ENGLISH TALK ASSESSMENT Kite Runner- Theme of Redemption

3 Main areas in redemption Irony Symbolism Plot

Irony Amir’s comparison to his father Baba “The least I could have done was to have the decency to have turned out a little more like him. But I hadn’t turned out like him. Not at all.” Amir betrayal Hassan for Baba “But he’s not my friend… He’s my servant!” “Show him once and for all that his son was worthy.” Amir’s fight with Assef “My body was broken… but I felt healed.”

symbolism Kites flying and fighting “I think maybe you’ll win the tournament this year. What do you think?” The Pomegranate tree “Hit me back!” “I wished he’d give me the punishment I craved, so maybe I’d finally sleep at night Sohrab “You will never again refer to him as ‘Hazara boy’ in my presence. He has a name and it’s Sohrab.”

plot Rahim Khan’s phone call “There is a way to be good again” “a boy who wont stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.” The truth about Baba “Now, no matter what mullah teacher, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft.” “As it turned out, Baba and I were more alike than I’d ever known.”

Thanks any question? Isla Robertson