unfamiliar texts

TEXT A: Analyse how the writer explores his connection to the beach setting.

Reminiscing on the past and using the beach as a reflection on the authors life is the purpose of Kumara Harvest. The author tells this through changing time periods from the past to present then future going from past tense to present tense at the end of the first paragraph this and many other language features are used to show the circle and description exploring the author’s life.

How does the author explore his connection with the beach? the author does this through rich descriptive language features such as “untrained eye they might be seals playing boisterously”. The author also explores their connection with the beach through changing the time period and language tense

TEXT B:

TEXT C:

unfamiliar texts practice

the writer changes the tone of the story when they say “then all is gone” from positive to negative mood.

The key ideas being presented are the lively-ness of the day to the departure of the sun then the grim loneliness of the night. The poem takes place in a rural place like a town we know this because it has herds of sheep but also tales of smogged ashes. The poet uses techniques such as personification and metaphors to add life to the day and darkness to the night. They use the city sky as a metaphor for a book as it is telling a story the clouds being “swooning pufferfish swept into awaiting creatures” the story changes tone at the short sentence ‘then all is gone”. Then the poet moves into darker metaphors as the life vanishes and the creatures depart with using “dusks skeletons” and “another nights graveyard” Then to signify all life is gone out of the sky the poet uses the metaphor “a raging battle succumbs to the sun’s defeat. Finally all that is left is the moon the commander of the night and watcher of the skys. This poem ties back to real life as the stories of our lives are filled with lots of life then the battle of the sky is the end of those stories as we go to sleep and all that is left is the moon. The writers purpose is blah blah blah.

Kite runner revision

The Kite runner plays with the idea of guilt right from the start as the character Amir cowards out of a situation; causing him guilt, the societal idea of this is whether you run away from this guilt (which doesn’t work) or to address the guilt.

Hassan’s assault and rape by Aseef is where Amir has a place of power where he can step in but chooses not to, this is the initial creation of his guilt and trauma. The author reflects on this saying”I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.”

2.4 Creative writing

It is a warm afternoon of December 2020, the dark cave has a ominous aura. A whole other world lays beyond that wall of darkness. This world is lush and green, the rolling hills of fauna en capture the stark contrast between the cave and the green cliffs off the ocean break. The feeling of long thick grass brushes in the wind like the bristles of a paint brush.

It is the peak of the noon and the sun is shining high and the heat is at its hottest the sky a sapphire gem dome of insulation. The humid breeze would cause anyones sweat to drip as all sheep and birds are seeking refuge in the shade and the interior of the canopy singing away there lively announcement claiming there tree top fortresses .

The ocean waves fold on top of each other, over the cliffs horizon. That sea smell no matter how many times you are met with it never gets old, the rather stale sulphury scent is carried by the salty breeze it’s pungence is like a jab to the nose. The salty taste of the air is like some fresh fish and chips mmm fish n chips.

There is a shift in the immaculate weather, you taste a storm brewing as the blue sky is crept over by the demon like hands off the oceans horizon. A gloomy overcast like a lifeless grey to blue gradient from the ocean to the warm hills.

Look as the sun anchors down lower it’s rays shoot over the cliffs edge at a lower inclination adding a greater saturation to the land of beach and cabbage trees; intertwined with other scruffy shrubbery. The scenery appears photoshoped like you have increased the saturation but lowered the exposure; and the areas of light seem to have a orange filter on them. The contrast between the gloomy sea cave and the warm emerald complexion of the land around it, makes it look like a mistake of a blob of black paint in a green landscape painting.

It is the final purging of the skys colour as its remaining life is sucked out of it and the sun is concealed to no longer project its colour, A once vibrant movie becoming a black and white. This is signified by the howl coming off the ocean break.

Listen as the ocean waves grow with rage violently trying to siege the eroded cliffs impenetrable castle walls. The waves are in a dog fight except both planes are kamikaze and they explode every time into the cliff and collapse. Giving off a less remarkably breath taking atmosphere, more a shift into a more sinister ill-omened dusk.

