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    "Wait for me?" "No." "Come on give me like 2 more minutes," I pleaded, running around my house like a crazy woman. "Fine," Regina said, rolling her eyes and plopping down on my couch. Ok I just needed to find the perfect shoes to go with my dress... I went to my room and looked under my bed for my plain black flats. Since I was going to a party, I was trying to avoid my feet hurting from heels. "Got it!" I yelled from my room and walked to the living room where Regina was now standing.…

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    Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner” tells the story of a man with a rough past and the events that occurred throughout his life that have made an impact on who he has become. The main character, Amir, reflects upon his past and the people he has been involved with and readers are given insight into his life. Amir grew up in a luxurious home with his well-respected father, Baba. In their yard live a father and son, Ali and Hassan, who work for Amir and Baba. Hassan, who was born with a…

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    Modern day Afghanistan is a difficult subject to discuss, and most people know very little about it. The once noble country has fallen into disarray after the infamous rise of the Taliban in the late 20th century. The extreme islamic fundamentalists have turned entire soccer stadiums into execution centers, and struck terror into the hearts of all Afghans. They also have forbidden women to work, and since most of their husbands were murdered by the Taliban the women and their children starve.The…

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    The Kite Runner Comparison

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    The common consensus is if a book is converted into a movie, then the movie will be essentially a disappointment. In The Kite Runner, director Marc Forster’s version falls just short of the original novel by Khaled Hosseini. With removed scenes, themes and emotional ties to characters, the differences between the book and the movie are too great to claim Forster a succes. In the movie, The Kite Runner, significant scenes such as Sohrab’s suicide attempt, Amir’s relationship with Soraya and the…

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    Kite Runner Symbolism

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    For centuries, stories have been passed down from generation to generation to be shared around the world. The novel The Kite Runner shows a story of a character, Amir, that through his guilt decides to change his lifestyle so that he can compromise for his mistakes. Khaled Hosseini uses character analysis, symbolism, and theme to create a powerful novel with a strong message, The Kite Runner. In the novel, Hosseini’s main character, Amir, starts off with a distant relationship with his father,…

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    People face pressure in their lives every day, especially in college, because students are working hard to get a successful job. Why is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the university with the highest suicide rate in America? Could it be because pressure, whether academic, social, peer, or environmental tend to affect young people in a negative way? By comparing and contrasting social pressure, peer pressure and environmental pressure in Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Kite…

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    “Innocence, lack of guile or corruption; purity” (oxforddictionaries.com). Everyone loses their innocence; whether it is mentally or physically no one will stay innocent forever. Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini both deal with the loss of innocence which affected many people negatively, but how the innocence was lost, the symbols in the stories, and the negative effects from the loss makes the stories different. How innocence was lost is one of the…

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    Mingming Tan Read 200 3:30pm The book, The Alchemist, is written by Paulo Coelho. In this book, Santiago is one of the main characters that has a dream to travel pass through the Pyramid and find his treasure. During his journey, he is not only looking for the treasure, but also learning about his personal legend. He becomes wiser, and he is capable of dealing with his obstacles. I think that the most important to me that Santiago learned in his journey is he never gives up. The first reason…

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    The book “The Kite Runner” is from the perspective of Amir, the son of Baba. The characters relationships are quite complicated, Hassan is Amir’s best friend who is also his brother, but nobody finds this out until Amir goes back to kabul when his friend Rahim Khan is dying. Ali, the so-called father of Hassan and also the servant of Baba. What had happened in a chapter near the beginning of the book (chapter 7) hassan had been raped and Amir had sat there and watched the whole time. But that…

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    Custom Don't touch someone's head; Don't pass anything over someone's head; Don't point a finger at someone; Don't use your feet to point at someone; Don't wear shoes in the house; Don't eat directly from the serving dish; Don't waste food; Don't make promises that you cannot keep; Don't lose your temper in public; Don't touch anyone of the opposite sex; And never, never forget where you came from. Shrinklit Poem The Kite Runner The protagonist, Amir,…

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