PPT-The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Brainstorm the title How does it shape your expectations about what youre going to read If youve already read the novel is the title appropriate Chapter 1 What is the significance of the past for the narrator . A Study Guide by Jeanne M. McGlinn RIVE an imprint of P Sept. 12, 2014 And The Moun __________________________________________________________________________________________ About the author: With more than ten million copies sold in the United States of By James . Dashner. James . Dashner. Biography. James . Dashner. was born and raised in a small town in Georgia. His love of books and writing made him dream of being an author someday, and he still can’t believe his dream has come true. He is the author of the . The Kite Runner. by Khaled Hosseini. Culture Clash chart. :. Fill out why you think the practices listed on the left might be strange to another culture. Khaled Hosseini. . “Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and history at a high school in Kabul. In 1976, the Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then their homeland had witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet Army. The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States, and in September 1980 moved to San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1988. The following year he entered the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, where he earned a medical degree in 1993. He completed his residency at Cedars-Sinai medical center in Los Angeles and was a practicing internist between 1996 and 2004.. . What is it?. Kite fighting is one of Afghanistan's outdoor national sports. It is played in many different countries but is usually associated with Afghanistan. It is a very interesting sport where you have kites but you make them go side to side or up and down to try and cut your opponents kite string. In Afghanistan everyone participates no matter the age. They have fun competing with the kites that they build/buy but if they lose it is seen as humiliation. . By: Liam Schell and . Vitorino. Gomes. Introduction. The historical perspective is separated into two smaller perspectives called “the old historicism” and “the new historicism”.. Old historicism concerns itself with the time and place the story takes place in. A good story is one that describes the setting well. . Exam Outline. Materials Covered. NOVEL. The Kite Runner. SHAKESPEARE. Macbeth. SHORT STORIES / ESSAYS. “The Story of X”. “The . Veldt”. “Twins”. “The Singing Silence”. “. Cowboys and . Introduction to all set prompts. Amir . and Hassan represent the divisions in Afghan society and how this dichotomy affects the direction of their lives. Discuss. A ‘discuss’ type of prompt . is best tackled as a debate . Przemyslaw Pawluk. Introduction to Android App Development. Android architecture. Tools. Laurentian University International Global Experience Program. 2017. Agenda. Mobile in general. Mobile Devices. The Kite Runner and “A Poison Tree”Comparisons of Literary Elements: Motif, Symbolism, and Imagery Katie Machinchick English 10 (1) Comparative Literature Presentation 10/22/13 Summary of The Kite Runner . Hosseini. . Report by: Scott Gillespie. Loyalty. One of the key themes of the Kite Runner story is loyalty, as shown in Amir’s loyalty to his father and to his nephew. When Amir and his wife are trying to have a child he wonders, “What sort of father would I make, I wanted to be just like Baba...” After Baba and Amir immigrate to America, their roles are reversed as Amir takes care of his father, the same way his father had cared for him in Afghanistan. Amir never questions his need to be there for his father because he is a loyal son.. PARALLEL STRUCTURE IN . THE KITE RUNNER. . INCIDENT. EXAMPLE #1. EXAMPLE #2. 1) One-eyed . Assef. Hassan is great with the sling shot and uses it to defend Amir; he threatened to make . Assef. “one-eyed” is he didn’t back off (. Mobile . Programming. Dr. Khaled Mahmud. Laurentian University International Global Experience Program. Summer 2016. Mobile Computing Architecture. Agenda. Internet- . Ubiquitous network. Mobile . computing architecture. http://www.gkites.com/howtofly/sl - htf.html http://www.aka.kite.org/resources/educational - resources What could be more fun than a wide open field, a warm breeze, and a dancing kite? For young flie