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    From the novel ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini, one can infer an individual 's attempt at self-fulfillment can lead to harm of others, and changed perceptions of one’s self from the individual and those around them. In reading this novel, one quickly comes to understand that Amir lacks love and affection of his father as well as his peers, and is desperately seeking approval. Individuals that seek self-fulfillment often become selfish and betray those around them with hopes that they will…

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    their relationship starts to become stronger.after Baba dies.. Amir behavior come from Baba and they way Baba treated Amir. Amir will do anything to help his dad like him and love him. But Baba is mad and hates Amir for killing his wife. In the Kite runner by Khaled Hosseini. The book is about how Amir and Baba doesn 't have the great best talking to each other and father and son relationship together is not the best together at all. In the beginning of the book Amir feelings are sad and mad…

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    The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, starts off with a mane by the name of Amir receiving a phone call from Rahim Khan, a man from his childhood who was good friends with Amir’s father. Rahim Khan is telling Amir how things have changed since he has been away from Afghanistan. Ramin also tells Amir that he has to come back to Afghanistan, and that he has the chance to become good again. The story for the most part after this call takes place in Afghanistan through the eyes of early life Amir.…

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    In literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. In the book titled The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini there are many scenes that contain violence, and these violent scenes do not exist for their own sake. The Kite Runner showcases the friendship between Hassan and Amir, and how one disloyal action can lead to years of guilt. The violent scenes in this book include war, murder, fighting, and sexual abuse. All of these scenes all contribute to the overall meaning of the book and each…

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    lead to guilt and some are forgotten in a span of a minute. Guilt that follows throughout adulthood may cause someone to have a difficult time opening up to their loved ones like Khaled Hosseini’s main character in The Kite Runner. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, Hosseini is ultimately trying to reveal through Amir’s journey that at some point in life, a person’s past sins or wrongs and negative actions can be resolved. Amir tries to earn his father’s respect and abandons his loyal…

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    themselves, which regardless if the problem is solved or not, they know they have done the best they can and that feeling of endless guilt isn’t in their system. Some authors plot has to deal with guilt just like in the book The Kite Runner. In the novel The Kite Runner, Hoesseini shows how someone’s life can go so terribly wrong and cause them to be so full of guilt, can bounce back and seek good and redemption. Amir was jealous of his friend Hassan…

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    Poverty In The Kite Runner

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    have when faced with education and diseases. You should be lucky you are not one of the 1.5 billion children living in extreme poverty or one of the 25,000 kids that die daily due to the environment they live in. In Khaled Hosseini 's novel, The Kite Runner, it doesn’t get into the depth of poverty that more than half of Afghan children live in but it does stress on the orphans and the Hazara children and how their rights to be children have been violated. As a child, you…

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    choosing, but most of the time they are forced upon us. Good and bad decisions help in shaping our future. Sometimes, though, life puts us into a position where we are forced to make an ultimate decision, one way or another. In the story, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the audience learns about decisions that could impact your life in various ways. Hosseini wrote about the life of an aspiring writer in Afghanistan and his struggle to find inner peace with in him. As the story progresses, we…

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    William Cotton, an author, theologian and Senior Pastor, from a phoned interview, ‘redemption has everything to do with a form of forgiveness that removes shame.’ This idea completely explains the redemption found in The Devil’s Arithmetic and The Kite Runner; the characters found shame in their actions, and therefore had to experience an attitude change or an act of heroism in order to discovery forgiveness. The main part of forgiveness within redemption is not just with the mistreated subject,…

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    The novel The Kite Runner deals with several of the issues in life. Throughout the novel, the author Khaled Hosseini portrays living a life that includes a personal quest of the protagonist Amir. The main theme of the novel is relationships with family, friends and fatherhood. In the novel, multiple examples of various types of relationship with other characters play important parts in Amir 's development. Another main theme is redemption and personal responsibility. Amir attempts to redeem his…

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