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The Kite Runner
Chapters 1-7
Chapter 1
Introduces the main character and the conflict. Fiction Elements – Foreshadowing and FlashbackSymbolism – Kites - betrayal – eyes looking down. Main question – How can you be good again?Theme – betrayal
Chapter 2
Atmosphere, mood and tone. Sensory details – sight, sound, taste, smell, feelSetting – Afghanistan in the 1970’sConflict – man vs. man Comparison – Amir / Hassan Social status – Pashtun / Hazara Character development Theme – discrimination
Chapter 3
Symbolism – Baba wrestling the bear.
Atmosphere / Setting
Conflict – Baba / Amir
Character development – Baba
Quotation page 19 (my text)
Socio-cultural context – religion
Foreshadowing – Baba comments on how Amir never fights back and Hassan fights his battles for him
Chapter 4
Character development – background information Similarities between Baba and Ali, and Amir and Hassan Religion / History – why Amir and Baba never saw Ali and Hassan as equals. Caste system Atmosphere – nostalgic – yearning for the pastAllusions – references to the movies. Rio Bravo, Bullitt (American influence)Symbolism – Pomegranate Tree. Allusion – page 38
Chapter 5
Conflict – Man vs. Man – Amir vs. Hassan – envious
Ironic – page 46
Background information – constitutional monarch to a republic
Character development – Assef page 49 – 50
Allusion – Hitler – symbolizes Assef
Irony – surgery to fix his face.
Chapter 6
Symbolism – winter / snow
Point of View – Amir – we know what he saw and experienced
Metaphor – comparing the kite to a gun
Simile – comparing kite running to war.
Kite Running is symbolic of the difference between the classes.
Atmosphere / Tone
Chapter 7
Hassan’s dream – symbolism Foreshadowing / omen / Symbolism Kite Running – mind drifting – symbolicQuotation page 93Quotation page 100Symbolism – snowLoyalty – betrayal – theme. We learn about one of the sins Amir is referring to in the first chapter. Kites are symbolic of betrayal to Amir at this point.