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    Leonardo Da Vinci was born in Vinci, Italy. Leonardo was way more than just an amazing artist he was genius. People think that he was most likely the first European to actually be interested in a practical solution to flight. He has designed a lot of mechanical devices, one would be a parachute. Leonardo managed to predict the tank, the submarine, and the steam engine. He studied how birds fly and he also studied to structure of a bird. When he was in his 30s Leonardo was really interested in flight

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    centuries, there have been numerous stories that present readers with similar themes embedded throughout the writings. The Epic of Gilgamesh, The King Must Die, and The Kite Runner are all stories that contain the theme of redemption, and of one’s search for his/her identity. The theme of redemption is seen in Amir’s maturation throughout The Kite Runner. Amir grows up in Afghanistan in the later 1900’s, and is brought up luxuriously and with an education by Baba, his dad. This theme is also seen in Gilgamesh’s

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    and fascinating city,it surrounded on three sides by mountains and the sea, beautiful scenery and pleasant weather,as well as special history, which has made it become a famous tourist resort of China in the early 20th Century. The urban scenery of blue sea and clear sky of Qingdao has not only the multi-style architecture of the European style of the old city, but also the former residence of the celebrities who enrich the modern history and culture. Modernlization holiday conditions make Qingdao

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    beautiful dog ,she very love him and he very love the girl too 5, A 12 years old girl 6, B 7, A dog ,His name is Lobo 8, Sweet ,cute ,lovely , big , small , black , white ,blue, clean 9, Really cute and is like a little baby He was like a little kitten He ears are like cat’s ears He is black and white like a cartoon cow His eyes are blue like two pieces of sky They are bright like clean glasses 10, Because he wails likes a wolf and he is a Siberian husky 11, My friend Hye Jin 12, My friend name is Hye

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    beautiful dog ,she very love him and he very love the girl too 5, A 12 years old girl 6, B 7, A dog ,His name is Lobo 8, Sweet ,cute ,lovely , big , small , black , white ,blue, clean 9, Really cute and is like a little baby He was like a little kitten He ears are like cat’s ears He is black and white like a cartoon cow His eyes are blue like two pieces of sky They are bright like clean glasses 10, Because he wails likes a wolf and he is a Siberian husky 11, My friend Hye Jin 12, My friend name is Hye

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    The Kite Runner is an Afghan American fiction novel written by Khaled Hosseini. In the text readers are told the story of a young boy, named Amir’s, life. In continuation, a reader of the novel may get the impression, at the beginning of the book, that Amir is just an ungrateful child that gets everything he wants, but in reality that is not the case. Throughout his life he dealt with various hardships that inflicted drastic alterations on it. As readers take a journey down memory lane with Amir

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    California according to Harold Bloom. Although he wasn’t passionate about medicine, Hosseini began to follow his dream of writing when he heard that the Taliban had prohibited kite flying in Afghanistan. Which resulted in a story of two best friends who enjoyed kite flying together during their childhood known as The Kite Runner. His second book A Thousand Splendid Suns was inspired by a trip he took to Kabul in 2003. Hosseini had come across two poor women in the streets among their kids begging

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    “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.” Baba says these words to Rahim Khan while he is talking about Amir at the end of Chapter 3, and the quotation reveals important traits in both Amir and Baba. With these words, Baba sums up one of Amir’s major character flaws—his cowardice—and Baba shows how much value he places in standing up for what is right. Baba is reluctant to praise Amir, largely because he feels Amir lacks the courage to even stand up for

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    dog 2. She explain appearance about her dog, he doesn’t like talking a bath I have a beautiful dog , he is sweet , he is really cute, when he was a puppy he was like a little kitten , he is not big but not small , he is black and white, he eyes are blue. 3. His name’s Lobo, he is a Siberian Husky. He makes me very happy and I love him. I’m going to take care of him and love him all my life. 4. Her beautiful dog, his name’s Lobo, he is a Siberian Husky, he doesn’t like taking a bath, he is like a real

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    In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini meticulously portrays the conflicts amidst the Hazaras and the Pashtuns. He demonstrates the conflicts through Hassan (Hazara) and Amir (Pashtun) who are best friends in the novel. A bountiful amount of discrimination is identified towards the Hazaras. They are seen as the minorities in Afghanistan. We are introduced to the discrimination against the Hazaras when Hassan and Amir came across the military barracks while taking the shortcut which lead to

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