This theme, the "tragic past," presents itself in both The Kite Runner and Pulp Fiction, two noteworthy pieces, albeit in separate media. ... In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini develops Amir within a complex tangle of emotional trauma and family issues which are inherently the basis of his downfall. ... Because he has already lived in one state of being, he cannot completely and correctly shift to a new one, as is the case with Amir in The Kite Runner. ... Amir, in Kite Runner, seeks to adopt Sohrab by confronting a high-ranking Taliban official. ... The arbitrary and sporadic natur...

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