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Characters and context

This lesson shows how you can compare the characters from a novel to the real-life people from an author's life. Below you find a passage from The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, which is an excellent work for Part 3 (school's free choice). It is quite contextually rich, as it was written during the invasion of Afghanistan in the early 2000s and reflects much of the author's personal experiences. Even if you are not...


Tags: Part 3, characterization, context, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

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