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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner. Chapters 1-7. Chapter 1. Introduces the main character and the conflict. Fiction Elements – Foreshadowing and Flashback Symbolism – Kites - betrayal – eyes looking down. Main question – How can you be good again? Theme – betrayal. Chapter 2.

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The Kite Runner

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  1. The Kite Runner Chapters 1-7

  2. Chapter 1 • Introduces the main character and the conflict. • Fiction Elements – Foreshadowing and Flashback • Symbolism – Kites - betrayal – eyes looking down. • Main question – How can you be good again? • Theme – betrayal

  3. Chapter 2 • Atmosphere, mood and tone. • Sensory details – sight, sound, taste, smell, feel • Setting – Afghanistan in the 1970’s • Conflict – man vs. man • Comparison – Amir / Hassan • Social status – Pashtun / Hazara • Character development • Theme – discrimination

  4. Chapter 3 • Symbolism – Baba wrestling the bear. • Atmosphere / Setting • Conflict – Baba / Amir • Character development – Baba • Quotation page 19 (my text) • Socio-cultural context – religion • Foreshadowing – Baba comments on how Amir never fights back and Hassan fights his battles for him

  5. Chapter 4 • Character development – background information • Similarities between Baba and Ali, and Amir and Hassan • Religion / History – why Amir and Baba never saw Ali and Hassan as equals. Caste system • Atmosphere – nostalgic – yearning for the past • Allusions – references to the movies. Rio Bravo, Bullitt (American influence) • Symbolism – Pomegranate Tree. • Allusion – page 38

  6. Chapter 5 • Conflict – Man vs. Man – Amir vs. Hassan – envious • Ironic – page 46 • Background information – constitutional monarch to a republic • Character development – Assef page 49 – 50 • Allusion – Hitler – symbolizes Assef • Irony – surgery to fix his face.

  7. Chapter 6 • Symbolism – winter / snow • Point of View – Amir – we know what he saw and experienced • Metaphor – comparing the kite to a gun • Simile – comparing kite running to war. • Kite Running is symbolic of the difference between the classes. • Atmosphere / Tone

  8. Chapter 7 • Hassan’s dream – symbolism • Foreshadowing / omen / Symbolism • Kite Running – mind drifting – symbolic • Quotation page 93 • Quotation page 100 • Symbolism – snow • Loyalty – betrayal – theme. • We learn about one of the sins Amir is referring to in the first chapter. • Kites are symbolic of betrayal to Amir at this point.

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