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A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, event, or
piece of literature—real or fiction—that somehow emphasizes
the theme of a work.
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Literary and Philosophical References
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Cain and Abel (throughout)
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Omar Khayyám (3.28, 8.94, 20.52)
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Hãfez (3.28, 3.29, 8.94, 20.52)
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Masnawi, Rumi (3.28)
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Rumi (3.29, 20.52)
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Saadi (3.29, 20.52)
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Victor Hugo (3.29)
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Victor Hugo, Les Miserables (24.195, 24.198)
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Jules Verne (3.29)
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Mark Twain (3.29)
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Ferdowsi, Shahnamah (4.23, 8.45, 9.16,
11.89, 16.39, 17.7, 25.37, 25.39)
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David and Goliath (5.53, 22.136-22.153)
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Ibrahim (7.134)
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Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe (8.48)
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Jesus Christ (12.15, 21.82)
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Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (12.35)
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Beydel (20.52)
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Jami (20.52)
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The Virgin Mary (24.219)
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Historical References
Nadir Shah (2.7, 10.7, 19.105)
Ali ibn Abi Talib (2.33)
Henry Kissinger (3.44, 3.45)
Mohammed Zahir Shah (4.1, 5.8, 8.97, 11.5,
11.7, 25.119)
Mullah Nasruddin (4.12, 4.13, 21.48, 21.50,
21.51, 21.54, 25.120)
Mohammed Daoud Khan (5.8, 5.33, 6.49,
6.52)
Adolf Hitler (5.38, 5.39, 8.125)
Jimmy Carter (11.5)
Leonid Brezhnev (11.5)
Ronald Reagan (11.5, 11.72)
George H. Bush (11.72)
Hussein bin Talal (13.7)
Aisha bint Abu Bakr (23.4, 23.9, 23.99)
Dan Rather (25.106)
Tom Brokaw (25.106)
Hamid Karzai (25.106, 25.119)
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Unifying or dominant ideas, lessons, or morals found within a
work which make a statement regarding human nature.
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Redemption
Guilt
Forgiveness
Friendship
Coming of Age
Cowardice
Search for Identity
Ethnic Tensions
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Fathers and Sons
Betrayal
Goodness
Immigrant
Experience
Power
The American
Dream
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Recurring structures, objects, contrasts, images, themes and
literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s
major themes.
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A reoccurring object, symbol, concept, or
structure in a work of literature. A motif may
also be two contrasting elements in work
such as good and evil.
Motifs are important because they allow one
to see main points and themes that the
author may be trying to express. This should
help one interpret the piece more accurately.
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“Lord of the Flies”
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Power Struggles, Search for identity, etc.
Eternity and Time
Secrets and Innocence
Common Motifs
•Clothing
•Seasons
•Colors
•Separation
•Serpent
•Trickery
•Floods
•Revenge
•Tree
•Journey of Escape
•The Lost
•Savior/Sacrificial Friend
•Inward Struggle
•Madness
•Garden
•Importance of Threes
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Scars
Kites
Trees
Weapons
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As you continue reading, you will
responsible for annotating, paying
special attention to allusions,
themes, and motifs.
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Write down the following directions in the inside cover of your book (or on a sticky note).
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Identify at least three allusions within the text of
“The Kite Runner.” In your annotation, explain the
significance of the allusion, describing how it relates
to the text.
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Write down the following directions in the inside cover of your book (or on a sticky note).
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Select five themes from the previous slide relating
to the themes in “The Kite Runner.” Track these
themes throughout the novel. Find at least two
quotes to support each theme and explain how
these quotes advance the theme. (Total of 10 quotes)
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Write down the following directions in the inside cover of your book (or on a sticky note).
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Select three motifs from the previous slide relating
to the motifs in “The Kite Runner.” Track these
motifs throughout the novel. How do the motifs
advance the mood of the novel? What is the mood?
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What motif reoccurred throughout my slide
presentation and what does it mean to you?