Kite Runner Panel Presentations

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Name:________________________ October 2011 The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini English 12 Advanced Placement: Literature Panel Discussions The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is distinctly a study in human nature: a study in fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, love, honor, guilt, fear and redemption. “It is a story that spans from the 1979 Soviet invasion until the reconstruction following the fall of the odious Taliban” (Kenneth Champeon 1). Divided into three books, the first book depicts pre-revolutionary Afghanistan in rich warmth and humor, but also the tense friction between the nation’s different ethnic groups; the second book depicts father and son escaping the hands of the Taliban, while trying to maintain their ancient standards of honor and pride, and the third book reiterates the suffering of Afghanistan under the tyranny of the Taliban. [In total, Kite Runner] is an engaging story of people struggling to triumph over the forces of violence – forces that continue to threaten [the same society in Afghanistan] today (Edward Hower 2). Each of the following prompts will be used as a platform for panel discussions on the Kite Runner the week of Tuesday, October 11 through Tuesday, October 18. Each student will be assigned one of the prompts to respond to and prepare for a panel discussion for the class. The prompt needs to be developed into an outline form including sufficient textual citations to support your insights. Make sure to include the correct MLA format for inclusion of citations. 1980: A recurring theme in literature is “the classic war between a passion and responsibility.” For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or drive that may conflict with moral duty. Choose a literary work in which a character confronts the demands of a

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