Similarities Between The Kite Runner And The Crucible

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In the story The Kite Runner and In The Crucible, there are some things that are alike about the characters and the whole plot and how their personalities are the same and actions.
In the stories The Crucible and The Kite runner they both have betrayal and guilt in and love in the two stories. The betrayal for the crucible was because John and other betrayed the Salem village and their religion and for betrayal in The Kite runner how Reham notice Baba’s betrayal of Ali. The guilt in both the story was how John didn’t want to give up his name or his marriage and the kite runner was that Reham didn’t want to be the one who tells Ali and the love in the crucible was how John had a wife but he had a thing for Abigail. in the story the kite rider

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