Flashback - The act of recalling something from someone's memory which happened in the past.
page 1 - “ Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.”
In the story, the main character Amir says this quote. By saying this quote he is recalling something from his past and speaking of it in present terms. He says this in the beginning of the story and by doing so he indicates to the reader of something that we will soon read.
Irony - The definition of Irony is when there is meaning to something but by using language or actions the opposite of the meaning is signified.
page 47- “The swelling subsided, and the wound healed with time. Soon, it was just a pink jagged line running
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Firstly it is used when Hassan runs to get the blue kite, again it is used twice more and then once again in the end of the book when Amir repeats this quote to Sohrab, Hassan's biological son. Not only is this quote repeated simply on the pages of this book but it is also repeated in the heart of Amir, when he first hears it from hasaan he thinks very little of it, just mere words out of a servant's mouth. When Amir himself says it he is saying it to Hassan's son, repeating the very words his best friend once said to him, but this time he understands the meaning of the words.
Metaphor- A metaphor is when you compare something to another while simply calling it something else.
Page 136 - “America was different. America was a river, roaring along. ”
In this quote Amir speaks of America as if it is a river and not a land. Of course it is not a river but when he speaks this he fering to how America is a new start and a new way to live. Another way he could be comparing this is that just as how you wash away your sin in a river, he washes away his sins in America.
Allusion - A way of calling something to somebody's thoughts without directly mentioning it.
Page105- “I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone, and I wanted to to tell them all that I was the snake in the
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While hiking up the hill to the tree he has a flashback of hassan and him running up the hill, playing and watching airplanes. With this thought he recalls on their past thoughts and his eyes gaze upon the cemetery where the author uses imagery to describe the sad state the cemetery is in. he describes it as having broken metal gates and headstones which had plants overpowering the area and covering everything. While describing the cemetery he also spots two crows and with this the author shows allusion by possibly hinting at the tale of the Deity Shani who is often represented as being mounted on a giant black raven or crow. The crow is Shani's Vahana, a Vahana is a carrier or a being in which holds the weight of another. As protector of property, Shani is able to repress the thieving tendencies of these birds. With this allusion the author is comparing the crow and the Deity to Hassan and Baba, Hassan being the carrier of weight, for he carries and pulls Amir through the hardships of life no hatter how hurt he himself gets and baba being the Deity who disagrees with and suppresses thieving birds or in their case, thieving people. Hassan then kneels down in the dirt of his pomegranate tree and recalls another time when Hassan and him were children, he recalls when the sun light would flicker through