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For my Film and Novel Comparison Project I decided to buy a double sided kite to compare the movie and book of, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. The reason I bought a finding nemo kite with Dory on it was to compare the characteristics of Dory to the move. The movie of,The Kite Runner, directed by Marc Forster is similar to Dory by being forgetful of key events in the story. Such as Assef he was supposed to be a blond haired blue eyed German with a love for hitler Assef says, “Hitler. Now, there was a leader. A great leader.(Hosseini Pg 44). In the movie assef was played by an average Afghan with no mention of his heritage or connection to Hitler. This in turn took out most of the significance and explanation in Assefs actions later
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