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    <title>The Kite Runner Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Because Hasaan is such a good person, and a good friend to Amir. Baba...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/why-amir-afriad-hassans-true-friend-120743</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Because Hasaan is such a good person, and a good friend to Amir. Baba treats Hasaan like a son, but Amir just wants Baba to himself. Amir knows Hasaan is a really good person, and he knows that he would do anything for him. He takes advantage of this. Amir uses his education, like knowing big words, to taunt Hasaan so that he feels better about himself. All in all, Amir is a bit jealous of Hasaan's good nature, bravery, and Hasaan's...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:05:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is Amir afriad to be Hassans true friend?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/why-amir-afriad-hassans-true-friend-120743</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why is Amir afriad to be Hassans true friend?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:46:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think this question touches upon the only real weakness of the book -...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/how-does-amir-feel-about-hassan-119905</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I think this question touches upon the only real weakness of the book - that is, Hassan is just too good to be true.  Despite years of belittlement, exclusion and Amir's final treason (when he frames Hassan for "stealing" his birthday present), Amir's friend remains perfectly zen and true. The only time his emotions come through is at the pomegranate tree, where he smears himself with the red fruit to show his exasperation at Hassan's...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:15:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Amir feel about Hassan?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/how-does-amir-feel-about-hassan-119905</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does Amir feel about Hassan?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:03:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Page 131, "for once baba is truely proud of amir. When amir was younger...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/page-131-once-baba-truely-proud-amir-when-amir-was-119713</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Page 131, "for once baba is truely proud of amir. When amir was younger baba was not supportive of amir when it comes to his stories on academics"]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:35:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Under the stress and precarity of immigration, Amir sees his father in a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/when-amir-baba-move-us-their-relationship-changes-119501</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Under the stress and precarity of immigration, Amir sees his father in a new light. He realizes his father's weaknesses and vulnerability, and the very absence of the aura of omnipotence brings father and son together in a new way.
Baba, too, changes for the better. He is more approachable, he spends more time with Amir, and when Amir takes an interest in Soraya, Baba goes the second mile to see that the courtship and ensuing marriage are done...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:09:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Amir and Baba move to the US their relationship changes,  What are...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/when-amir-baba-move-us-their-relationship-changes-119501</link>
        <description><![CDATA[When Amir and Baba move to the US their relationship changes,  What are the changes in their relationship?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:21:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The people in Afganistan are not so embracing of Amir, because of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/why-werent-afghanistan-people-welcoming-amir-117551</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The people in Afganistan are not so embracing of Amir, because of several reasons.
1. On the most basic level they are probably bitter at Amir, on account of his presumbed wealth and status. We can say that they are probably jealous.
2. Amir is viewed as an outsider, who does not under the plight of the people, since he has not suffered side by side with them.
3. Amir is viewed as a westerner, who might be a part of the problem.
4. They also...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:35:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Amir returns to Afghanistan, the country has worsened even more...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/why-werent-afghanistan-people-welcoming-amir-117551</link>
        <description><![CDATA[When Amir returns to Afghanistan, the country has worsened even more than when he left it under Soviet control.  The Talibs have taken over; people are begging in the streets; harsh punishments occur daily, and poverty is rampant. In contrast, during these Afghan years of horrible decline, Amir has been safe in America, seemingly living the good life.  Farid, Amir's driver when he goes back to Afghanistan, sees Amir as someone who quit on...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:46:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Kite Runner, why aren't the Afghans welcoming to Amir when he...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/why-werent-afghanistan-people-welcoming-amir-117551</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In The Kite Runner, why aren't the Afghans welcoming to Amir when he returns to his homeland?
 ]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/why-werent-afghanistan-people-welcoming-amir-117551</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:55:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The willow and poplar trees will work for your essay.  The most...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/tree-symbolism-kite-runner-how-many-different-117013</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The willow and poplar trees will work for your essay.  The most significant tree in the novel is the pomegranate tree. Amir first mentions it in Chapter 4 and narrates that he and Hassan carved "Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul" (Hosseini 27) into the tree'strunk.  The tree is the scene of most of Amir's reading to Hassanand serves as the location for Amir's seeking Hassan's revenge after he betrays him in Chapter 7.  Amir feels so...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/tree-symbolism-kite-runner-how-many-different-117013</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How many different types of trees are in The Kite Runner, and what are...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/tree-symbolism-kite-runner-how-many-different-117013</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How many different types of trees are in The Kite Runner, and what are they?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/tree-symbolism-kite-runner-how-many-different-117013</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:30:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Baba does not live to see Amir publish his first book.  He does,...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/did-baba-from-kite-runner-die-before-amir-115795</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Baba does not live to see Amir publish his first book.  He does, however, develop an appreciation for his son's talent in the days before his death.
Baba had always scorned Amir's interest in writing.  To him, it was not a manly pursuit, and it frustrated him to see his son engaging in the activity when he would have preferred to see him taking part in pastimes like athletics, which, in his mind, were more befitting a boy's pursuit.  Amir...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/did-baba-from-kite-runner-die-before-amir-115795</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:01:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did Baba from The Kite Runner die before Amir published his first book...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/did-baba-from-kite-runner-die-before-amir-115795</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Did Baba from The Kite Runner die before Amir published his first book or after?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/did-baba-from-kite-runner-die-before-amir-115795</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:25:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is The beginning , Middle and Ending of the story " The Kite...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/what-beginning-middle-ending-story-kite-runner-by-115331</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is The beginning , Middle and Ending of the story " The Kite runner" by  khaled hosseini .]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/what-beginning-middle-ending-story-kite-runner-by-115331</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:18:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what are three major conflicts in this novel ? be specific-- not just a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/what-three-major-conflicts-this-novel-specific-not-114607</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what are three major conflicts in this novel ? be specific-- not just a man against man , or man against socitey. explain how each one is resolved ??]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/what-three-major-conflicts-this-novel-specific-not-114607</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:17:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[descibe the political chages in afghanstan that proivde a backdrop for...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/descibe-political-chages-afghanstan-that-proivde-114603</link>
        <description><![CDATA[descibe the political chages in afghanstan that proivde a backdrop for the novel ???]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/descibe-political-chages-afghanstan-that-proivde-114603</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:14:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As this work is fiction, nothing happened other than what has been...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/did-hassan-figure-out-baba-was-his-true-father-114427</link>
        <description><![CDATA[As this work is fiction, nothing happened other than what has been mentioned on the story line. Hassan never discovered anything about Baba being his genetic father as it is never mentioned anywhere in the book. All the "grey" areas are there to be filled in as one pleases, though, based on all the other information given in the book.
I repeat,though, this is pure fiction, and whatever is not explicitly mentioned is 'Not'* (*doesn't exist!)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:46:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did Hassan Figure out Baba was his true father? Give textual evidence...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/did-hassan-figure-out-baba-was-his-true-father-114427</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Did Hassan Figure out Baba was his true father? Give textual evidence and your opinion.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/did-hassan-figure-out-baba-was-his-true-father-114427</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:10:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Kite Runner is novel about betrayal and redeemption. Use 3...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/kite-runner-novel-about-betrayal-redeemption-use-114359</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Kite Runner is novel about betrayal and redeemption. Use 3 characters to show this to be true.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kite-runner/q-and-a/kite-runner-novel-about-betrayal-redeemption-use-114359</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:53:13 PST</pubDate>
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