Figurative Language:
Similes:"He's not fit to run this country. It's like putting a boy who can't ride a bike behind the wheel of a brand new Cadillac" (Hosseini 126).
"Baba dozed off on the way, snoring like a jackhammer" (Hosseini 133).
Imagery"I drove past tree-shaded parks that smelled like bark, past strip malls big enough to hold five simultaneous Buzkashi tournaments" (Hosseini 135).
Metaphor:"Long before the Roussi army marched into Afghanistan, long before villages were burned and schools destroyed, long before mines were planted like seeds of death and children buried in rock-piled graves, Kabul had become a city of ghosts for me" (Hosseini 136).
" America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past" (Hosseini 136).
Character Development:
Amir is finally in America, he is able to mature and finish high school after coming to America. While in America see meets a girl named Soraya in a market, he also meets a well dressed man from Kabul.
Human Condition:
America is a huge change in scenery for Amir and Baba they are trying to adapt to the new society. Amir graduates high school, while in the Us Baba has to dace reality that they are no longer rich with a big house they are in poverty and barely getting by. Amir meets a girl and it the moment when you meet a person and your heart quickens.
Theme:
One single thing can change the course of a lifetime
Similes:"He's not fit to run this country. It's like putting a boy who can't ride a bike behind the wheel of a brand new Cadillac" (Hosseini 126).
"Baba dozed off on the way, snoring like a jackhammer" (Hosseini 133).
Imagery"I drove past tree-shaded parks that smelled like bark, past strip malls big enough to hold five simultaneous Buzkashi tournaments" (Hosseini 135).
Metaphor:"Long before the Roussi army marched into Afghanistan, long before villages were burned and schools destroyed, long before mines were planted like seeds of death and children buried in rock-piled graves, Kabul had become a city of ghosts for me" (Hosseini 136).
" America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past" (Hosseini 136).
Character Development:
Amir is finally in America, he is able to mature and finish high school after coming to America. While in America see meets a girl named Soraya in a market, he also meets a well dressed man from Kabul.
Human Condition:
America is a huge change in scenery for Amir and Baba they are trying to adapt to the new society. Amir graduates high school, while in the Us Baba has to dace reality that they are no longer rich with a big house they are in poverty and barely getting by. Amir meets a girl and it the moment when you meet a person and your heart quickens.
Theme:
One single thing can change the course of a lifetime