And then your focus shifts off the violence of the coast line as it dims along with the daylight as you enter the cave. The cave once a dark anxious en devour now a calming stroll through a underground forest of a constellation of blue larva accompanied bymossy rock formations and enchanted mushrooms. The glowing larva hatch as butterflies and bugs fly around in this untouched eco system. You walk further splash cold water submerges your ankles giving you a shock but a pleasant one as you see the end of the cave sprawling out onto the beach and ocean like a indoor outdoor living area. There are beach trees on the outside of the cave concealing it’s full identity. You pass through the doorway into the outdoor “living area” welcomed by calm waves and where the sun once was, the serene energy of the moon has replaced it.

Language connotations and Extended metaphor

language connotation is the association of the meaning, the feeling of the words.

I looked around the quad the sun was shining bright not a single cloud in sight. You knew it was a warm day everyone looked more cheerful and had a bright glow about them the trees also swayed cheerfully in the warm breeze; it was such a nice day you just wanted to bask in the sunshine. Today everybody wanted to just enjoy the weather while it lasted not thinking about past present or future. time slipped away as the suns radiance blessed everyone with vitamin D.

I scanned around the quad the sun was beaming and blinding not a single cloud to seek refuge to. You knew it was a boiling day everyone looked more lifeless and had a dull burn about them the trees also rocked violently in the inferno gust; it was such a horrid day you just wanted to burn in the scorch. Today everybody wanted to just escape the weather while it lasted thinking about past present or future for a escape. time froze as the suns blaze cursed everyone with vitamin D.

extended metaphor: like a regular metaphor, and extended metaphor looks to draw on the shared figurative characteristics of two concepts. In order to extended the device , you should consider how language connotations, similes, metaphors and other devices combine throughout a piece to continually convey the shared characteristic

I scanned around the quad the sun was beaming and blinding not a single cloud to seek refuge to. You knew it was a boiling day everyone looked more lifeless and had a dull burn about them the trees also rocked violently in the inferno gust; it was such a horrid day you just wanted to burn in the scorch. The quad was a island populated by all sorts of wild animals some big some small. Some smart some not so. The thing about this island was not that it was surrounded by water it was surrounded by a concrete ocean of a school. Today everybody wanted to just escape the weather while it lasted thinking about past present or future for a escape. time froze as the suns blaze cursed everyone with vitamin D.

personification

Yarn | Is that an all-over tan? ~ SpongeBob SquarePants (1999 ...

using human characteristic to describe non-human things.

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  1. tan
  2. old
  3. angry
  4. dumb
  5. clueless

pompous

flash

rich

orange

smelly

The bright fake looking orange door creeks open with old age complimenting it’s pompous door step and interior. Decorated with elderly lights and ancient furniture. The animal skins on the wall cry out in agony like there is a foul odor of Cheetos and old farts. moving onto the office the technology is buzzing with life but looking like a toddlers headquarters. The upstairs consists of more antiques this time decorated with menacing violence it has a soldier like posture to it everything is symmetrical and straight, the paintings on the wall stare at me with deep concern as I walk to one of the many bathrooms all the mirrors looking sad and scungey but at the same time looking very vain. The master bedroom looks like it is wanting attention it is also looking very archaic almost cult like and sketchy. The outer walls of the house looking very flash and nuance but still mundane in personality just like the dull and lifeless shrubbery that wants to escape beyond the great big outer walls of the backyard, they look intimidating like a armed watch tower,not letting any sign of life get in or out. A Bentley sitting outside in the drive way looks bored and in regret like it is going to be replaced very soon.

