Character Map for The Kite Runner
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Foil Characters: Definition and Examples
Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray
Foils are used in all types of literature. A character that exhibits opposite or conflicting traits to another character is called a foil. Foil characters can be antagonists, but not always. Sometimes, foils will even be other characters alongside the protagonist. Learn more about teaching foil characters with Storyboard That.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
Khaled Hosseini recaptures the beauty of Afghanistan, and in particular the city of Kabul, in his novel The Kite Runner. He narrates the troubled journey of a man named Amir, who is haunted by his past and the ghosts of his sins.
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Character Map - The Kite Runner Characters - Hassan kite runner
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- AMIR
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- “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.”
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- Loves to read stories and poetry; makes up his own stories; becomes a writer; guilty and ashamed; desires the love and respect of his father; gets carsick; fearful and timid
- Ethnic Pastun; dark hair and eyes; not athletic
- HASSAN
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- BABA
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- ALI
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- ASSEF
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- SORAYA
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- RAHIM KHAN
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- SOHRAB
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