This study discusses the bereavement of Amir, main character The Kite Runner, and analyzes defense mechanisms projected toward bereavement. uses a psychological approach to identify analyze Amir�s mechanisms. qualitative descriptive nature this allows data be presented in form texts or descriptions. Data were mined from novel through character�s feelings, thoughts, dialogues. analysis shows tha...

(continued on page 3) Ran Canetti and Rosario Gennaro are Research Staff Members at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. They can be contacted at [email protected] and [email protected], respectively. Amir Herzberg manages the Network Computing and Security Group at the IBM Haifa Research Lab (Tel-Aviv Annex), and Dalit Naor is a Research Staff Member there. They can be reached at ami...

The affiliation of author Amir Sepehrian Azar corrected through this correction.

A. Talebian, S. S. Kordestani, A. Rashidi, F. Dadashian, and M. Montazer a Islamic Azad University, Shahre Rey Branch, Faculty of Technical Engineering, Textile Dep., b Tehran-Qom freeway, Tehran, Iran b Amir Kabir University of Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Hafez st., Tehran, Iran c Islamic Azad University, Science-Research Branch, Faculty of Technical Engineering, Textile Lab...