Speech

The harsh sun shoots into my eyes as i step outside and put on my pack, i take 3 steps forward ‘why here’ i say to myself. I walk onto the track and begin my ascent up the mountain. I suppose nature is nice I look around seeing birds chirping and small creeks trickling. I continue up the beaten path it’s only been a couple minutes and im starting to question why I am here like why did he want them spread here, more specifically at the top of a bloody mountain kinda cliche if you ask me. I decide to entertain myself as i trek up the path there are ants running round on the ground i hop skip and jump on them killing as many as I can. Quickly bored I think about the life I have to return to when i get home where i have to go to school, I guess I am fortunate I am not there right now. The track is progressively getting steeper and steeper I reach a small cliffs edge breaking out of the tree line I look up in confusion at the three mountains standing in front of me the furthest one to the left looking the closest maybe the smallest, the mountain in the middles tall and this mountain is jagged and pointy, intimidating to say the least the furthest one to the right is very far away but it looks the easiest to climb so which one is it, flip sake I was just told to scatter the ashes at the mountain beyond the forest my eyes scan further to the right I see a small log cabin with smoke coming from the chimney I guess i’ll ask them for advice crsshhhh the cliff side collapses beneath me and Im heading straight for some jagged rocks directly below, i put my arms arms up to try grab a tree branch i miss but i am caught by the back of my shirt, from a root on the cliff face hanging looking down on what i thought was my certain death not that it matters much why would the universe spare me. After “getting off” the cliffs side i ended up closer to the cabin it was only a 500m walk when i ended up outside the cabin i put my fist up to knock but before i could the door swung open from the inside and on the other side was a small old man welcome welcome traveler he says, Hi i guess i was wondering if you could give me some advice i asked, the man said aha you have come to the right place that is what I am famous for you see. I asked him a couple questions about the mountains regarding my instructions the old man said that is quite peculiar but that forest although small is thriving with life and if you kill any of that life it has ways unimaginable of getting back at you. Good thing you didn’t kill anything in there or you wouldn’t be standing in front of me. The monks always taught me that all life is sacred. Even the life of the tiniest ant, killing an ant is no different to a human, and the forest takes an eye for an eye. That explains why I nearly died before, your grandfather told me you were coming said the old man he was a great teacher and guru, a lunatic is what my family called him do u have his ashes said the man i said yes i pulled a shiny tin out of my bag he examined it for a second and said I can guide you up the mountain, which one i said he said oh haha none of those i was talking about your mountain to peace and humility once u reach the top of this mountain you will become a master of your own destiny and that is what your grandfather wanted first YOU need TO LOOK INWARD AND START ASKING YOURSELF THE BIG QUESTION: WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU WANT, beep beep beep my alarm clock went off and i woke up to another boring day of school except i had to write my dreaded speech.

2.4 writing portfolio part 1: The Kite Runner

The novel by Khalid Hosseini the kite runner is about a young boy Amir and his upbringing in Afghanistan. His upbringing leaves a guilty trail of the past that he is dwindling on and doesn’t know how to remove from his memory “That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can’t bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.” His guilty mistakes are weak points but weakness and the past are your greatest assets towards redemption. Amir’s weaknesses(his selfish actions) influences the idea of redemption by giving him a platform for something to redeem. Towards the middle of the story, Afganistan is torn apart by war in which Amir flees to America the land of the free for a fresh start. With the strength to chase his ambitions as a writer this part of the story influences the idea of redemption with his ambition and good doing in America. The final main pillar that influences the idea of redemption is the redemption itself when Amir travels back to war-torn Afghanistan to search for Hassan’s son Sohrab Amir summons the strength to deal with extreme adversity through this part of the text when Amir finds and rescues the boy this is when Amir is finally redeemed righting his wrong and has fully changed as a character putting someone before himself.

