The Kite Runner Final Essay Topics
Choose ONE topic to respond to:
1. What is the relationship between individual morality and the health of the greater society as Hosseini seems to be suggesting in this novel? What must a society do “to be good again”?
OR
2. Amir says of the incredibly loyal Hassan: “That’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.” To what degree are the interactions of characters in this novel constrained by their very different moral codes? Who sees “the other” accurately in this novel? What is the key to that accurate seeing?
You may prepare and essay outline prior to the essay.
On the day of the essay, you may use an outline, your chart, and the novel.
You may not bring in a “draft essay”.
Essay dates:
Block 3 – Wednesday April 2 (double block)
Block 4 – Monday, March 31 and Wednesday April 2
Block 6 – Tuesday, April 1 (double block)
Choose ONE topic to respond to:
1. What is the relationship between individual morality and the health of the greater society as Hosseini seems to be suggesting in this novel? What must a society do “to be good again”?
OR
2. Amir says of the incredibly loyal Hassan: “That’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.” To what degree are the interactions of characters in this novel constrained by their very different moral codes? Who sees “the other” accurately in this novel? What is the key to that accurate seeing?
You may prepare and essay outline prior to the essay.
On the day of the essay, you may use an outline, your chart, and the novel.
You may not bring in a “draft essay”.
Essay dates:
Block 3 – Wednesday April 2 (double block)
Block 4 – Monday, March 31 and Wednesday April 2
Block 6 – Tuesday, April 1 (double block)