Chapter 1 Flashcards
What does Amir say he has been doing?
“peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty six years”
What does Amir reference Rahim Khan said?
“there is a way to be good again”
Where does Amir now live?
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
What does it mean that this book is from a first person narrative view?
This means that the novel is coloured by Amir’s personal reactions and emotions rather than being from an objective viewpoint
What is the purpose of the first chapter which acts as a double frame for the narrative?
as this allows Hosseini to foreshadow and build dramatic tension
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`‘burying” the past and how it “claws its way out”
this involves an image of something dead rising from its grave, alluding to the death of childhood innocence in chapter 7 after Hassan’s rape. In conjunction to Rahim khan’s message that “there is a way to be good again” indicates that the narrative will centre around Amir’s atonement and his search for redemption.