The idea of redemption is influenced by young Amir’s weaknesses being how selfish he is at the beginning of the story. His weakness of selfishness is the main catalyst for the story of redemption. Most of the reason for Amir being selfish is that Baba, his father, restricts his love for Amir and is very critical of him. Amir’s selfish output is Hassan, this is proven by the quote “Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba”. This follows the main turning point in the story where Hassan is raped by the neighborhood bully Aseef, Amir as the narrator said: “Or those tiny drops that fell from between his (Hassan) legs and stained the snow black.” “How dark, almost black, Hassan’s blood had looked on the snow…” The snow represents Hassan’s innocence, the raping and the blood took away his innocence as you can’t take blood out of snow. This happened because Amir did not give Aseef the prize-winning kite which was Amir’s selfish gateway to get Baba to show affection. Amir seems to take advantage of Hassan’s obedience and loyalty, when Amir asks him to run the kite for him during the tournament he replies “for you a thousand times over” the author sets up Hassan’s character with such a true heart and Amir with such a selfish one. The author did this for when Amir betrays Hassan so that it’s hard to forgive Amir for betraying an honest character, Amir was aware of this dire honesty he even said himself “and that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too” These early stages of the text alone doesn’t hint at redemption but its impact on the story set up in the early stages along with Amir’s guilt for the incident is the building block for his redemption. This is why the author started the story with a traumatic event and the main character guilty for it so the character has to redeem themself.

Amir has the young years of his childhood to reflect his trauma, but that takes a back seat as Afghanistan is invaded by the soviets. Amir and Baba flee the country and after a hell-like escape, they make it to America. This new integration leaves baba and Amir with a significant drop in social status and financial security. However, it is like a fresh start where both characters work very hard, Amir is ambitious follows his dreams as a writer attending a college and blocking out the past saying “America was different. America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past. I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far. Someplace with no ghosts, no memories, and no sins.” This metaphor dor drowning his past is represented by the river, this river also takes him far from his past in Afghanistan and sins with no memory of what happened years ago. How he momentarily dissolves his past leads to ambition and great character development as he faces new challenges and isn’t a spoiled wealthy boy his challenge becomes even more extreme when baba is diagnosed and dies from cancer. This forced adversity changes Amir as it would change anyone. These obstacles put in place by the author are not just to keep the story interesting they are deliberately molding the story into a story of redemption and this is part of the process of telling us that redemption has to come after great development and change of one’s self to make the reader agree they are redeemed. The purpose of this is to show the reader even if you have done something bad you can redeem it. Amir is not yet redeemed but America and his ambitions have put him on that road of redemption. After Amir has dealt with the upset of his father he changes and gains stability again but he is called upon his father’s old friend Rakhim khan back in Afghanistan who tells Amir to come to Afghanistan “there is a way to be good again ” as Rakhim khan knows of amirs guilty past and is giving him a chance to redeem himself.

Amir’s final strength outlined in the late stages of the text is bravery. Amir at the start of the story is a boy who is a guilty coward said by himself“I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: Nothing was free in this world” This was said because he was a coward who did not know how to be brave but; Amir’s bravery shines when he is given the task to find Sohrab Hassan’s son back in Afghanistan who is fatherless and in the hands of the evil childhood bully himself Aseef. Amir’s strength of bravery to rescue Sohrab is a symbol of his atonement. Bravery isn’t being fearless; it’s being afraid and rising to the challenge despite the odds. In the attempt of rescuing Sohrab from Aseef’s house, he is beaten by Aseef, beaten badly.“my body was broken…But I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed” This is when Amir realized he had felt the pain Hassan felt all those years ago and he felt good for it he felt redeemed. Ironically Sohrab saved Amir from death with a slingshot his fathers calling hard. After the escape, all was not well. All Sohrab wants is his old life back, he and Amir share that in common. Sohrab tries to kill himself when he thinks Amir can’t take him back to America because of legal troubles. “Amir kneels down and prays to Allah, promising he’ll fast and pray and make a pilgrimage if only God will save Sohrab. (Amir also asks forgiveness.)” Amir asking for forgiveness is significant because he hasn’t asked for forgiveness before; he’s only buried his past and he’s finally changed through bravery. This is when I think Amir is indefinitely redeemed, his character has changed through bravery. this is when I think amir is indefinitely redeemed, his character has changed and he put someone else’s life before his own which is a huge contrast to his earlier character. After being in the hospital for weeks Sohrab is recovering, Amir says “Sohrab, I can’t give you your old life back, I wish to God I could. But I can take you with me. That was what I was coming in the bathroom to tell you.

The story of the kite runner ends with Amir and his wife adopting Sohrab into there family and bringing him back to America. This story with a happy ending is made possible from Amir’s weakness of his guilt past, his ambition, and bravery. Redemption in Islam culture is achieved through being Muslim and doing no action that would forfeit one’s identification with Islam, being of sincere faith, and doing virtuous actions. Amir after his selfishness induced trauma goes onto develop as a character and doesn’t forfeit his Muslim identification when chasing his ambition as a writer. Finally, he gets an opportunity to redeem himself by rescuing Sohrab an extension of Hassan who he betrayed in the beginning this links both ends of the story together just this time AMir has redeemed himself with his various act of bravery after ambition and development rather than acting selfishly. These are how the character Ami’rs strengths and weaknesses influence the idea of redemption in the kite runner. We get from this a valuable lesson taught by the author in the form of this story which is no matter what you have done you can redeem yourself through change and good virtue.

Character analysis: The Kite Runner

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In the first chapter of Khaled Hosseini’s The kite runner, it is 2001, and the protagonist. Amir is an adult in his late-thirties when he receives a phone call from Rahim Khan, a figure from his past. Rahim Khan was his father’s best friend and business partner in Afghanistan and something of a surrogate father to Amir, as Rahim was more supportive and understanding than Amir’s father, Baba, was. Rahim Khan tells Amir that he is very ill and wants Amir to come see him in Pakistan. He also tells Amir, “There is a way to be good again.” There is also a moment of foreshadowing where there are two kite dancing in the sky. This brief suggestion sets the stage for the entire novel.

2

The ending of The Kite Runner shows Amir running a kite for Sorhab, his former best friend Hassan’s son, whom he has adopted. It is set at a park where there is a gathering of other afghans. The story has come full circle, because Amir and Hassan would always fly kites together and Hassan would run the kite for Amir, showing his devotion and loyalty to Amir. He would always respond “for you a thousand times over” when Amir would ask him to return the kite to him or to run it. Now, having forgiven himself for the pain he allowed Hassan to go through and having visited him and helped save Sohrab, he shows the same devotion to Hassan and Sohrab. Amir adopted Sohrab and brought him to America to give him a good life. Now, running kites.

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Hosseini frames this story in a way where the key themes are established in the first scene but they aren’t whole until the story is over as these themes resonate throughout the story. This puts the reader in a position where they don’t know what is going to happen next but they have an idea on the direction of the story. This is a effective way of story telling because it gives you just enough information to keep you interested without spoiling the story.

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Besides the first and last scenes there are 3 other scenes that have great weight to the story. The first being early on in the story where Hassan encounters Aseef, Aseef wants the prize winning blue kite Hassan the unyielding boy he is refuses so Amir has a even nastier punishment where he Rapes Hassan and let’s him keep the kite Amir watches this unfold not acting or helping his friend who is protecting his prize winning kite and his doorway to his fathers attention and affection. Amir by not helping Hassan lives with that guilt for the rest of his childhood it also has a key role in what follows after for the rest of the story. Another significant scene from Hosseini’s story of the kite runner is when the conflict in Afghanistan worsens and it forces Amir and Baba to move to Pakistan then to America where a new chapter in the life begins and a lot happens changing the course of their live and the story. A third eventful scene is when Rahim khan tells Amir Hassan is his half brother. His father and Rahim knew and have lied to him and Hassan their whole lives.

