Figurative Language:
Similes:
"I'd think of the shadow her hair cast on the ground when it slid off her back and hung down like a velvet curtain." (Hosseini 144)
"Her red hair, coiffed like a helmet, glittered in the sunlight-I could see bits of her scalp where the hair had thinned." (Hosseini 148)
"It turned out that, like Satan, cancer had many names." (Hosseini 155)
"His shoulder blade felt like a bird's wing under my fingers." (Hosseini 161)
Personification:
"Like the day I would become an orphan wasn't inching closer with each closing of shop." (Hosseini 157)
Foreshadowing:
"In Baba's bus, I counted the miles until I'd see her sitting barefoot, arranging cardboard boxes of yellowed encyclopedias, her heels white against the asphalt, silver bracelets jingling around her slender wrists." (Hosseini 143-144)
"The first time I found blood on his pillow. In over three years running the gas station, Baba had never called in sick. Another first." (Hosseini 158)
Character Development:
Amir actually is able to talk to Soraya alone. Amir is very caring and loving to Baba who has fallen ill., yet Baba hasn't change his viewpoint. Amir asked Soraya to marry him and she says yes. Baba is more loving and happy towards Amir kind of like he was to Hassan. Soraya tells Amir her secret , yet he wont tell his.
Human Condition:
Amir is fearful of losing Baba, and Baba's pride will not allow him to take the cancer medication he needs. Amir is losing the last of his family and he cant stand it. Before Baba dies he gets one last fatherly duty. Once Amir was scared to talk to Soraya and now their engaged.
Theme:
Love can't last forever
Things happen for a reason
Similes:
"I'd think of the shadow her hair cast on the ground when it slid off her back and hung down like a velvet curtain." (Hosseini 144)
"Her red hair, coiffed like a helmet, glittered in the sunlight-I could see bits of her scalp where the hair had thinned." (Hosseini 148)
"It turned out that, like Satan, cancer had many names." (Hosseini 155)
"His shoulder blade felt like a bird's wing under my fingers." (Hosseini 161)
Personification:
"Like the day I would become an orphan wasn't inching closer with each closing of shop." (Hosseini 157)
Foreshadowing:
"In Baba's bus, I counted the miles until I'd see her sitting barefoot, arranging cardboard boxes of yellowed encyclopedias, her heels white against the asphalt, silver bracelets jingling around her slender wrists." (Hosseini 143-144)
"The first time I found blood on his pillow. In over three years running the gas station, Baba had never called in sick. Another first." (Hosseini 158)
Character Development:
Amir actually is able to talk to Soraya alone. Amir is very caring and loving to Baba who has fallen ill., yet Baba hasn't change his viewpoint. Amir asked Soraya to marry him and she says yes. Baba is more loving and happy towards Amir kind of like he was to Hassan. Soraya tells Amir her secret , yet he wont tell his.
Human Condition:
Amir is fearful of losing Baba, and Baba's pride will not allow him to take the cancer medication he needs. Amir is losing the last of his family and he cant stand it. Before Baba dies he gets one last fatherly duty. Once Amir was scared to talk to Soraya and now their engaged.
Theme:
Love can't last forever
Things happen for a reason