On May 29, 2003 Khaled Hosseini published his first book, The Kite Runner. It is a tale of Amir, an Afghan boy trying to atone for the mistakes of his childhood. One interesting factor of Khaled Hosseini’s book is his use of fragments. Fragments encourage depth and creates powerful writing. He has used them to reflect a paragraph, to emphasize a single action verb, and translate Farsi into English. Occasionally, Hosseini has a fragment reflect a paragraph. One example is when Amir suffers a panic attack in the truck. The paragraph below creates the sensation of panic and describes the overall feelings Amir experiences. This entire paragraph gives the image of an actual panic attack. Also brief sentences and capitalized words cause readers …show more content…
For instance, Hosseini often writes a full sentence, then one or two action verbs following. “ His eyes fell on me. Lingered. Then he looked away. Looked down at his naked feet ” (280), is an example of this. Hosseini could have connected the two, however he wanted the reader to notice the hesitance more. Had he connected the sentences, the reader's eyes would brush over it to another sentence, but with “lingered,” it stops the audience. It causes them to linger over the word itself and consider Sohrab and his curtain problems. It is a paused moment, a chance to analyze and observe what is happening before all the action starts. Readers may infer the thoughts of Sohrab, that he is afraid to stare too long at Amir. They also might infer that he still has a childlike curiosity despite the horrors he has been through. Hosseini uses the technique of fragments containing a single world often.“Then he saw me and waved. Smiled ” (131), was a proud moment for Amir because it was one of the few times that Baba ever smiled at him. Since visible affection seldom happened, Amir noticed it and took pleasure from it, which is why Hosseini creates a single sentence with it. Hosseini emphasizes a relationship between father and son that lack affection. “I walked up the creaky stairs to the second floor, down a dim hallway to the last door on the right. Checked the address on the piece of stationery paper in my palm. Knocked ” (197). …show more content…
Amir’s native language is Farsi, Persian language, the national language of Afghanistan. By no means the only language mentioned, although it is one of the few that Amir understands. Occasionally, Amir translates the words for the readers through fragments after the Farsi word. “You look khoshteep,” Baba said. Handsome.” (166) It is interesting that Hosseini decided to utilize the Farsi word instead of saying handsome. However, this is an paramount event for Amir, his engagement party, and when Baba calls him handsome it shows that he perceives him as a man. The Farsi language displays the importance of the ceremony, and also shows that America has not coerced them to relinquish their culture. Baba’s pride for his son shows through that one word. One word that is frequent throughout the book is jan. It has been attached to certain names when people speak to each other. Jan means spirit, life, soul and is the English equivalent to dear (Fallahi). It can either be a term of respect or affection (Fallahi). Amir uses it frequently times, whether for his wife or father. One instance when he is called Amir jan is when reveals himself (281). Assef uses the term to mock Amir and perhaps to show his belief that the two are similar. It showcases affection between the two, something that Amir would have been horrified by. Obviously, this is a misuse of jan, and it would be insulting to Amir which might be
The Kite Runner, is the first novel written by Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner is set in Afghanistan before the war in the city of Kabul, and then eventually in America. The novel relays the struggles of Amir (A young Shi’ boy), Hassan (a young Hazera servant boy) and Baba (Amir’s father) as they are growing up in an ever-changing Afghanistan. The young boys face difficult challenges most adults will never have to experience. Amir, Hassan, and even Baba must overcome cruelty in every aspect of their lives.
Khaled Hosseini’s direct and indirect characterization of Amir in chapters twenty through twenty-three of The Kite Runner are used in order to advance the plot and Amir’s personality.
Literary value can be defined as a plot that follows the guideline that Joseph Campbell set before his theory of “monomyth,” inferring from the two videos and Foster’s ideas. Understanding this concept allows us to confirm that the book, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, contains an ample amount of literary value. Amir’s journey to Afghanistan serves as the prototype that Campbell constructed when producing his hypothesis. The two videos and Foster’s book lays out the conditions of a book containing literary value through Campbell’s ideas.
