The Kite Runner Rhetorical Devices
Tone:
Amused
Everything that can possibly go wrong with Jason does. The author’s amused tone shines through especially with Jason’s sarcastic comment on page 241, “The only thing I couldn’t understand was why it was just poison oak and not a snake or something.” The author and the reader share a similar feeling during this passage due to the author’s efforts to make Jason an antagonist throughout the story. Not only does the author enjoy punishing him, but the reader enjoys witnessing his punishment.
Colloquial
Throughout Jason’s passage, the author chooses to write in a way that makes Jason seem rural and uneducated. Although Jason doesn’t come off as particularly dumb, he brings up how Quentin got to go to school and how he didn’t. An example of his colloquial language is on page 241, “These dam little slick haired squirts, thinking they are raising so much hell. I’ll show them something about hell I says, and you too.”
Literary Devices:
Symbolism
Jason mentions dogs multiple times within the passage, and even uses it to reference Quentin (pg. 240, “I’m afraid all the time I’ll run into them right in the middle of the street or under a wagon on the square, like a couple of dogs.”) This usage contrasts vastly with the actual symbolism of a dog, which represents loyalty, …show more content…
He talks about how difficult it is for him to pass, describing it as being hit on the head with a club. Within the Bible, something being plowed represents the preparation for good. There is also a saying within the Bible which says that it is wrong to plow with an ox and an ass together. This is because one of the animals represents truth, and one of the animals represents good, and the Bible says that truth and good cannot exist together as separate ideas because they are the same. The plowed field is such a nuisance to Jason because his idea of good (good for himself) and his idea of truth (which he doesn’t use) are totally
Amused
Everything that can possibly go wrong with Jason does. The author’s amused tone shines through especially with Jason’s sarcastic comment on page 241, “The only thing I couldn’t understand was why it was just poison oak and not a snake or something.” The author and the reader share a similar feeling during this passage due to the author’s efforts to make Jason an antagonist throughout the story. Not only does the author enjoy punishing him, but the reader enjoys witnessing his punishment.
Colloquial
Throughout Jason’s passage, the author chooses to write in a way that makes Jason seem rural and uneducated. Although Jason doesn’t come off as particularly dumb, he brings up how Quentin got to go to school and how he didn’t. An example of his colloquial language is on page 241, “These dam little slick haired squirts, thinking they are raising so much hell. I’ll show them something about hell I says, and you too.”
Literary Devices:
Symbolism
Jason mentions dogs multiple times within the passage, and even uses it to reference Quentin (pg. 240, “I’m afraid all the time I’ll run into them right in the middle of the street or under a wagon on the square, like a couple of dogs.”) This usage contrasts vastly with the actual symbolism of a dog, which represents loyalty, …show more content…
He talks about how difficult it is for him to pass, describing it as being hit on the head with a club. Within the Bible, something being plowed represents the preparation for good. There is also a saying within the Bible which says that it is wrong to plow with an ox and an ass together. This is because one of the animals represents truth, and one of the animals represents good, and the Bible says that truth and good cannot exist together as separate ideas because they are the same. The plowed field is such a nuisance to Jason because his idea of good (good for himself) and his idea of truth (which he doesn’t use) are totally