The Kite Runner Compare And Contrast

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In The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, Amir, Baba, Hassan, Ali and Rahim Khan keeps the secret of Hassan’s biological father from Amir and Hassan.Amir lives with the guilt of betrayal when pretended he didn’t know what happen to Hassan. Amir has a wealthy father who doesn’t believe his son will be a courageous individual as him.
Hassan is a servant for Amir. He encounters difficult moment in life as a Hazara, Amir, and Hassan has been friends from childhood, Grew up without their mothers.Amir blames himself for the death of his mother, Hassan mother ran away after giving birth to him.They’re close to each other, and love flying kite. Amir and Hassan adore flying kite, but Hassan is a better kite flyer.In the winter children didn’t go

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