kite runner

Question 1

techniques hosseini uses

Answer 1

simple/ minor sentences, simile, metaphr, pathetic fallacy

Question 2

commentary structure

Answer 2

1) introduction explaining the feelings you’re putting across and the relationship with who the focaliser is talking to
2) narration para
3) dialogue para
4) bullet point 1
5) bullet point 2

Question 3

monster symbol

Answer 3

hassan’s dream of the monster in the lake, amir believes he is the monster

Question 4

pomegranate tree symbol

Answer 4

‘amir and hassan: the sultans of kabul’ carved into the tree, throw pomegranates at eachother

Question 5

rostam and sohrab symbol

Answer 5

a + h’s favourite book in which rostam mortally wounds sohrab before realising sohrab is his son.

Question 6

kites symbol

Answer 6

serves as a symbol of amir’s happiness and guilt

Question 7

sickness

Answer 7

hossieni places ill characters in novel to show how no matter backgrounds, we all bleed the same

Question 8

additional symbols

Answer 8

shutting his eyes, hassan’s trousers, sheep sacrifice, snow, wounds, photographs

Question 9

1963

Answer 9

amir is born and his mother dies

Question 10

1964

Answer 10

hassan is born

Question 11

1975

Answer 11

amir wins kite contest and hassan is raped

Question 12

1976

Answer 12

hassan’s 13th bday, him and ali leabe

Question 13

1981

Answer 13

baba and amir are in pakistan

Question 14

1982

Answer 14

baba and amir go to san fran

Question 15

1984

Answer 15

amir meets soraya at flea market and ali is killed

Question 16

1985

Answer 16

amir and soraya marry

Question 17

1986

Answer 17

rahim khan finds hassan, baba dies

Question 18

1990

Answer 18

hassan’s mother sanaubar returns and sohrab is born

Question 19

1995

Answer 19

sanaubar dies

Question 20

1996

Answer 20

taliban takes over

Question 21

2000

Answer 21

hassan and farzana are killed

Question 22

2001

Answer 22

rahim khan rings amir asking him to come to pakistan

Question 23

2002

Answer 23

amir and sohrab fly the kite

Question 24

amir

Answer 24

• protagonist and narrator
• a wealthy pashtun and sunni muslim
• grows up in kabul, afghanistan
• deals with guilt and tries to find redemption

Question 25

baba

Answer 25

• amir’s father
• commits adultery with ali’s wife and is hassan’s real father
• tries to redeem himself through charity work and orphanage

Question 26

hassan

Answer 26

• amir’s playmate and companion
• a hazara boy with a cleft lip
• naturally intelligent but illiterate because of his social class

Question 27

sohrab

Answer 27

• hassan’s son who is sent to an orphanage and sexually abused by assef
• amir brings him back to america
• a symbol of terrible things which have happened to characters and afghanistan but also a symbol of chance of hope and redemption

Question 28

ali

Answer 28

• hassan’s father and baba’s servant and companion
• hazara
• was crippled in 1 leg but remains cheerful and kind

Question 29

assef

Answer 29

• the antagonist of the novel
• rapes hassan and later joins taliban
• supporter of hitler
• friends with wali and kamal

Question 30

rahim khan

Answer 30

• baba’s close friend and business associate
• a kind man who understands amir and encourages his writing

Question 31

general taheri

Answer 31

• soraya’s father and baba’s friend
• a former general in pre-soviet afghanistan and a conservative, traditional afghan man

Question 32

farid

Answer 32

• drives amir from pakistan to afghanistan
• bitter and sarcastic to amir at first but becomes a loyal friend

Question 33

sanaubar

Answer 33

• hassan’s mother and ali’s wife
• leaves when h is born but returns as an old woman
• ‘dishonorable’ reputation as a young woman

Question 34

jamila taheri

Answer 34

• soraya’s mother
• can sing beautifully and complains about her health
• adores amir and once feared soraya would never marry

Question 35

wahid

Answer 35

• farid’s brother
• very poor with starving children but feeds amir before his children

Question 36

sofia akrami

Answer 36

• amir’s mother and baba’s wife
• a college professor who died giving birth to amir
• amir always believes his father hates him for his role in his mum’s death

Question 37

theme of betrayal

Answer 37

amir and baba both feel betrayal for their sins throughout the novel

Question 38

theme of redemption

Answer 38

amir and baba search for redemption. baba does this through charity work, amir gains it through fighting with assef

Question 39

theme of fathers and children

Answer 39

hassan, amir and baba, sohrab with amir and hassan, soraya rebelling against general taheri

Question 40

theme of violence and rape

Answer 40

hassan, kamal and sohrab all face sexual abuse. baba protects a woman from being raped by a russian soldier

Question 41

memory and past

Answer 41

amir, baba, sohrab and hassan haunted by the past