The Kite Runner: Chapter Analysis
INTRODUCTION:
The recognition of patterns makes it easier to read complicated literature because the reader
comprehends more, thus understanding the text and its real meaning better. Readers can use
these patterns to analyze exactly what they’re reading and take a closer look at it as well as
connecting better to something represented in the literature. In The Kite Runner, my
understanding of symbols such as the kite and the pomegranate tree really helped enhanced
the learning I got out of the novel. I feel like I was able to emotionally connect to the characters
and what they were going through because of the way it was represented through symbols.
CHAPTER 1:
In The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, the five stages of the quest are …show more content…
Amir feels he has to
prove he can stand up for what is right, and live up to Baba’s moral standard set early in the
book in order to redeem himself.
CHAPTER 2:
In Foster’s book, communion doesn’t necessarily have religious connotations and gives the
image of brotherhood or camaraderie when characters share a meal. In The Kite Runner, Amir
describes his meals with Baba as being silent and awkward before he wins the kite running
competition. On page 56, Amir says, “I was going to win, and I was going to run that last kite.
Then I’d bring it home and show it to Baba...I let myself dream: I imagined conversation and
laughter over dinner instead of silence broke only the the clinking of silverware and the
occasional grunt.” Through the tension conveyed during their meals, you can feel the
awkwardness of the interaction between characters. This was shown again in the meal scenes
between Amir and Hassan. “For a week, I barely saw Hassan...He used to wait for me to sit at
the breakfast table before he started ironing-that way, we could talk. Now only the folded clothes
greeted me.” (pg 80). Before the rape incident, Hassan would always sit and wait for Amir
The recognition of patterns makes it easier to read complicated literature because the reader
comprehends more, thus understanding the text and its real meaning better. Readers can use
these patterns to analyze exactly what they’re reading and take a closer look at it as well as
connecting better to something represented in the literature. In The Kite Runner, my
understanding of symbols such as the kite and the pomegranate tree really helped enhanced
the learning I got out of the novel. I feel like I was able to emotionally connect to the characters
and what they were going through because of the way it was represented through symbols.
CHAPTER 1:
In The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, the five stages of the quest are …show more content…
Amir feels he has to
prove he can stand up for what is right, and live up to Baba’s moral standard set early in the
book in order to redeem himself.
CHAPTER 2:
In Foster’s book, communion doesn’t necessarily have religious connotations and gives the
image of brotherhood or camaraderie when characters share a meal. In The Kite Runner, Amir
describes his meals with Baba as being silent and awkward before he wins the kite running
competition. On page 56, Amir says, “I was going to win, and I was going to run that last kite.
Then I’d bring it home and show it to Baba...I let myself dream: I imagined conversation and
laughter over dinner instead of silence broke only the the clinking of silverware and the
occasional grunt.” Through the tension conveyed during their meals, you can feel the
awkwardness of the interaction between characters. This was shown again in the meal scenes
between Amir and Hassan. “For a week, I barely saw Hassan...He used to wait for me to sit at
the breakfast table before he started ironing-that way, we could talk. Now only the folded clothes
greeted me.” (pg 80). Before the rape incident, Hassan would always sit and wait for Amir