The Kite Runner Chpt 6
- Created by: jojo10834
- Created on: 18-02-16 19:08
View mindmap
- The Kite Runner chpt 6
- Narrative continuous present tense
- Amir’s memory
- Use of listing
- Childlike
- Use of listing
- Amir’s memory
- “Winter.”
- Builds suspense
- “I loved it for the soft patterning of snow against my window at night” pg 46
- Sensory description
- Pathetic Fallacy
- Assef’s cold deed
- Kites = freedom
- Links with motif of birds in ‘The Ghost Road'
- ‘The Ghost Road’ birds aren’t held back by a sting = more freedom
- Mournful freedom through death
- ‘The Ghost Road’ birds aren’t held back by a sting = more freedom
- Freedom of traditions
- Hints Afghanistan will be free which it is - context
- Irony Hassan has talent as a kite runner but no talent
- Hassan is trying to chase his freedom
- Links with motif of birds in ‘The Ghost Road'
- “But there was soothing fascinating- albeit in a sick way-about teasing Hassan” pg 50
- Shows the cruel side to Amir and the power he has over Hassan
- “And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.” pg 51
- Makes reader question Amir as a reader.
- “He was so goddamn pure, you always felt like a phony around him.” pg 54
- Narrative sympathy
- “He had to pick it up. I won, but as I shuffled for a new game, I had the distinct suspicion that Hassan had let me win” pg 55
- Amir’s jealousy foreshadows the chain reaction of events
- Narrative continuous present tense
Comments
No comments have yet been made