The Kite Runner Quote Analysis

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A brief Summary:
In this first section of themes, I have chosen the top ten examples from the book, The Kite Runner, that relate to my theme in different aspects. This include different characters from the book that relates to my theme, memories and the past. All characters from the book have a past, including everyone in the world have memories and past of their own,

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Context: In the first chapter of The Kite Runner, Amir the protagonist recalls a memory/event that change his life forever and is part of with him today. This memory/event haunts Amir for a while.
Quote: "I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975" (Hosseini 1).
Analysis: This is Amir looking back at his youth when …show more content…

Context: In chapter 12, When Amir is in America and is at an Afghan flee market. Amir goes over to Soraya booth to talk with her while General Taheri is not around. Soraya reveals that her dream is to become a teacher, she tells Amir how she taught her family's servant how to read and write. Amir looks back to where he instead of teaching Hassan how to read, he mocked him instead.
Quote: "I thought of how I had use my literacy to ridicule Hassan. How I teased him about big words he didn't know" (Hosseini 160).
Analysis: Even still in America after years, Amir remembers Hassan. Amir feels guilty since in the past that he had privilege to go to school, instead of helping Hassan read he made fun of him. Unlike Soraya, in the past she used her privilege to go to school to teach her servant how to read

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Context: Near the end of chapter 12, Soraya past guilt is described to Amir. She doesn't want any secrets between them when they get married. So, when she was eight-teen she ran away with an afghan man, and lived with them for a month until General Taheri found Soraya and took her home. When she came home she found her mother had a stroke and felt responsible for it. But, she is glad that General Taheri took her back

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