2003 novels

Perceval moved to chase after her, but suddenly realized he wore next to nothing, and unless he wanted to be tackled by the castle guard and tossed into the dungeons for indecency, he needed to dress. He raced around the room frantically, collecting his things all while shouting at Elora. The woman sat in bed, pouting, her arms crossed over her naked bosom. “Get the fuck out of my bed, will you?” bellowed Perceval, nearly apoplectic with rage, as he yanked up his trousers and slipped his feet…

The life we live is like an open sea. At times, it hurls violent waves on us, completely throwing us off our tracks. Usually, the only way to recover from the blows that constantly blind us as we journey along is to fight with our strongest will possible. I have lived the kind of life I consider extraordinary. My father use to assault my mother and when I was a young girl. On almost a daily basis, he would send me to my room, lock me in there and abuse my mother. She was never the type to fight…

purposely hurting their fellow man. Khaled Hosseini showed just how mean and abusive people could be just using their words in his novel The Kite Runner. Words are a very powerful tool when it comes to an argument or even a debate. But when people do not choose their words carefully they can physically harm the person they direct them too. An example of this in the novel is when Assef says nothing is free in this world right before raping Hassan. This causes Amir to stop and think does he want…

People change all the time and in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini talks about a boy in Afghanistan Amir who lives with a wealthy dad Baba, his mom passed away at birth and ever since he blamed it on himself. His best friend Hassan also his servant a Hazara which are a minority. The author shows Amir remembering back to his childhood in his point of view, always trying to impress Baba since he was very distant from his father. Putting down people and breaking long term relationships for his…

suicide. This is also the first connection Amir feels with Sohrab after Sohrab stopped speaking. He sees a glimpse of recovery and forgiveness for what happened many years ago. Imagery is just one of the few important elements Hosseini includes in his novel to develop this central idea. Hosseini also includes indirect characterization throughout his…

Rahim Khan: Business Partner, Mentor, Father? In many works of fiction, the protagonist is guided by a mentor figure who has a big influence on the actions of the protagonist. One such example of this is in Khaled Husseini’s novel The Kite Runner. Amir, the protagonist, sees his father’s friend, Rahim Khan, as a father-like figure, and Rahim Khan helps teach Amir the set of morals that he keeps with him over the course of the book. Rahim Khan encouraged talents he saw in Amir as a child that…

through the use of symbolism. The novel begins with a light hearted and childish tone as it depicts the relationship shared between Amir and Hassan. The two face normal insignificant problems that every child runs into. Such as Hassan and Amir having to go up against the school bully, Assef, and Amir struggling to get his father 's approval and love. These problems at first seem completely normal and the readers pay little attention to them, however as the novel evolves and the boys mature the…

One of the meetings I went to observe took place at Celebration Lutheran Church on 8725 W. Olive Ave at 5:30 on February 15. The name of the Alcohol Anonymous group was Celebrate Homecoming. At this meeting there were not a lot of people that showed up, there was seven people including myself. Within this group there was mostly males and two females that were present. The ages of the people in the group were mostly older like their late 40s and 50s, but there were to gentlemen present that were…

Justin started home when he noticed the mountain in the distance and felt the urge to visit once more. "After today, I am not going back up here," he promised riding across the field to the flat where he had left his bike on previous visits. Slipping and sliding he scurried up the steep mountainside while trying to be quiet. From time to time, he grabbed the bushes to keep from sliding backward. When he arrived at the mines, he moved the boards covering the entrance. He stepped inside, shined a…

When I was in third grade my grandfather was diagnosed with stage four carcinoid cancer. Stage four essentially means that it has reached the body 's lymph nodes and thus it can infect nearly any part of the body. While this diagnosis was bad, it never hit me how bad it was until sophomore year when he appeared to have suffered from a stroke. We got lucky however and it was Bell 's Palsy, and while that was definitely better than a stroke it was still worrisome, this was the first time I…