Preview

Figurative Language In The Kite Runner

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
427 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Figurative Language In The Kite Runner
Essay Plan: The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

How does Hosseini present Hassan and his attitudes?

As: INNOCENT, strong, willing, brotherly, friendly, correct, WELL BEHAVED, intelligent, understanding, MORAL, a father's dream, better than Amir, tarnished, imperfect, literal, gentle, LOYAL, the opposite of Amir

How: figurative language "like a chinese doll" page 3

motif of Kites "his life of unrequited loyalty drifting from him like the winblown kites he used to chase" kite chasing days are over, loyal until the day he died - unlike Amir.

Hosseini uses the status of the characters to present Hassan as intelliegent. "
Hosseini uses the character of Amir retelling the story to present Hassan as intelligent. Many years later, still
…show more content…
a second face"pg 47 "He looked older" pg 80 presents him as changed due to Amir? 'taken a knife and carved those lines himself' repetition of carving

Uses a motif of 'carving' to present Hassan as sculptured, as being made into what he should be - a servant, a friend, a brother. pg 80, chpt 8. "I might as well have taken a knife and carved those lines myself" "Chinese doll chiseled from Hardwood" (metaphor) hard = strong. Fighting the battkes for Amir, proleptic of the raoe incident. Moulded into people's expectations. Perfection for Amir - although he does not seem to allow himself to think this, For Baba the son he never had' and for Ali the child who would turn into the same gentle, kind man - mirroring his service to Baba and Amir also.

introduce; demonstrate acquaint, adduce, advance, allege, cite, declare, display, do, do the honors, exhibit, expose, expound, extend, fix up, get together, give, give an introduction, hold out, imply, infer, intimate, lay, make a pitch, make known, manifest, mount, offer, open to view, perform, pitch, pose, produce, proffer, proposition, put forward, put on, raise, recount, relate, roll out, show, stage, state, submit, suggest, tender, trot

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    A symbol in the story is Hassan’s cleft lip. When Hassan was a child he was born with a cleft lip and was fixed by Baba, who paid for a surgeon to fix on his birthday, because he is secretly his biological father and has a secret fatherly love for him. The cleft lip signifies Hassan’s social status, which is being on the bottom of the social pyramid, because he’s a Hazara. Later in the story, Amir gets his lip split by Assef when he gets beat up, leaving him with a scar like Hassan’s. After that he becomes like Hassan, he stands up to what he cares about and takes in Hassan’s son, Sohrab. And taking him in is Amir’s redemption.…

    • 122 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    An amplifying motif throughout the novel was the acknowledgment of a loved one. Whether it is Hassan’s ambition, after being raped, for Amir to discern him or Amir himself to aspire for Baba’s gratitude. The two would strive in redemption for a problem they believe they caused. “A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.” (p. 18). Amir would make his father's words his goal to stand up to what he believes is right. Hosseini uses Amir’s endeavor to fulfill his father’s wishes of becoming a man to propel the book forward. As the book continues Amir now wishes acknowledgment from Hassan whom he betrayed. Nevertheless, Hosseini enlarges the burden when Hassan is killed off. This leaves Amir at the ultimatum…

    • 150 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Amir and Hassan carry the same scars from the traumatic events of their childhood. They are set apart by many physical characteristics, one being a scar on Hassan’s lip, which Amir describes as: “a pink jagged line running up from his lip” (Hosseini 47). Later in life Amir always describes Hassan as the hare-lipped boy because of this scar. When Amir is beaten by Assef he receives a similar scar on his lip and Amir’s thoughts go straight to the fact that: “The impact had cut [Amir’s] upper lip in two, he had said, clean down the middle. Clean down the middle. Like a harelip” (Hosseini 297). This wound brings him closer to Hassan. He has finally taken onto himself what Hassan had taken for him and can finally relate to Hassan. Their scars have more tightly woven their stories together because they each got their scars for each other. Along with that, Hassan’s rape was a scar that they both carry for different reasons. Hassan has emotional scars from it, like any other rape victim, and Amir holds onto his shame of what he allowed to happen and he talks about his cowardice by explaining how: “[He] [runs] because I [am] a coward. I [am] afraid of Assef and what he would do to me. I [am] afraid of getting hurt” (Hosseini 77). He does not allow himself to be brave which ruins Hassan and his relationship. It is just like a scar. The boys’ stories are held together by this moment. Amir’s scar from this event drives him to do many of the things he does later in life. He…

    • 852 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Throughout the course of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the characters of the boys changes drastically. In the beginning, the boys are very disorganized and overwhelmed. Overtime, that disorder is changed into the organization of two separate groups of boys that have completely different ideas of how to run the island. This causes tension and hatred between the boys. In the scene of Simon’s death, Golding uses leery imagery, distinctive and violent diction, and dark figurative language to show the boys’ dynamic transformation from lost and naive school boys to savage and ruthless beasts.…

