The Kite Runner By Jon Krakauer: Character Analysis

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1. Family, they’re the best people that you have or ever will experience. They’re the people that you've been through everything with, since day one. When no one else is there, your family always will be. For example, in the book, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Hassan is always helping Amir when he was bullied by other kids. Amir was unaware that Hassan was his brother, but he eventually stood up for Hassan’s son. Though it was too late for Amir to help Hassan, he sort of made up for it by saving Hassan’s son from being raped by Assef. An example of how not having a family is shown in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. The main character, Chris McCandless, left his family, friends, and modern society itself to take a trip into the Alaskan Wilderness. Chris and his father never got along very well, and eventually he grew tired of arguing with his father so he left. The point that I’m making here is that the absence of love from a family can lead to bad situations. An example from the book Of Mice and Men is that George and Lennie …show more content…
Just like family they play a major role in your happiness. Other than family, they are the best people you will get to know. For some people they may play a bigger role than family does for them. In the book, The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, Augustus and Hazel are really good friends and they lead into a relationship. They are also accompanied by some good friends like Isaac and Mrs. Lancaster. Throughout the book it shows you that friendship can take you a long way in life, and can help you experience several exciting things.

2.Adventure- Adventure also plays a big role in life. Who wants to live a boring and unadventurous life? To me there are two types of adventure, physical adventure and mental/emotional adventure. First we’ll talk about the perks and disadvantages of physical

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