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    The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini are affected by the power that guilt has. The novel focuses on guilt as one of its main ideas, the value becoming the driving force behind many of the actions that characters take and shows the tremendous power that guilt has. Over the course of the novel, guilt remains a main value for many of the characters and affects how the characters and conflicts of the characters develop. The characters Sanaubar, Amir, and Baba in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

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    always haunt you until the day you be strong enough to face them. The book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini shows these two statements throughout the story. In the book in different situations when the characters faced their fears and dealt with their guilt. Different situations in the book would have maybe had a different outcome if some guilts and fears were faced and dealt with. Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, teaches the reader that guilt is just like fear it will hunt you until you

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    people’s lives, there is a call for redemption. Some people will face their past and others will leave it behind. The people who face their pasts will be more than likely to succeed at redemption. Some characters from Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, are seeking redemption. The novel is placed in Afghanistan and later shifts to the United States. Amir, a young Islamic boy who grows up in Afghanistan, watches Hassan get raped when they were young. When he is older, moving to America is when

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    The guilt that accompanies betrayal lasts a lifetime and affects not only the lives of the betrayed but also the perpetrator. The novel, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, follows a young Afghani boy, Amir, throughout the majority of his life. As a child, Amir betrays his best friend, Hassan. Because of his actions, his family suffers and he has to live with guilt for the rest of his life. As an adult, Amir learns secrets of his Father, Baba’s, past and works towards redeeming himself. Amir and

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    loyalty with logic. Authors and filmmakers demonstrate that amity can be the key to compassion but also cripples us from acting with reason. Love and friendships can bring amazing memories and compassion But at the same time can be a burden. In The Kite Runner when Amir is getting beaten up for trying to get Sohrab

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    In The Kite Runner, redemption is an important factor as sin is present throughout the novel. Amir opens the story by explaining to us not precisely how he sinned, but about sin's endurance throughout: "... It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out." As Amir recounts the story of his life he measures each event against sin, his betrayal of Hassan. Even before Amir betrays Hassan, he comes to the thought that amongst his family

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    Cruelty is something that eventually causes agony in the best of us. In The Kite Runner, the author uses cruelty in the novel to push the story and characters in a new direction. Cruelty acts as a driving force for the protagonist, Amir, and the people he interacts with. The author does this by placing the characters in unfamiliar situations and forcing them to react to those situations. Initially, Amir is placed in an unfamiliar situation when his friend, Hassan, is abused. His actions while

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    impoverished child has an incredibly low chance of succeeding as a person. If those chances weren't low enough, imagine that child is growing up being discriminated against because of his or her religious affiliation and cultural background. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the character Hassan exemplifies the poverty stricken illiterate child. He has grown up as a servant and never acquires a useable skill and never makes a live able wage. Conversely, the character Amir has had access to school

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    True happiness is not simply handed out, it must be produced, cultivated, built from the ground up. Additionally, happiness cannot be measured, nor can it be perceived. Yet, above all else, it is what people seek most. Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini aims to explore the origins of true happiness through the trials and tribulations in the life of Amir, the novel’s protagonist. Throughout the novel, Amir suffers through perilous hardships as he strives to attain redemption for the wrongdoings of his

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    Secrets are things that are suppose to be kept hidden from society. While some may hide them well, they not only take a toll on the person holding them, but the people around them too. In the book Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir has his life turned upside down when one of the biggest secrets in the book get out. As we look at Freud’s Theory, it is clear that people in this book keep secrets because of their egos. While many characters are affected by these secrets, if shows

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