The Kite Runner book cover

Friday, October 15, 2010

Authors & Secondary Sources

1) Author: Khaled Hosseini Title: The Kite Runner
2) I had never heard of this author before the book. I was really quite interested in the book at first, because my grandma told me it was a great book.
3) The author Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965.His father was a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign Ministry while his mother taught Farsi and History at a large high school. Hosseini graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University for a bachelor's degree in Biology. 
4) A Thousand Splendid Suns was the only other book that has been published by Hosseini.
5) The author grew up in Afghanistan where the novel takes place which, I will assume, is one of his influences for the novel.
6) One of the main themes I have picked up on in the novel is loyalty. Hassan is a very loyal friend to Amir. Amir, however, is very disloyal to Hassan because he pretends he doesn't know what happened to Hassan when Amir asks even thought he does.
7) I could not currently find any of this information.
8) 1)Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. Anchor Canada, 2003. 391. Print.  http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/GLD/hits?r=d&origSearch=true&o=DataType&n=10&l=d&h=1100082159&c=1&locID=stc23378&secondary=false&u=CLC&t=KW&s=3&NA=Khaled+Hosseini&GD=%22Male%22
2) http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/GLD/hits?r=d&origSearch=true&o=DataType&n=10&l=d&h=1100082169&c=1&locID=stc23378&secondary=false&u=CLC&t=KW&s=3&NA=Khaled+Hosseini&GD=%22Male%22
3)http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/GLD/hits?r=d&origSearch=true&o=DataType&n=10&l=d&h=1100082162&c=1&locID=stc23378&secondary=false&u=CLC&t=KW&s=3&NA=Khaled+Hosseini&GD=%22Male%22

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