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Do you ever just look up at the sky and wonder why you’re here?” Brystal asked me. We were laying on her 2004 Chevy Camaro and making pictures with the clouds. “Everyday!” I replied flatly. “Do you ever get an answer?” Brystal said in wonder. We both had our eyes fixed on the sky because it made a great distraction. “I like to think that I do,” I said with a sigh. “The answer is always something wacky that makes me laugh,” I said with a grin. “Just last Monday, after Chemistry class, I walked…

An Analysis of “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker Much of Alice Walker’s inspiration for “Everyday Use” came from her own life in the rural Georgia (Kelly 459). The writings of Alice Walker are narrations of the life she depicts of women from her youth into adulthood. A major author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the 1960s into the 21st century, Walker emphasizes the often-overlooked perspectives of women, African Americans, and especially African American women in her work (Abbott 120).…

As a young kid without a mother, your father means everything to you; but when your dad makes You feel like you have to fight for his affection, you will stop at nothing to achieve it. In the kite runner, Amir and Hassan have an eccentric relationship. Amir has mixed emotions, and wonders whether to call Hassan his best friend, brother, or servant. When baba (his father) treats Amir and the servant Hassan as equals, hatred swells within Amir. Hassan endures physical, mental, and sexual abuse in…

Things I LOVE about Ayah 1. “Do you need a ride or something.” – The first day that we talked to each other and you barely even knew me, yet you took the time and effort to ask a weird Indian Kid if he needs a ride. 2. The fact that you try to look for good things in everyone. Paulina barely gives you any attention and rarely talks to you yet you go out of your way to do things for her. I acted like such an asshole towards for, yet you would still tell me that it’s ok. Its not my faults and that…

Regret is a basic part of everyone 's life; being too scared to take action or worrying too much about what others would think cause a lot of conflict and pain in people 's lives. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, is no exception to this. Amir is a young boy living in the struggles of Afghanistan trying to find his way through life; with a dead mother and a distant father, he relies heavily on his friendship with his servant Hassan. But that friendship collapses when Amir is too cowardly to…

The realization that I was completely alone was not a sudden one. It came over me in an excruciatingly slow way. The idea at this point is so ingrained in me, I cannot imagine a time when it was not evident. I live in a world of darkness, unpenetrated by even the bravest of souls. I stare at the group of people around me. I don 't know them, they don 't know me. "Hey, what 's up?" I duck my head down as my cheeks redden. In an instant I decide that I will pretend to have not heard. The…

It was early in the morning; I was still sleeping in my dreamland, dreaming about flying dogs, then suddenly I heard my alarm clock ringing really loud. I woke up turn off my clock, look at the time, it’s 5:30am, and asking myself, “why am I awake so early?”, so I check my phone to see what day is today. “It’s the first day of high school!” I got quickly, did my morning routine, as I was about to head out, I realize that I’m still in my pajamas. So I head back to my room, picking my clothes, and…

Sometimes, a kite is much more than a simple toy. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner, a young boy discovers that a kite can mean many things as your perspective changes. As time goes on and people change, a kite acts as a blank canvas, for which one can project their views and sentiments. Even at a young age, Amir, The Kite Runner’s protagonist, knows that kite is not just kite. To Amir, kites represent many different things as he is in different stages of his life. The story speaks to…

Khaled Hosseini’s “Kite Runner” brilliantly illustrates the story of a young boy named Amir going through his life and the troubles he carries. Redemption is a key theme throughout the book, of which Amir goes through the entire book trying to amend for the sins he committed as a child . This also brings out another theme that goes hand in hand with redemption which is forgiveness something that takes Amir a majority of the novel in order to fully understand. In order for Amir to come to terms…

After characters in “The Kite Runner” betray and hold secrets against each other, it can be hard for them to find forgiveness from the one they acted against. In several cases, it takes characters in the story many years and acts of repentance to redeem themselves. Amir stretches the lengths of forgiveness by trying to make his life right again after the person he betrayed, Hassan, has already died. Baba and Rahim Khan also look for and teach about forgiveness because of the secret they kept…