This is with respect to either AO2 and AO3 of the exam!
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
Repetition:
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Baba’s love for Amir and Hassan is repeated by
Amir’s love for his nephew Sohrab
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Hassan’s rape echoes later in the rape of his
son Sohrab
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The reappearance of Sanaubar vitally emphasises
on Hassan’s forgiveness of Amir, and how he is not afraid to forgive his own
mother
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The case of “one-eyed Assef”
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The flying of kites
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“Smiling” – Hassan’s harelipped smile, and then
Sohrab’s smile
Symbolism:
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Afghan carpets show pride in the community and
the colours in them are relative to the colour in Amir and Hassan’s life as
children
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Blood: the rape scene, the execution at the
stadium, the fight with Assef, hospital, etc.
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The harelip: recalls suffering in the novel
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Assef’s eye can be used as a symbol of the eye
of evil and how good triumphs over it
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Pomegranate tree
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Hassan and Sohrab’s smile
Imagery:
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Amir and Hassan’s childhood home and how it
plays psychologically on Amir’s mind once he is in America
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The flea market is an image of the life Amir has
sacrificed along with Baba to save their lives; at the same time it reminds him
of the inverse situation that Hassan must be facing, which brings us back to
his suffering and inner devastation
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The devastated city of Kabul demonstrates how
the once peaceful city where snow fell soundlessly, and one could smell kebabs
in the streets has now become victim to unbearable violence and how, Kabul, the
city of Amir’s dreams has turned to rubble – this also casts an image of Amir’s
dream of meeting Hassan turned to debris, i.e. it is never fulfilled
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The imagery of Hassan’s rape and the execution
are not described in detail, as a discreet explanation is better left to
imagination. Nevertheless, the effect is so powerful and is maintained in such
a way that we do not feel the lack of detail
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