The Kite Runner: The Use Of Figurative Language

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The author wrote this passage showing how a character can go through change and the use of figurative languages that paints a clear image to form the main idea for the readers. While the reader reads the short story, it introduces many different types of figurative languages. Within these many types of figurative languages, these were used to help the reader infer to conclude an excellent central idea, the exaggeration of words using hyperbole, also displaying an amount of imagery, and lastly many events that bring the reader a sense of symbolism of how the character develops throughout the story. Through all these many different types of ways, the reader can feel and connect intuitively with the character, and also bring the main idea that …show more content…

The author conveys these kinds of hyperbole to show the reader how it is making the character express their feeling. One way the author made it clear is, "... They firmed their mouths and spoke from their chest..." (Pg1, line10) Here as the author lets you know exaggerating how difficult it was for her parents to decide to move her to Cincinnati. Another way the author showed the readers, hyperbole at the end. The author writing, "This is often the way when they truly want a thing, to pretend that they don't." (Pg4, line5-6) Through this the author is showing another exaggeration showing the reader how immature they were not to show each other their feelings, letting each other know how they feel. Through these examples, the author can show the readers many forms of hyperbole. With these, the reader can get a sense of how the character is …show more content…

Throughout the passage, it was used in many ways. One way it was handled through the story, was how the author gives the reader, imagine through imagery was with bright colors, and a neat display of size for the reader to create. In the passage, the author writes," her hair was red and thick. And in it, she had placed a huge orange bow nearly the size of a small hat."(Pg2, line 18-20) By using imagery, the author creates a great scene for the reader to paint. Within depth of the bow and the character's hair color and features. In the author's many ways of displaying her use of imagery, there was one that'll catch the reader by surprise. How vague she painted this picture for the reader," His long nervous fingers moved from the conveyer belt to her bags-She loved the way his hair kept falling into his eyes-The tattered brown show he wore." (Pg3 lines 8-11)With this example, the author displays a painting for the reader to paint and giving the reader to create an image. The readers have a perfect view of the character vision, while she was at the checkout line at the supermarket looking at the bag boy that she fell in love with at first sight. Thing like this helps the reader paint a good outlook of the events that are happening. The Author shows many other minds gazing imagery, with these examples the reader can enjoy their imagination through the imagery the author