Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner,
suggests that the past can never be buried.
Discuss.
“I wanted to be just like Baba and I wanted to
be nothing like him.” To what extent do
Baba’s values and actions affect Amir?
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What ‘past’?
What ARE Baba’s values?
What are his actions?
How does it suggest it can’t be
buried/forgotten?
How is Amir affected by Baba?
What quotes?
What quotes?
 “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.”
 “I knew it wasn’t just Rahim Khan on the line. It was my past
of unatoned sins”
 “That was the night I became an insomniac.”
 “And now, fifteen years after I’d buried him, I was learning
that Baba had been a thief.”
 “Piss on the beards of all those self-righteous monkeys.”
 “If there’s a God out there, then I would hope he has more
important things to attend to than my drinking…”
 “There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every
other sin is a variation of theft.”
 “I wanted to be just like Baba and I wanted to be nothing like
him.”
 “And that right there was the single greatest moment of my
twelve years of life, seeing Baba on that roof, proud of me at
last.”
 “Tell him I’ll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this
indecency take place.”
 “Haven’t I taught you anything?”
 “A boy who wont stand up for himself becomes a man who
can’t stand up to anything.”
 “Baba had found a way to create good out of his remorse.”
 “And now, fifteen years after I’d buried him, I was learning
that Baba had been a thief.”
 “We had both betrayed the people who would have given
their lives for us.”
How will you include Metalanguage?
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Symbols
Foreshadowing
Change in Narrator
First Personal Narrative
3-part structure
Afghan words used and their definitions
Real historical events embedded into the storyline
Dreams and memories woven into the text
Reoccurring issue of rape
What Historical Context will you mention?
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Afghanistan
Two types of Muslims
The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan
The Taliban
How will you include Metalanguage?
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Symbols
Foreshadowing
Change in Narrator
First Personal Narrative
3-part structure
Afghan words used and their definitions
Real historical events embedded into the storyline
Dreams and memories woven into the text
Reoccurring issue of rape
What Historical Context will you mention?
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Afghanistan
Two types of Muslims
The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan
Essay structure:
Introduction
Step 1: Write your contention
Step 2: Define your terms
Step 3: Write a preview of your
topic sentences
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Body (3 or 4 paragraphs)
Conclusion
Step 4: State your 1st topic sentence
(T)
Step 5: 2 or 3 sentences to elaborate on topic
sentences
(E)
Step 6: An example and quote which supports
your topic sentence
(E)
Step 7: An analysis of your quote (what does it
prove?)
Step 8: A link to your contention
(L)
Step 9: Repeat for your 2nd topic sentence
Step 10: Repeat for your 3rd topic sentence
Step 11: Reword the contention
Step 12: An overall explanation of
why all of your topic
sentences are valid
Step 13: Concluding sentence
Remember to include Historical background
Remember to include metalanguage