacrifice

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    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is an unforgettable, powerful and heartrending novel of two friends bonded by childhood and of the forces that tear them apart. Amir, the protagonist, is a young boy who is constantly faced with the challenge to stand up for what is right, however, he always fails to fight his own battles and constantly depends on his friend, Hassan, for aid. Amir is emotionally unstable due to deprivation of love from his father, who is his only source of affection. He yearns to

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    the Pashtuns in every way possible. The Kite Runner effectively examines the social and racial tensions present in Afghanistan in order to create a Marxist criticism of the power struggles that are present. The power struggle between the Hazaras and Pashtuns come to a violent climax in he novel when Hassan is raped by a racist Hazara boy, Assef. Hassan went to retrieve the winning kite for Amir after they won a kite running tournament together. The kite landed in a back alley, and when Hassan went

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    Amir and Hassan are from different classes. Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara. Throughout the book “Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, the boys would always get into trouble and Hassan would normally take the heat no matter what the situation was. The kite tournament is a big thing in Kabul. It’s where two kids partner up, one runs the kite and the other retreats the kite, whoever’s kite is the last one up is the winner. Amir and Hassan have such a great bound behind closed doors. Soon Amir starts

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    Period 6 11/1/15 The book “The Kite Runner” is written by Khaled Hossseini. This book set during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and then the later rule of the Taliban. It is about friendship, brotherhood, and betrayal. It follows a boy named Amir who lives in Afghanistan and deals with guilt and shame because a poor childhood choice he made. During the book Amir lives with Hassan, who is their servant but have grown into half brothers. In the book “The Kite Runner” it stated, “He stopped, turned

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    The big idea of this poem is emphasizing how great of a kite runner Hassan is. Amir spoke many times of how great of a kite running Hassan was and Hassan never let Amir down when it came to catching the kite. I used the simile “skies as blue as the ocean” to create imagery in this poem. Imagery is a very important part of the poem because it makes it more interesting and exciting to read when you can picture what is going on in the poem in your mind. Also, I used personification when I wrote, “confidence

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    The Kite Runner Analysis

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    The Kite Runner In this novel, the kite runner, author Khaled Hosseini writes about a twelve year old boy living in Afghanistan who is a coward and redeems himself later in life. The characters who brings out Amir’s cowardice in the Kite runner are Baba Amir’s father who doesn't support his son what he likes to do such writing which he enjoys doing. Amir knows that winning is the most important thing to his father. This effects Amir by making him feel as if he is not good enough. Hassan is

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    My Hometown

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    As a native of Weifang, I sincerely welcome friends from all over the world to come to "kite capital Weifang" in their spare time to enjoy the unique natural scenery and folk customs here. I will make a comprehensive introduction to my hometown, Weifang, including folk culture, amusement facilities, tourist attractions and so on. My hometown - Weifang Yuandu, located in the central province of Shandong peninsula. Although it is a small city, but I deeply love it, because here is changing with each

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    Rationale Khaled Hosseini is the author of the book Kite Runner which was published on 29th May 2003. The book Kite Runner revolves around the life of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul and his closest friend, Hassan. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet military intervention, the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime. My Written Assignment

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    In the novel “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir Agha faces many struggles in his childhood. He lived in Afghanistan during a time of violence. Although he did lead a more privileged life than most other children growing up in the same time period as him, he often found himself in difficult situations that resulted in shame. As he goes on in life, he realizes that he has the opportunity to redeem himself. Redemption is when you do a good deed to help make up for your wrongdoings

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    My peers and I worked diligently on his kite and I could not be anymore proud of the fact that we worked around our own differences of how we believed should have been the direction of our kite, and instead generated a common theme that we all agreed would be best to pursue. We collectively decided that it would be best to focus on the relationship between Hassan and Amir, and highlight the sort of differences and relations between their social class, relationship, and the qualities that make up

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