Literature Analysis 1

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

General 

This novel is basically about a boy named Amir who is trying to make things right because of his bad things that happened to him in his past. He was a native to Afghanistan and grew up with his best friend, who alos happened to be his servant, Hassan, whom with he would do everything. Amir wins a kite competition but his kite is cut and blown away so Hassan runs to go get it. Unfortunately while getting the kite he is raped by a couple of other kids. As the story progresses the boys slowly go their separate ways. Amir moves to California and marries a girl named Soraya. But Amir returns to Pakistan and learns that his long lost best friend has been killed, but he also finds out he has a son named Sohrab. After rescuing Sohrab from the orphanage he was living in Sohrab tries to kill himself and fails.  The story concludes with Sohrab winning a kite battle back in America with Amir.

Theme - I believe the theme in this novel is friendship and how it towers over all because of how even years later the two boys are able to do things for each other even though they have drifted apart.

Tone - The tone in this novel is very tragic and sad with all the terrible things that happen to Hassan and eventually Amir in the novel. This could almost be considered a tragic... but not quite.

Irony - Although Amir wants to be jusyt like his father he ends up resembling the traits that his father sees as unnecessary

Symbolism - The pomegranate tree is a symbol for the boys friendship because as the drift apart the tree withers and eventually dies once they drift to far apart

Characterization

I believe that the author uses both approaches to the idea of characterization because with both you are fully able to understand each character because of their behavior and actions throughout the story.

The syntax and diction don't really change when describing a character as to not turn away from the story instead he incorporates his diction and syntax into describing the character to make the novel flow.

Well the protagonists in this story are obviously the two boys in the story; Amir and Hassan. Amir is a definite dynamic character in story especially from when he was a boy to when he becomes an adult. There is a pretty big change in him between these two times as he grows up and realizes who he is and who he has become. 

Im not sure that I could relate with any of the characters from the story since we obviously come from different cultures which makes it hard to relate but i do feel as if I had met Amir and understood where he was coming from and his connection to Hassan. And especially when he grows up you start to respect him a little more because of his decision to save Hassan as a redemption for leaving his friend out to dry in the past.