2003 novels

The introduction Boy Overboard, is a highly realistic fiction/child's literature book, that was released in 2002 by Morris Gleitzman, who wanted to recreate the story of a family escaping from to go to Australia, in the most realistic way possible. In this moving tale, Jamal and his family who live in one of the millions of villages in Afghanistan are force to leave. Jamal's mother has been running secret school for a while, and just like many other things in Afghanistan, it's illegal and doing…

In The Kite Runner the motif “nang and namoos” means “pride and honor” which are emotions many people of Afghanistan strive for. In Afghanistan, the one thing that should be hidden from anyone is shame. It is shown throughout the novel that the characters try to achieve “nang and namoos” because in their culture that is what is important to them. Three characters who show what it means to have nang and namoos are Hassan, Baba, and Amir. To elaborate, Hassan displays nang and namoos when he…

When Hassan gets raped in the story it is not a crime of passion, but instead the rape represents the power which Assef hold above him. The act of Amir not helping is a power move too, because he has the power to stop it. Amir instead decides not too for personal gain, believing that by winning the kite touroment he will gain his father’s respect. The act of not saving Hassan is rooted in his jealous feelings towards Hassan, as he believes his father, Baba, loves him more. Amir in the past has…

matter how big of a lie it is. In his novel, “The Kite Runner”, Khaled Hosseini indicates that the only way to escape the sins you have committed in the past is to confront them. Amir, now a man, tries to confront his sins, and doing so allows him to forgive himself for the sins he committed as a young boy and overcome the guilt he’d been feeling his whole life. Therefore, Hosseini demonstrates how one mistake can impact a whole life. Throughout “The Kite Runner” novel, Khaled Hosseini…

Mama,”(474) “not Dee Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo” (474) . She relates herself more to her African root but she is not fully educated about it. For example when her mother explain her daughter that we follow this family name after your aunt Dicie. She wants to let her daughter know about her background as Wangero askes her mother “Who she named after” her mother replying her “after Grandma Dee” so these questions shows that she wants to know about her ancestors. Dee realize and gives value to…

This novel follows the story of Amir as he reflects on his childhood in Afghanistan into present day in the United States. When Amir was growing up he lived with his father and their two servants Ali and his son Hassan. Amir is jealous of his father's relationship with Hassan, it is later revealed that Hassan is actually Baba’s son with Ali’s wife. One day Amir is in a kite fighting tournament, when Amir wins Hassan goes to retrieve the kite for Amir. Hassan takes to long and when Amir finds him…

The Tale of Two Sisters In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, two sisters named Maggie and Dee are described through the eyes of their mother. When Dee pays her mother and sister a visit all is well until Dee asks to have a family heirloom and is turned down. In this story you will notice many differences in the sisters but barely anything in common. BODY PARAGRAPH For instance, Dee thinks she is better than who she really is, but Maggie who is better than who she thinks she is. Dee…

Between rape, murder, the Taliban, and a strained father-son relationship, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is an emotional rollercoaster with many lessons to discover. The lessons I have gained from this novel is that politics and society should not affect our relationships, rape needs to be more of an open topic, and there is always redemption for those who search for it. Politics and society can affect how we interact with each other. In Afghanistan there are two major ethnic groups: the…

some reasons can be because of gang violence, war ,and other conditions that are unsafe to live in. All refugees have to face the challenges of finding and fleeing home all refugees have to face the same challenges. Ha is the main character of the novel, “Inside Out & Back Again” She is a little girls that has to face the challenges of being a refugee. Her and her family have to fight to survive the new world they now have…

big role in betraying someone. The plot of The Kite Runner revolves around the betrayal of Amir’s best friend. In a way, this betrayal drives the rest of the book and perhaps everything that precedes it. Betrayal is consistently shown throughout the novel from Amir but as the story goes on Amir has a chance to be good again and redeem himself from the past on how he treated Hassan. Amir betrayed his best friend Hassan when he was being raped in the alley. Amir simply watches as Hassan is…