As implied by the title, kites play a major role in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. They appear numerous times within the text and prove to be surprisingly versatile in their literary function. They provide common ground for characters whose interests do not normally intersect. They are also present as a very powerful symbol, which adds an extra dimension to this already literary rich novel. Reversing the roles transcending generations, it shows itself to be a multifaceted medium.
The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, talks about Amir’s life in first person point of view. The book talks about Amir’s childhood, the war in Afghanistan, and his self-salvation. Hassan is the servant’s son in Amir’s family. Hassan and his father, Ali, are Hazaras, who were despised by the Pashtuns. Hassan and Amir are fed from the same breast and they are best friends. Hassan is loyal to Amir all the time and he is always ready to be the scapegoat for Amir.
In his novel, Hosseini writes with a deceivingly simple form of prose. Instead of assaulting the audience with his extravagant vocabulary, he entices them with the minds of his characters. Leaving the audience with feelings of empathy and repulsion, the work exhibits Hosseini’s adept abi...
Upon reading “The Judge’s Wife,” a short story by Isabel Allende, attention comes to the reader that this is not a story to be predictable or unpredictable. Allende captures the readers’ interest by beginning her story with “Nicholas Vidal always knew he would lose his head over a woman” (Allende 370). Allende uses this blunt writing technique that, in the first paragraph, foretells the happening to which the story ends, yet somehow magically makes the reader question the ending as if the reader never knew. It is believable that this is a distraction method. Allende wants the reader to have the whole picture of the story in mind while focusing solely on the words the reader’s eyes follow. It is a commendable technique to which Allende executes quite flawlessly. Then again what is this technique that is so complex and simple at the same time? Well it will take a bit of explaining, but in the smallest description, this technique can be summarized and identified as imagery. From the author’s brain to the audience’s lap, Allende sculpts an incredible visualization to which this story belongs, and not for one second does someone read this and not imaginably see anything but what Allende intended for them. Throughout the story, Allende’s use of colorful words and expressive language to depict the setting and the characters is where she best presents her imagery and distinctive style of writing to the readers. Isabel Allende captivates the readers in her storytelling using creative details to paint a visual representation of her characters along with an unpredictable plot.
It is difficult to face anything in the world when you cannot even face your own reality. In his book The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini uses kites to bring out the major themes of the novel in order to create a truly captivating story of a young boy’s quest to redeem his past mistakes. Amir is the narrator and protagonist of the story and throughout the entire novel, he faces enormous guilt following the horrible incident that happened to his closest friend, Hassan. This incident grows on Amir and fuels his quest for redemption, struggling to do whatever it takes to make up for his mistakes. In Hosseini’s novel, kites highlight aspects of Afghanistan’s ethnic caste system and emphasizes the story’s major themes of guilt, redemption and freedom.
