Khaled Hosseini Figurative Language

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Author, Khaled Hosseini, had a different writing style than most authors. He uses words in another language. This book has so many twists and turns. There were some dull parts where the excitement was dulled down but for the most part it was very interesting. Khaled used a lot of figurative language. He used the phrase, “for you a thousand times over” (Hosseini 2) to start the book and also to end it. This phrase was repeated a lot throughout the book and it ended up meaning a lot to Amir. When parts would get really intense he would use a flashback to die down the intenseness, then go back to what he was writing about. He kept dialogue in the book and so it was more than just a narrative book. Symbols in this book are the pomegranate

The boys grew very close and they also carved their names in the tree “Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul.” (Hosseini 27). Later on Amir goes back to the tree and its still there, like his and Hassan's memories, but no longer bears fruit. This symbolizes that Amir and Hassan’s friendship still exists even tho Hassan is dead. The tree symbolizes a great force between Amir and Hassan. Paralisam was big. Earlier in the book Hassan saved Amir from getting beat up by Assef with a slingshot and threatening him that he will shoot it in his eye. “If you make a move, they’ll have to change your nickname from Assef ‘the Ear Eater’ to ‘One-Eyed Assef,’ because I have this sling shot pointed at your eye.” (Hosseini 42) Then later on in the book, at the end when Amir was getting beat up by Assef, Sohrab shot him in the eye with a slingshot and the ball got stuck in

Hassan has unconditional love for Amir and he does it selflessly. On the other hand, Amir is mostly selfish love. This relationship demonstrate brotherly love, younger brothers always love the older brother more, but with that, comes jealousy and insecurity. Ali, Baba, the General and Hassan portray degrees of love that they have expectations for their child, “Just don't embarrass me, that's all I ask.” (Hosseini 145) and providing physical and emotional support. Amir and Soraya illustrate romantic love. Hassan demonstrates the best of selfless love towards others. The other characters are learning from his examples and realize that forgiveness and love of self are the most important to learn before you can love someone else. Amir struggles with this as he is so hard on himself and thinks he's a disappointment to his father. Forms of sin play a huge theme role. Betrayal is a big one. The way Amir deals with guilt is ignoring it but it actually just makes it worse. Every time Hassan is mentioned, Amir cringes or sometimes even starts crying “‘Hassan,’ when was the last time I had spoken his name? Those thorny old barbs of guilt bore into me once more, as if speaking is name had broken a spell, set them free to torment my anew.” (Hosseini 202). Also his father lying about Hassan being his brother, he realizes that everything about his father is false and he feels betrayed. His father stressed