The Kite Runner chpt 12
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- The Kite Runner chpt 12
- Use of romantic language
- Love spontaneous
- Page 132 the langauge is very exaggerated especially as he can't talk to her due to tradition
- Use of language shifts throughout from romantic to medical
- Shows the shift in scenarios
- The marriage is very quick, Afghan tradition
- Soraya needs to get married because her past has prevented her previously
- Pg 132 "After I met Soraya Taheri, every night of the week became yelda for me"
- Amir refers back to Afghan traditions to describe Soraya
- "I invented excuses to stroll down the aisle - which Baba acknowledged with a playful smirk" page 133
- Shows Baba and Amir have become closer because of America
- Irony as it will also tear them apart
- Shows Baba and Amir have become closer because of America
- '"The man is Pashtun to the root. He has nang and namoos." Nang, Namoos. Honour and pride." page 134
- Amir and Soraya's marriage is embedded with tradition
- Page 135 for Amir to talk to Soraya is daring as this could cause gossip amongst the Afghan community at the flea market
- Baba talking about Soraya having no suitors is irony as he slept with another women page 137
- Shows gender standards men are respected for sleeping another women if they're married whereas women doing the same thing is frowned upon
- Foreshadows the events in chapter 21
- Shows gender standards men are respected for sleeping another women if they're married whereas women doing the same thing is frowned upon
- Soraya's treatment of her servant juxtaposes how Amir treated Hassan
- "Because later that week, Baba caught a cold" page 141
- Structure builds tension and signifies the switch to medical language
- Hoessieni's a doctor
- Structure builds tension and signifies the switch to medical language
- "Bowing my head to the ground, I recited half-forgotten verses from the Koran" page 142
- Baba and Amir don't own a prayer book
- Throughout the novel Amir turns to religion in times of need
- '"What about me, Baba? What am I supposed to do?" I said, my eyes welling up' page 144
- Amir needs to mature
- Matures only slightly when he becomes a carer to Baba
- He begins to stop judging other people
- Amir needs to mature
- Structure: page 145 the progression of Baba's cancer
- Pathetic Fallacy when Baba collapses "The sky darkened as a crowd gathered around us" Page 146
- Page 151 Soraya's story
- Feminist theory
- Structure of the last paragraph in chapter
- Amir is envious that Soraya can tell him her secret
- Baba and Amir now have a better understanding of each other
- Baba is now more forceful as a parent
- Use of romantic language
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