Raised in an affluent neighborhood in Afghanistan, the poor and the wealthy worked for survival, and the educated lived alongside the uneducated. In this ordinary, tranquil setting, change suddenly grasps the lives of individuals. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner, the protagonist, Amir, must endure the changes that abruptly unravel in his neighborhood. As the novel unfolds, Amir introduces the readers to his profound interest in literature, the escalating tensions among the different political parties as well as the harassment of his brother Hassan. Later in the novel, he draws the reader's attention to the transformation Afghanistan undergoes, from economic oppression to the physical devastation, by constantly contrasting the past
Because Amir has been raised in Kabul for his entire childhood, he often felt a clear sense of familiarity and freedom with the town due to his intimate relationships with Hassan, Ali, Baba and Rahim Khan. As a result of his nationalistic feelings towards Kabul, Amir secretly coveted to become like his father, a prominent, important figure that is well respected among others in Kabul. In order to achieve a sense of admiration and recognition from his own father, Amir becomes jealous of Hassan who was able to effortlessly receive Baba’s affection. When Amir begins to read his own story to Hassan, Hassan gradually begins to discover a major plot hole in Amir’s story. Upon his unexpected realization of Amir’s mistake, Amir begins to develop hostile feelings for his best friend as he questioned about Hassan’s right to comment on his own work. Amir believes that Hassan will “never be anything but a cook. How dare he criticize [me]?” Even though Amir enjoys Hassan’s companionship, his strong desire to receive the attention of his own father causes him to subconsciously develop these negative thoughts. Amir’s jealousy is further demonstrated when he selfishly “wanted Baba all to [himself].” His overwhelming pressure to maintain his own sense of pride causes him to become blinded within his own desires. It is through his lack of confidence and desire to become exactly like his father that justifies his own selfish actions. Additionally, because Amir is born into an affluent family, he feels the need to maintain his family’s positive, well-respected reputation within Kabul. Unlike Hassan, Amir’s predetermined fate of being born as a Pashtun, as a Sunni Muslim and as Baba’s son instigates overwhelming pressure within himself that continues to grow the older he becomes. Because of the tremendous burden that he must uphold, Amir
Throughout his childhood, Amir conforms to society and treats his Hazara servants poorly, but he questions the morality of such treatment. When Amir’s childhood bully, Assef, confronts him, Amir thinks to himself that Hassan works only as a servant for him, and that they have no friendship. Afterward, he thinks, “Why did I only play with Hassan when no one else was around?” (41). Hosseini uses a series of rhetorical questions to accentuate how Amir questions his beliefs about his relationship with Hassan....
The rhetorical components of the gaze may then be the fundamentals of narrative discourse like abstract, orientation, complicating action, evaluation, resolution and coda of the six abstract determiners the category of event or situation constituting a focusing procedure. As a result, an audience’s interest is stimulated and the tool of gaze evokes either implicitly or explicitly a sense of reciprocity. Orientation can be better named as ‘eventuality’whereby the characters involved in the story are vividly projected on the fictive screen as thinking and feeling subjects or objects. Complicating action propels the character to move on with a belief that his life was all sunny in days to come. Evaluation foregrounds an action or events that the events or the subjects may be dangerous, weird, wild, crazy or amusing with
Effectively using these elements in a piece of literature enhances the reader’s curiosity. One prime example of such usage of these elements is seen in Kate Chopin's writing. Her use of foreshadowing and use of emotional conflicts put into few words in the short piece "The Storm" adds an element that is alluring, holding the reader's interest. In this short piece of literature, a father and son, Bobinot and Bibi, are forced to remain in a store where they were shopping before the storm, waiting for the storm to pass over them. In the meantime, the wife and mother, Calixta, whom is still at home, receives an unexpected visit from a former lover named Alicee. The two have an affair and the story starts to come together. The story shows us how we tend to want what we beli...
He illustrates that in many example, such as, Baba, however, never calls Ali, Hassan’s father, his friend, because of their ethnic and religious differences. Also the culture can play an important part in this novel. For an example, when Hassan is getting raped by Assef and hi friends, Amir refers to the sacrificial act of the lamb because Amir is Pashtun and Hassan is Hazara (Pashtan is Sunni Muslim, but Hazzara is Shi’a Muslim). At that time, Assef says Amir is part of the problem for being friend with Hazara. For another example, when Amir and baba moves to America, they communicate with the Afghan group there because the search about people look like them, and behave with the same
There are numerous methods to store and present information, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. As a result of this, whenever a creative work is adapted into a new medium, the source material is altered to optimize the communication of the original ideas. After reading the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and analysing the merits and faults of the film adaptation, it can be concluded that the adaptation deserves praise. This assertion is based on the success of three elements employed by the filmmakers when converting the novel to film, notably, the exclusion of unnecessary plot, the representation of Afghan culture, and the interpretation of major scenes. While there are several reasons to hold this film in high esteem,