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Final Post The Kite Runnerhein The Kite Runner -- personification, simile and metaphor. Personification gives a human characteristic or a unreal quality in human form to a non-human item.  P. 30 - Chapter 4, "Sitting cross-legged, sunlight and shadows of pomegranate leaves dancing on his face." This is a example of how personification gives a human characteristic to a non-human object. A simile is how two words that have different meanings are compared to each other by using the words like or as -- it is used in a sentence or a paragraph. A metaphor a word or expression  that stands for one thing but is adapted straight to a precisely particular item or thing but does not compare such things.  The verb to be is usually used to create a metaphor which compares two things directly. The sentence in chapter 17, p. 234, "I felt like a man sliding down a steep cliff, clutching at shrubs and tangles of brambles and coming up empty-handed.  In this sentence Amir's feelings are being compared to a man who is falling down a step cliff and who is trying to stop himself by grabbing a shrub but it slips throw his gripe. Figurative language is a figure of speech and it enhances the story. It is how an author develops a characters personality, without a literary device the story line would fail and be boring.

There is a few people at my work who have read this book and they highly recommend The Kite Runner. I would recommend this book to Kajel  (KC). Kc is avid reader who usually reads true crime stories. Why I would recommend this book to KC is because of the different emotions that this book brought out in me. I was very angry when Hassan got raped and Amir did nothing to help his friend Hassan.  P.82, "I had one last chance to make decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, and stand up for Hassan--the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past-- and accept whatever would happen to me". It  was sad when Amir's father (Baba) passed away from cancer and later in the story Baba's friend and business partner writes a letter to Amir. In the later Amir is ask to go back to Afghanistan to say good bye to his father's close friend. Baba's close friend and business partner is also dying of cancer. In the letter the friend tells Amir there is away to be good again.  The Kite Runner, in my opinion has is a true crime story with culture and tradition. KC would love the suspense and foreshadowing that this book has to offer. I love reading the parts in the book were it showed the close relationship of Amir and Hassan. They would climb a hill and sit in the shade of  a pomegranate tree on a hot summer day. P.30, "There was a pomegranate tree near the entrance to the cemetery. One summer day, I used one of Ali's kitchen knifes to carve our names on it: "Amir and Hassan, the sultans  of  Kabul."

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The passage in the book that appeals to me is when Amir's father (Baba) is on his death bed. Amir ask his father to go to General Taheri and ask for his daughter's hand in marriage. From page 170. " I sat beside sat beside him. " Then I wonder if  you"ll  do something for me. If you are not too exhausted." What." " I want you to go khastegari. I want you to ask General Taheri for his daughter's hand." Baba's dry lips stretched into a smile."  This makes more of a personal impact on my life. I know what is like to have a parent die of cancer. My mom went to the hospital to have her bladder removed, the operation was a success but the doctor's were unable to control the bleeding. I was five months pregnant with my second child when my mom passed away. Amir had a little bit happier ending then I did because his father was able to attending the wedding. This day was very important to Amir not only because he was wedding the woman of his dreams but for the first time Baba was proud of his son.

From page 82. " I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan -- the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past -- and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran. I ran  because I was a coward. I was afraid of getting hurt."  I do not think Amir's reaction was appropriate, he was very selfish. Amir did not have to run into the alley but he could of done something, he could throw rocks or yell and run to get help. He should of done something because Hassan was a very loyal servant. They had a strong bond between them that should of never been broken but it was that day in the alley. Amir never could forgive himself for this selfish act. I would not of done the same thing because I was a kid with no fear. I would stand up to people and physically fight them. I had a friend who had arthritis as a child and she had a big mouth. My friend and I were walking on a foot bridge with a creek running underneath it. Two boys who we knew from school started to harass us so of course we tried to stop them by using our voices. It was no use, they just kept harassing us. I walk over to them and that is when they got scared because I was a bit older then them. What happen next will surprise you. I grab the bigger boy and threaten to throw him in the creek from the foot bridge. Don't worry the bridge was not that high. The boys got scared and ran away. We thought it was funny. This was not the only time that I had to stand up to someone because my childhood had a big mouth. I was a tough kid with a heart of gold, who would protect even animals from bullies.

my blog about The Kite Runner

Author: Khaled Hosseini

Published in Canada by Anchor Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited.

 The  book was copy righted in 2003. The Kite Runner has 25 chapters and a acknowledgement, which adds up to 394 pages.

Synopsis: Amir is the son of a wealthy Kabul merchant, a member of the ruling caste Pashtuns.       Hassan, his servant and constant companion, is a Hazara, a despised and impoverished caste. Their uncommon bond is torn by Amir's choice to abandon his friend amidst the increasing ethnic, religious, and political tensions of the dying years of the Afghan monarchy, and apparently dissolved  when Amir and his father flee to California to escape the Soviet invasion, leaving Hassan and his own gentle father to a terrible fate. Source:  The Kite Runner , Author Khaled Hosseini, copy right 2003.

A link to a book review about The Kite Runner.

https://www.thoughtco.com/kite-runner-by-khaled-hosseini-book...

I am  reading The Kite Runner because it is a part of my English 12 course, and I am quite enjoying the book. I am on chapter 10 and find it hard to put down. I love reading about the different traditions and customs from Amir's childhood.

There is a disturbing situation in the book that happens to Hassan's son and Amir does nothing to stop it from happening. I found this shocking because I did not think that something like that would happen in Afghanistan. 

The author did a outstanding  job educating the reader about his life as a child in Afghanistan.