English lit - The kite runner

• CHAPTER 1- amir, forshadows rape scene, highlights amirs fear

  "crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley"
• CHAPTER 1- amir, wants to keep rape hidden, cowardess, remorse


  "because the past claws its way out"
• CHAPTER 1 - amir, religios imagery, god judging amir, paranoia


  "like a pair of eyes looking down"
• CHAPTER 2- amir, hassan a slave to amir, hassan sees amir as friend


  "hassan never denied me anything"
• CHAPTER 2 - rahim khan father figure for amir

  "it was rahims pinky my fingers are curled around"
• CHAPTER 3 - baba, amir doesnt fit masculine steriotype and he fears baba hates him for that


  "real men dont read poetry and god forbid they ever write it"
• CHAPTER 3 -baba, doesnt even folllow his own principle


  "there is only one sin and that is theft"
• CHAPTER3 - baba , feels snorely superior to lower class


  " youl never learn anything from those bearded idiots"
• CHAPTER 4 - hassan, overly formal language, opinion is diregarded


  "but will you permit me to ask a question"
• CHAPTER 4- amir, aware of social distinctions between him and hassan


  " in the end i was pushtan and he was hazara"
• CHAPTER 5- amir, forshadows rape , hassan, sugeon waste of time


  "that was the winter hassan ahd stopped smiling"
• CHAPTER 6- amir is jealous of hassan and babas relationship


  "sometimes i wished he wouldnt do that, wished he let me be the favourite"
• CHAPTER 6- hassan, hosseini prepares us for amirs betrayal of hassan, hassans loyalty


  " would i ever lie to u amir agha... i would sooner eat dirt"
• CHAPTER 7- amir, cowardess, use of short sentence shows panic

  " in the end, i ran"
• CHAPTER 7 - amir about kite, shows what motivated him to do his selfish act.sacrifice for babas attention


  "the blue kite, my key to babas heart"
• CHAPTER 7- amir about hassan, amir cause of hassan loss of happyiness


  " the next time i saw him smile was in a polaroid photo, 26 years later"
• CHAPTER 7- hassans to assef, loyalty, power and powerless, duty to run this kite


  " i ran this kite for him"