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This essay explores three characters in Khaled Hoseini's "The Kite Runner", further showing the importance of the family bond they share. These characters are Amir, Hassan, and Baba. Through these characters, the paper notes that Hoseini shows us the ugliness and beauty that is in humanity. It explores how both Amir and Baba, committed the greatest sin of theft by stealing the truth from Hassan. It also explores the strong connection of family relationships, even when they are kept secret.

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"In 'The Kite Runne'r, by Khaled Hosseini, there are many remarkable characters coursing through this very evocative story of memory and redemption. There is the narrator Amir, who is a son of Afghanistan's elite, and who can't forget what he did to his childhood friend. There is Hassan, a son of the persecuted class, the Hazaras, and a true friend to Amir. And then there is Baba, who is a living legend in Kabul, and who is the known father of Amir, and the unknown father of Hassan. Against the backdrop of Afghanistan and then later San Francisco, these characters transform in such a way that we see much of humanity in them. Through the inextricable relationship of these three characters, we see all the..."

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