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Composition Project 1: Writing a Historical, Social, or Cultural Analysis

Write a 5-6 page essay on how The Kite Runner reveals historical, social, or cultural issues. In other words, how do history, society, and/or culture affect the characters or influence the theme, for instance?

In historical, social, or cultural analyses, your reading would extend beyond the text to include the author’s biography or autobiography; historical background information… You would consider the relevance of such information to your reading of the work.

1. TOPIC: How do culture, history, and the Arab society make Hassan a loyal servant?

Required:

· Sufficient evidence from The Kite Runner

· Evidence from three to four outside sources (two must be scholarly)

· Appropriate integration of quotations

· Correct use of MLA/APA documentation for in-text citations

· Works Cited page in MLA/APA format