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    The Kite Runner novel, Assef and Hassan demonstrated the cleavage between the Sunni Muslums and Shi’a Musslum- this showed the author used Social Classicism. Marxism is another theory that can easily see in the events of the stories. For example, there were lines…

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    Patti Smith “The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times”. This quote means that thinking about redemption is a good start but also keep in mind that there probably be sacrifice. In the book “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, Amir the main character wants to redeem himself for the suffering he caused his best friend Hassan. To begin with, Hassan was Amir’s loyal servant but also his best friend. There were times that Amir treated him as if…

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    In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini chronicles the story of how Amir, a boy in Afghanistan, grows up to become a writer in America. Throughout his life, he endures hardships, attempts to gain his father’s respect, and struggles with a colossal degree of remorse over his past. In order to clear his guilty conscience, Amir must travel back to Afghanistan and rescue his nephew, Sohrab, from the Taliban. During the story, Hosseini is able to construct his plot effectively using the novel’s two major…

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    In the Kite Runner the themes of bravery is an important and prominent theme throughout the novel. This novel written by Khaled Hosseini is very realistic, the events and the problems that happen in this novel make the story even more and more better and believable. Like Dejan Todorovic said in his blog “The main reason for my choice of this author is his honesty and reality.” ("Survey Of Authors & Secondary Sources." The Kite Runner. N.p., 2011. Web. 25 July 2016.) We both think that Khaled is…

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    example, according to Rebecca Stuhr in her chapter entitled, “Forms of the Novel That Can Be Used To Describe The Kite Runner And A Thousand Splendid Suns” outlines that a bildungsroman story “...follows the life of the young man or woman as they become aware of limitations imposed upon them by family and the inadequacy of their education opportunities” (Stuhr 12). The novel,The Kite Runner, meets the criteria of a bildungsroman novel when Amir, the main character, witnesses Hassan's rape and…

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    “Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides“ (William Shakespeare, King Lear). In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the relationship between a father and two sons is put into place. When speaking with Rahim Khan, Amir is told a large secret late within his life which changes his perspective on the past, the people he spent time with, in addition to how he reacted negatively during many events. Time has unfolded the true nature of Amir 's life,…

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    book is set at WWII Nazi Germany. The novel is accepted worldwide because of the themes in this book which resonate very deeply with people from different cultures and backgrounds. Especially when we compare that to Marc Forster’s movie “The Kite Runner”, A 2007 American drama with its screenplay based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do Pashtun boy, and Hassan, a Hazara who is a lowly servant of Amir, who so their best to keep their…

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    Amir and Hassan have a close-knit, but opaque, relationship in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Within the first chapters of this novel, a reader can’t deny the presence of a special bond tying Amir and Hassan together. Although Amir portrays harsh feelings about Hassan, Hassan’s great significance in Amir’s childhood sometimes defies those feelings. In the beginning Amir behaved like a friend to Hassan, maybe even more, because they lived and grew up together since birth, establishing a…

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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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    with personal morals, there is always a victim. When faced with a critical situation, most people tend to run the other way. In The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, Amir makes a moral mistake that turns his life upside down. Battling himself to project the right choice, Amir runs the other way knowing that Hassan has always been there for him. In The Kite Runner, Amir experiences conflict with himself due to the series of decisions he makes throughout his life. Khaled Hosseini writes like this…

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