9/10/2023 0 Comments Kite runner quotes chapter 2![]() Our next comment should be on how Amir goes on to isolate himself from Hassan, and then unwittingly from his father Baba. To begin with we’re going to note the POINTs when Amir isolates himself – the rape scene. Then we need to focus on Amir isolating himself and how this plays into the bigger theme of redemption. We can look at how Amir‘s isolation is important to our appreciation of the text as a whole by helping us understand that it is important to redeem yourself even if it is a hard thing to do. In the story Amir must make up for letting his best friend Hassan get raped by rescuing his nephew Sohrab from the Taliban. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini there is a character Amir, who experiences isolation when he isolates himself because he experiences guilt at letting Hassan get raped. If this was your question and you’ve started off your essay by giving this intro: With reference to appropriate techniques, explain the rejection or isolation, and discuss how this aspect adds to your appreciation of the text as a whole. Choose a novel or short story in which there is a character who experiences rejection or isolation. We’re going to take a look at question 1 again:ġ. Now we’re going to try and write an essay. (And yes, I am aware there are some grammatical and spelling errors in the above, but I think we can live with them for just now in the name of having Prelim revision materials!) critical essay prose revision The Kite Runner Let’s take a look at the rest of both essays and see how the conclusion would work: See how they use the exact same evidence and analysis? The POINT is more or less the same, but worded to suit the intent of the question, the same thing has happened with the link back to tie it in to the question. We need to make clear our line of thought here, utilise our evidence and tie it back to the main argument of the text. Note how they use the same idea but tweak it to fit the question: I’ve put them side by side so you can see how similar they are, and that we are simply tailoring our response to suit the actual question. Question 5 and 6 however are perfect for us. The first question is answerable but it’s not something we’ve focused on in class. Discuss to what extent the ending provides a successful conclusion to the text as a whole. Choose a novel or short story which has a satisfying ending. Explain briefly what the significant moment is and discuss, with reference to appropriate techniques, its significance to the text as a whole.Ħ. Choose a novel or short story in which there is a moment of significance for one of the characters. Outline briefly the writer’s method of narration and explain why you feel this method makes such a major contribution to your understanding of the text as a whole.ĥ. Choose a novel or short story in which the method of narration is important. Take a look at these questions from the 2015 Higher paper:Ĥ. Your introduction is important because it sets the scene. Now we need to think about setting up an essay. ‘It was only a smile, nothing more, but I’ll take it.’ ‘You will not refer to him as that Hazara boy in my presence again. The 2018 Higher class have been studying this and they have chosen the following quotes:ĥ. We’re going to take The Kite Runner as our sample text. This sounds like a lot of work, but if you have selected your quotes carefully, then they are actually going to do most of the work for you. This will give you a PEEEEL structure in some of your paragraphs. You should also be using more than one quote in some of your paragraphs. If you are sitting Higher, you should be putting in A LOT more analysis on your quotes. This gives a minimum of four sentences in each paragraph of the essay. You should be making a clear POINT at the start of each paragraph, backing it up with clear EVIDENCE from the text, EXPLAINING how these quotes develop your point and finally LINKing it back to the main question. ![]() You are making an argument in your critical essay, a critical one, where you investigate and analyse the text. I know you guys think this is hard, and you think I’m mad when I say this is easy – but it really is! You do need to know all your quotes though, and it is SUPER important that you remember you essay structure.
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