Chapter 7

• Comment on the significance of Hassan's dream

  • Hassan trusts Amir with all his might - looks up to him - ironic because Amir is not brave
  • Hassan knows Amir is a monster but stays loyal to him
  • Foreshadowing - Amir is completely different to perception that Hassan has of him
  • Hassan blindly follows Amir
• Comment on the significance of Amir's dream

  • Amir is trapped emotionally and mentally
  • Foreshadows how Hassan will get hurt
  • Amir trying to get over the "snow storm"
  • Symbolism of kites coming out of the storm
  • "I'm a ghost now, I think" - escaping reality; he is not his old self
  • Cyclical narrative to Chapter 1 - "I've been peaking into that alley for 26 years