The Kite Runner, by Khaled
Hosseini, follows the maturation of Amir, a male from Afghanistan who needs to
find his way in the world as he realizes that his own belief system is not that
of his dominant culture. Set in Afghanistan and the United States, The Kite
Runner is a bildungsroman that illustrates the similarities as well as the
differences between the two countries and the two vastly different cultures. It
is the story of both fathers and sons and friends and brothers, and it is a
novel about right and wrong and the nature of evil.
In the novel The Kite Runner there many literary devices.
Personification: the words “economic development and reform danced on the lips of Kabul”, this is an example of personification because it is giving a non human object a roll as a human. Also the author uses it to give mood. Another Example: “At parties, when all six-foot-five of him thundered into the room, attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun" This a personification because it refers the people entering like thunder.
Metaphor: Kites were the one paper-thin slice of intersection between those spheres” It is a metaphor because he is comparing two things, and it is not real.
Flashback: Hassan and I used to climb the poplar trees in the driveway of my father’s house and annoy our neighbors by reflecting sunlight into their homes with a shard of a mirror”. This flashback shows how Amir and Hassan used to be and how they lived. It shows how they both felt, also it makes you go back to the beginning of the story letting you remember.
Simile: "Our apartment is built like a train, narrow in the front with rooms extending out to the back,” This is a simile because it compares two thing using the word as or like. It shows how the characters in the book live.
Foreshadowing: “Mama turns into a stork. Keep them safe, she says. There’s going to be a storm” It gives the feeling that something bad will happen.
Symbolism: Building the Kite together shows the friendship of the two boys, also when Hassan gets raped, it shows how much he cares for Amir and does not says a word.
Digressive Time: In the book it often happens that the subject is changed to the guilt that Amir has for not helping Hassan not being raped.
The Kite Runner is a great book, the background and the story really got me hooked on reading it till the end. I was fascinated with Amir’s lifestyle at the beginning of the story. It was so lavish and luxurious, he and his father had everything they wished for. When the war started Amir and his father moved to America and had to start building the life’s over. I admire Amir’s courage and determination to excel in becoming a fiction writer even though his father thought he should become a doctor or lawyer. Overall this book is a great read and I would recommend it to anyone.
In the novel The Kite Runner there many literary devices.
Personification: the words “economic development and reform danced on the lips of Kabul”, this is an example of personification because it is giving a non human object a roll as a human. Also the author uses it to give mood. Another Example: “At parties, when all six-foot-five of him thundered into the room, attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun" This a personification because it refers the people entering like thunder.
Metaphor: Kites were the one paper-thin slice of intersection between those spheres” It is a metaphor because he is comparing two things, and it is not real.
Flashback: Hassan and I used to climb the poplar trees in the driveway of my father’s house and annoy our neighbors by reflecting sunlight into their homes with a shard of a mirror”. This flashback shows how Amir and Hassan used to be and how they lived. It shows how they both felt, also it makes you go back to the beginning of the story letting you remember.
Simile: "Our apartment is built like a train, narrow in the front with rooms extending out to the back,” This is a simile because it compares two thing using the word as or like. It shows how the characters in the book live.
Foreshadowing: “Mama turns into a stork. Keep them safe, she says. There’s going to be a storm” It gives the feeling that something bad will happen.
Symbolism: Building the Kite together shows the friendship of the two boys, also when Hassan gets raped, it shows how much he cares for Amir and does not says a word.
Digressive Time: In the book it often happens that the subject is changed to the guilt that Amir has for not helping Hassan not being raped.
The Kite Runner is a great book, the background and the story really got me hooked on reading it till the end. I was fascinated with Amir’s lifestyle at the beginning of the story. It was so lavish and luxurious, he and his father had everything they wished for. When the war started Amir and his father moved to America and had to start building the life’s over. I admire Amir’s courage and determination to excel in becoming a fiction writer even though his father thought he should become a doctor or lawyer. Overall this book is a great read and I would recommend it to anyone.