    • 518 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Kite Runner journal

    • 743 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Amir and Baba's father and son relationship is difficult and painful because Baba's high standards leave Amir deprived of acceptance and affection. Baba expects his son to grow to be a masculine, courageous, and independent young man, just as he himself had been. However, as Amir strays from Baba's perception of a bold young man and starts to take great interest in reading books, poems, and writing just like his mother, he rejects Amir. In consequence, Amir desires and longs for Baba's acceptance and affection which results Amir to become the total opposite of what Baba hoped he'd be.…

    • 743 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Pg 12-13, description of Amir’s father, displays his true love to his father and the fact that he looks up to his father and thinks of him as a hero…

    • 1031 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    listening to his stories and genuinely appreciating them. As a servant he waits on Amir,…

    • 672 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Hosseini employs the literary device of imagery throughout The Kite Runner, and gives usvividimages of the character and scenes contained within his novel. Right at the onset of his story, he dives us into the imagery that so often elegantly shows on his pages. “His body was tossed and hurled in the stampede...finally rolling to a stop...he twitched once and lay motionless, his legs bent at unnatural angles, a pool of bloodsoaking through the sand"(21), spoke Amir, relaying to us the horror of a young…

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In this scene, we begin to see more of the relationship between Amir and Hassan. Amir holds the power balance in this scene, as he is reading to Hassan, controlling the situation. The fact that he is holding the book and the fact that Hassan has to look over his shoulder to see the book as Amir reads it shows that Hassan is clearly the weaker party in this situation. This scene also emphasises a particular value that is repeated throughout the film;…

    • 819 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Hassan is by nature a very loyal person, and Khaled Hosseini shows early in the book the extent of his loyalty. “Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same roof, we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba. His was Amir. My name.” (Hosseini 11) In this passage, Hosseini shows how innocent and loyal Hassan is, even from the very beginning of his life. It is remarkable that the first word Hassan say is the name of his master, but it is also important to take note of Amir’s first word; Baba. This also is very important because it illustrates how important Baba is to Amir, how important it is for Amir to impress him.…

    • 749 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Kite Runner; Past Regrets

    • 1885 Words
    • 8 Pages

    The Kite Runner is a book that was written by Khaled Hosseini from a young boy’s perspective named Amir who lived with his father, Baba, and two Hazaras named Ali and Hassan in Kabul, Afghanistan. They lived here during the Russian War and had escaped to America to find peace and happiness. We learn about Amir’s childhood struggles and his efforts to be what his father wanted him to be and to be a good friend like Hassan is to him. Amir knows that Hassan is better than what he deserves; he knows he is guilty through his secrets and his selfishness. Materialistically, Amir and his father had a good life and treated Ali and Hassan quite well, but we discover that there is a reason for the good treatment that they receive from mainly Baba. Amir witnesses a very tragic experience that Hassan is put through with Assef and he does not take a stand. Amir is cowardice unlike Hassan. Although it may seem that Amir is confused with what he should do about what he has done and the secrets that he hides, his final decision will affect the rest of his life. He runs from his past escaping to America in hopes that his guilt will finally be freed.…

    • 1885 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    It is Baba’s choice that set the story of Amir and Hasan into motion. His brief moment of infidelity and the fact he was never able to fully claim his illegitimate son led to a chronicle of events that defined Amir. However, it was not only this choice that came to affect the people around him. The way he raised Amir under the constant pressure of being someone he was not, ultimately led for his son to believe he needed to prove his worth. During the kite contest Amir confesses that he needs to “Show [Baba] once and for all that his son was worthy” (56), showcasing a boy who has the incessant need to prove his self-worth. Despite this Baba never truly accepted his son as he was, and even confessed that Amir is “A boy who won’t stand up for himself” (22). Throughout the majority of his life, Baba tried his best to shape Amir into the son he designed. Just like how he bends the world into his liking Baba sought to mold Amir to be just like him. In the end, however, it was revealed that he was merely a man with a “tortured soul” (301), who saw redemption in the marks he would leave the…

    • 858 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Quotes on the Kite Runner

    • 506 Words
    • 3 Pages

    "I lifted Hassan's mattress an planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it. I waited another thirty minutes, Then I knocked on Baba's door and told what I hoped to be the last in a long line of shameful lies." (116)…

    • 506 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Kite Runner

    • 991 Words
    • 4 Pages

    In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, exemplifies the act of loyalty. This novel outline the hardships character faced and how their perception of the world has changed. The conflict between the Soviets and the Taliban’s affects the character in this novel to experience hardships. The three main characters that change their perception are; firstly after Baba fled to America with Amir his hardships had begun. Secondly after coming to America Amir has forgotten about his past. The guilt Amir carried around with is gone, he compares America to a river because, after immigrating Amir’s sins and his guilt get washed away; however this satisfaction does not last long. Later on Amir learns that Baba lied to him about Hassan and all of his emotion come to life when find out about the secret that Baba was hiding from him. Finally Hassan who does not have different view point in this novel. He consistently stays loyal to Amir throughout his life; Hassan is the only character in this novel that is not affected by the events occurring around him.…

    • 991 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    When Amir had been a child, Rahim Khan had been the only one who had picked up on Amir's hurt at his father's treatment of him. Rahim Khan also knows that something terrible had happened between Amir and Hassan, and that the memory of the incident haunts Amir to this day…

    • 603 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays