Blade Runner

Amir is a young boy in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the 1970s. He lives with his father, whom he calls "Baba,” and their servants, Ali and Hassan. Ali is one of Baba's oldest friends, but because he is Hazara, a race of Afghan descended from Moguls, he is considered lower class and must work as a servant. Hassan is Ali's son and Amir's closest friend. Because Hassan is also Hazara, he is not allowed to go to school with Amir and must work with Ali. Amir spends most of his free time playing with…

“Like father, like son” is a common statement in English, and it means that the son, or child, is like their father. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok, a novel about relationships, coming of age, and discovery of one’s future, readers see this statement play out. In the beginning of the book, readers are introduced to Reuven Malter, a son of a rabbi, who plays baseball. His team is about to play a game against the more traditional hasidic Jewish sect lead by Danny Saunders. Although Danny and…

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini follows the privileged life of a Pashtun, or Sunni Muslim, Amir, clashing with the dissimilar lifestyle of his half-brother and best friend by the name of Hassan, his lowly servant. The novel explicitly depicts the prejudice against Hazaras, also known as the Shia Muslims, in Afghanistan, when Hassan, who is part of the inferior race, is raped because of his religious beliefs. Choosing cowardice over courage, Amir sees the crime being committed against his best…

Khaled Hosseini is a well-known Afghan born American novelist. After his notably debut in The Kite runner, 2003 he dropped his doctor profession and became a full-time writer. The Kite runner is his first published novel which is set in his native Afghanistan, offered simple tales of redemption and grace while the ugly realities of war in the country rumbled through the news. It is a tale of two boys, Amir and Hassan, during their growing up years in Kabul. In the winter of 1975 an event takes…

The Test In the city of algebraic there was a young boy who had the name of Bob. Bob was in a extremely dangerous situation. He was in the middle of… maths. His teacher mr.Hazefraz who had a minor problem with anger issues. Right now he was yelling at a poor boy who unfortunately got a roman numeral wrong in a quiz. People might call this type of act child abuse but that poor child who goes by the name of Al G. Braic was too busy getting abused by mr.Hazefraz to point that out. Enraged Bob…

Pride is a confusing emotion that can affect you for the rest of your life as it can be linked to shame and embarrassment. In the story “Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, Brother’s actions show he is motivated by Pride. There are many perspectives of Brother whose pride becomes a destructive force in his life. When his younger brother’s physical disability is linked to Brother’s shame and embarrassment, these emotions has tragic results. Brother’s judgment is strongly affected by his pride as it…

The Bushman myth “Cagn Orders the World” and the Eskimo myth “The Creation” differ in the presentation of the relationship between God and his creation. Cagn and Cogaz act as brothers and are there for each other in both physical and emotional problems. On the other hand, Raven acts much more like Man’s father and teacher. Despite Raven’s paternal relationship to Man, Man becomes much more influential than Raven in terms of the world’s formation. The creations provided their creators with the…

Winston Churchill once pronounced, “If you're going through hell, keep going.” The former prime minister of England tries to push across the point of how you handle your hardships, directly reflects your rewards at the end of the road. Many of the characters, in The Other Wes Moore learned this lesson with difficulty since they chose the wrong path. The path to money and dark power often leads behind bars or to a grave. The Scarlet Letter exemplifies how mistakes can lead to a dark grave.…

Everything “Your past must die for your future to live.” (Dhliwayo) This is a quote from the philosopher and author Matshona Dhliwayo that says the past should be forgotten in order to make progress toward the future. In Khaled Hosseini’s, The Kite Runner, the main character, Amir, watches Hassan, his best friend and brother, get raped and does nothing to help him. The entire novel really just revolves around how Amir lives his life in the shame of his decision to do nothing when Hassan gets…

What is David Keirsey Telling Us? The title of the book, Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey (2009), had me convinced that the writing was going to cover a lost soul marked as an outcast from the rest of the world. The Foreword text which was written by Ray Choiniere a friend of Keirsey’s helped to define what the book covered in the first paragraph. It was worded to mean that all of us in the world are different in our way and that it is impossible to make us change to please you. Some…