Character Analysis:

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Amir: Amir is the main protagonist and narrator of the story. Amir’s persona changes throughout the course of the story but he starts off as a spoiled brat that lies and manipulates his family, hes a coward with a poor moral compass how ever very self aware therefor guilty. These negative attributes are fueled by him seeking his fathers attention and acceptance. Amir finally comes to his senses by the end of the story and is a honest good man that has redeemed himself through some good virtues.

“I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan—the way he’d stood up for me all those times in the past—and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran.”

“That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.”

“I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba.”

Hassan: Hassan is a honest kind kid who is obedient, loyal and curious. He is a servant to Amir and his family as he is a race called Hazara a race thought less of and without privilege. How ever it becomes known later on in the story that Hassan and Amir have been half brothers all along Hassan grows up and dies before he gets the chance to find this out Hassans persona does not change throughout the story he stays true to who he is.

‘For you, a thousand times over!’

‘Then I have to hear it,’ he said, already pulling the blanket off him.

“Then Hassan did pick up the pomegranate. He walked toward me. He opened it and crushed it against his own forehead. ‘There,’ he croaked, red dripping down his face like blood. ‘Are you satisfied? Do you feel better?’ He turned around and started down the hill.”

Baba: Baba is the big father figure to both Hassan and Amir he treats them equally although they are opposites Baba is a big man who is fair and teaches the boys good sayings and morals.

“A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.”

‘Hassan’s not going anywhere,’ Baba snapped. He dug a new hole with the trowel, striking the dirt harder than he had to. ‘He’s staying right here with us, where he belongs. This is his home and we’re his family. Don’t you ever ask me that question again!’

“Tell him he’s wrong. War doesn’t negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.”

Assef: Aseef is the childhood bully to Amir and Hassan he is big in stature and is beyond evil early on raping hassan and at the end of the story killing innocent civilians based on his warped political ethical views.

‘Friends?’ Assef said, laughing. ‘You pathetic fool! Someday you’ll wake up from your little fantasy and learn just how good of a friend he is. Now, bas! Enough of this. Give us that kite.’

“Besides, I didn’t fight the Shorawi for money. Didn’t join the Taliban for money either. Do you want to know why I joined them?”

“They dragged me out and he started kicking me. He had knee-high boots with steel toes that he wore every night for his little kicking game, and he used them on me. I was screaming and screaming and he kept kicking me and then, suddenly, he kicked me on the left kidney and the stone passed. Just like that! Oh the relief!” Assef laughed.

Sohrab: Is Hassan’s son who has the same persona as his father and is sexually abused by Aseef as well both carry a slingshot and deadly aim. It is important to the story that Sohrab is a reincarnation of as Hassan in a way as Amir could not make a mends with Amir so Sohrab is his final shot at redemption and let go of his betrayal of Hassan.

2.

a.

A key relationship in the text is Amir and Baba, father and son. The key part of the relationship is acceptance how Amir wants Babas acceptance through any means necessary this lead Amir to do some bad things and become selfish. This also affects Babas character as it makes him very sad as Amirs need for acceptance drives away the 2 other significant characters in Baba’s life Hassan and Ali.

b.

Another key relationship in the kite runner is Amirs and Hassans. Who are unknowingly half brothers. There key part of there relationship is courage and cowardice. Hassan being courageous and Amir being cowardice, Hassan stands up for he believes in and stands up for Amir although he does not get the same in return. Amirs cowardice not preventing the rape of hassan permanently scarring hassan; and hassans courage lets Amir become even more weak and leads to his guilt.

c.

Amir and Sohrabs relationship has the theme of redemption. It is important to the story that Sohrab is a reincarnation of as Hassan in a way as Amir could not make a mends with Amir so Sohrab is his final shot at redemption and let go of his betrayal of Hassan.

