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Great Markings in Literature Well-known scientist Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at the age of twenty one, but that did not stop his passion for learning and teaching different theories. He has even published many insightful books about his take on life and other well known aspects of science. Like Hawking, some of the brightest people in the world are born with physical defects. Physical deformities can show how a person can eventually rise to greatness, even enhancing some of their remarkable abilities. In similar works of literature, authors create certain characters to be more important than others. Sometimes their importance is shown through a physical defect or by their personalities. Physical defects in literature can be seen as marks of greatness, and these marks make the character the resounding feature in a novel. In Khalid Hosseini’s famous novel, The Kite Runner, there is a character named Hassan who has a harelip, which makes him fall under this category by showing how even though he never does anything spectacular throughout the novel, he is still an important character. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caufield has gray hair (so he says) and in The Birthmark, Georgiana has a small birthmark on her cheek. Characters in The Catcher in the Rye, The Birthmark, and The Kite Runner all have markings which symbolize how they are marked for greatness, even if they don’t do anything truly amazing. Holden Caulfield in Salinger’s well-knownShow MoreRelatedKite Runner Review3238 Words   |  13 PagesREVIEW FOR UNIT TEST – CHAPTERS 10-25 Assignment 4 Chapters 10-11 1. What is Karims job? He is a people smuggler. He gets people out of Afghanistan. 2. To what country do Amir and his father first seek for safety from Afghanistan? They head to Pakistan for safety. 3. 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