The Kite Runner

1. Topics in the Kite Runner

• The women weren't allowed to be seen in without a scarf covering their faces, not allowed to speak in loud voices, nor make eye contact.
• There were several betrayals amongst Amir and Baba. Amir betrayed Hasaan by lying on him, driving him out of there home, and destroying a forty year relationship between Baba and Ali. Baba betrayed Ali by sleeping with his wife and conceived a child.
• There were at least three sets of brothers being mentioned, the brothers that killed Ali parents when he was a child, since Baba's father adopted Ali and they grew up together they were sort of like brothers, although Ali was considered the servant, but the servants' son, Hasaan grew up with Amir and they spent alot of time together, they could have been percieved as brothers in the beginning, but in the end they ended of being blood brothers.
• The hidden guilt was more of a burden on Ali and he couldn't find the tone to tell no one what he had witnessed happen to Hasaan. He realized once someone knew of what he had been hiding in him for so long, was now considered open guilt, it was up to him to make it better again by abiding by Rahim Kahn's death wish.
• The Redemption for Ali came after learning Hasaan was his brother and he had a son in Kabul, he must go and get him and bring him back to safety, to someone whom will care for him, that was the least he could do after all Hasaan has went through for him.
• The Exodus/Journey when Baba and Amir had to leave discreetly for freedom and safety after the Russian soldiers invaded Kabul. They had to ride in the back of trucks, sleep in basements for a week due to transportation mishaps, and finally travel in fuel trucks.
• The Father & Sons patriachal society consists of honor and pride, they could talk freely about women, only a suitor was suitable for marrying their daughter and the honorable thing was to send the father and ask for their daughter's hand in marriage.
• The Hazara were beneath the Pashtun in the class distinction.

2. Style

• The parallelism or resemblance was vividly clear after Baba's funeral and the mourners were speaking of how good Baba had been to them in the many years, and Amir realized he had been defined by Baba and the marks he had left on people lives. Hasaan had some resemblance with his son, the looks, the slingshot traits, and trustworthy.
• The character foils could have been Amir and Soraya (one taught their servants how to read and write while the other read to them or mock them of words they didnt know), Amir and Hasaan (one took the friendship for granted while the other would give his life), and Baba and the General (one had to much pride to receive government assistance while the other one willlingly accepted the funds and kept his family on on welfare, one of them seek work in the US where the other one never held a job in the US in hopes that Afghanistan one day be restored.)
• In Foreshadowing, Amir knew his father didn't have long to live but he wanted his father to be apart of a very importand special day for him so he relied on his father to ask for Soraya's hand in marriage.
• Amir had the flashback towards the end of the novel in San Francisco when he purchased a kite and tried to enlighten Sohrab on how his father use to enjoy being a kite runner, but Amir took more pleasure out of it than Sorhab.
• The negative aspects out-weighed the positives. The negative ones were sad and could have been prevented throughout conversations like the betrayals that have taken place, and Sohrab almost commiting suicide.The positive ones were during happy occasions like the wedding and publishing his first novel, and living in a better condition than Kabul had become.

3. Settings

• In the winter, Kabul had a kite flying tournament
• Eid, three days of celebration after the holy month of Ramadan
• five daily prayers, the mullah believed azam, calling for faithful to unroll their rugs and bow their heads west in prayer

4. Five minor characters and their role

• Karim, a people smuggler
• Aziz, a fuel truck driver
• Mr. Fayyaz, hotel manager
• Farid, a driver when Amir returned to Pakistan
• Farzana, Hasaan's wife

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its me again, i think this paper will probably not be as bad when i get started. i like when the other students come to me for help that really makes me feel as though i am not lost and at least they have some confidence in my work and will ask for advice. i dont mind it makes me work harder though cause if i dont understand something when its the same problem that others come and ask of me i look it up and try to help them out to the best of my ability, but now we are drawing so close to the end of the semester, which is pretty excited cause you get to meet new professors and the assignments are almost the same just little more difficult so the longer you decide to stay in college you have to learn to be diversified and patient. i would like to thank all my professor for helping me see the better me, the work i thought i couldnt do as well as the patience to deal with it. thank you all.

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well its has been a while and the ending of this semester is beginning to be a challenge, i would have never guess that so many professors in different assignments like to request essays. writing has never been one of my strongest subjects but i have been doing quite a bit and my professor tells me that my creative writing has picked up, i guess i am very hard on myself when it comes to something that puts my self esteem into play. like for instance, i dont think i am good at writing, words begin to flow and before i know it i have written more than what i thought i would have. the most challenging out of these is now the research paper, because its going to take alot of time and my kids will be spending alot of time with me in the library, they think it will be educational for them, in which it will, but actually its so they can keep busy while i am trying to gather as many notes and books as possible, so i can go back to my place of serenity and work in peace.

End of Semester and "oh my...."

I knew college wasnt going to be easy street, but i know now exactly what the saying means by "pick your own poison." You would think its better to choose your own road of life, so that you wouldnt have to blame someone else for the torture. What i mean by that is, when it comes to choosing how many classes to take, who would have ever thought that they all would give such demanding work at the same time as if you dont have time for your normal life. Okay maybe you're still wondering what am I talking about, during spring semester I had four classes and it didnt seem so bad, but hasnt that all changed in the fall. I only have three classes, and each class is overpowering of writings. I can admit that its one of my weakest subjects, but in order to have a passing grade, i must read and write on a specific topic. It doesnt seem like thats such a bad thing especially when you are on the outside looking in. This semester ends in less than four weeks and i have at least three chapter books to read and write from five to seven pages per book. The holidays are coming up and i dont feel like this will be an enjoyable one. No one likes to take the time they get off and do work, but i must look at the bright side and say its almost over, and be thankful that i pass these classes.