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Amir is a anti hero in the sense that he is hard to like as he makes all the wrong choices but his self awareness projections onto the reader allows the reader to be sympathetic. Amir knows what he is doing is wrong it is only to his nature that he make poor decisions, he just doesn’t anticipate the consequences to his actions. Your positioned as areader to dislike him in the beginning because of his poor choices and unkind nature to hassan someone who has only been kind to Amir. hen Amir developes into manhood he looses some of his guilt as he has his own ambitions and is going after them without destroying other peoples lives in the process. By the end Amir is fairly likable as a commendable man who has gone from coward to courageous putting himself in harms way to redeem himself in the story but he also redeems himself in the readers eyes as well.

The Theme of Guilt:

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a“That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.” This presents the idea you cannot bury your guilt.

b I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn’t I? The least I could have done was to have the decency to have turned out a little more like him.” This quote shows the idea that Amir has always been guilty he feels even guilty for being born.

c I became what I am today at the age of twelve.” This shows how guilt can eat away at you forever time will not ease your guilt.

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The event that triggers Amirs guilt is him not stepping in rather watching Hassan being raped by Aseef. Amir deserves to suffer from his cowardice but he lets it get the better of him he suffers way more then he could have and at the end of the day he could of prevented it or dealt with it better he deserves to suffer because he needs to feel guilt to develop as a character its his wrong doing that is his inevitable ambition to redeem himself in the end. The guilt from this action spirals into lies to get rid of Hassan because he thinks this will get rid of his guilt.

3 Can’t remember how Amir tries to run away from his guilt but he cannot escape it because it has shaped his life tremendously,t it was a turning point in his life that lead to many events prior that reminded him of it.

4 The story presents guilt in a very harsh way that it can only be conquered not forgotten it teaches u guilt is bad and it eats away at your the more u try and bury it. In summary it affects your life in multiple negative ways you cannot live out a normal life with extreme guilt it only makes things worse guilt makes u do horrible things like lie and do things you wouldn’t otherwise do without it.

The Theme of Redemption:

The fight scene allows Amir to feel healed because he feels like he is being properly punished for something he has gotten away with for too long.This makes sense as if you did something bad you would be punished but if you got away with it you would feel guilty. The physical pain is balancing the scales because he is using the moment as a punishment for his sins after punishment you loose your guilt.

Amir tries to gain Baba’s acceptance through winning the kite fighting tournament the acceptance is to redeem his guilt of his mothers death. Amir doesn’t feel redeemed as he witnesses the rape of hassan and didn’t stand up for him.

Amir responds to Rahims call in the way he does because he wants to undo what he stuffed up as a child he will finally be a man with nothing on his shoulders weighing him down. He will be able to let go of his sin as Rahim says there is a way to be good again. Previously Amir didn’t have a way to redeem himself but now he does.

The key messages lessons and warnings of the novel about the guilt and redemption cycle… Amirs story teaches us…

Amir definitely redeems himself as a human as he was punished and has saved Sohrab, Sohrab being the symbol of redemption.

Symbolism:

Describe how and when it appears in the text
– Explain the significant meaning added to the text by the symbol. Likely, the symbol will add meaning or develop a theme or character for the readers.
– Write down 2-3 quotes for the symbol and explain how they could be used to explore the meaning of the symbol. You need to connect these quotes to your answer for the point above.
– Discuss what the symbol is and means outside of the text. Comment on how the symbol’s presentation inside of the text is strengthened by your understanding of the ‘real world’ value of the object.

1 . The kites appear in the text

The pomegranate

Scars

The slingshot

Analogies

Letter

Hi Mrs Plunkett, this year I want to work hard and get and excellence endorsement. Last year I gained excellence’s in every internal except a merit in the speech and my end of year exams I did really bad with a NA and a achieved because I struggle with exams. This yeah I want to put more focus on the areas I am weaker at. I had a good holidays but I am glad school has started again. I chose your course because I like the idea of the anti hero and I am not 100% sure what realism is in literature I just know it from the Arts. Also I want to input more to the class conversation especially when I know the answer to a question I just never put myself out there or give input not because I am scared of talking rather I like to stay in my comfort zone which I want to break out of this year.

Let’s have an awesome year!