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Literary Device: Theme Topic: "There is a way to be good again"

There are several themes in the novel Kite Runner. Some are more prominent then others but the following line represent a very strong theme that shows what the novel is really about, “there is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 2). Rahim Khan is Baba’s friend, and Rahim is also very close to Amir as well. Rahim khan is always there to help Amir out and to try and force him to be a success, and to turn out like his own father. Amir admits early in the novel that he ha made a mistake, and Rahim Khan tells Amir “there is a way to be good again”. It seems like the whole novel is about starting over and getting a second chance at life. In the novel, Amir does indeed get a second chance, and he uses it to his advantage. The purpose of the novel could come a cross in many different ways, but it seems like the author is trying to show that everyone deserves a second chance. The Kite Runner is a tragic novel that tends to show signs of hope at the same time.

Literary Device: Event Topic: Death of Baba Throughout the beginning of the novel, Amir really had no identity. He was struggling to find the real him, and in his eyes he didn’t think his own father loved or appreciated him. Amir’s father Baba dies of cancer, and Amir no longer has a father. Amir had a very important choice to make. He could either follow in his father’s footsteps and be a success, or he could stop caring and end up like all the other failures out there. According to Hosseini, Amir states, "I stood on the balcony and breathed in the cool summer air. I thought of Rahim Khan and the little note of support he had written me after he'd read my first story. And I thought of Hassan. Some day, Inshallah, you will be a great writer, he had said once, and people all over the world will read your stories. There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it" (Hosseini 183). Amir is contemplating whether or not he deserves to have the life that he has, because he knows deep down that he has made a lot of critical mistakes in his life. The death of Baba really took a hit on Amir’s perspective of life, and it brought out a whole new way of thinking for Amir. this helps sow the purpose of the novel beccause it shows how hard Amir tried to regain a positive view on life.

Literary Device: Topic: Infertility Symbols in a novel are sometimes hard for the reader to find, because the author does not want them to be found easily. For symbols to have meaning they have to have meaning in themselves, and they should represent something larger than the meaning of the novel itself, the novel Kite Runner has many key symbols, but the theme infertility is present throughout most of the novel, and definitely in the second half of the novel. According to Hosseini, ““I had this: that perhaps something, someone, somewhere, had decided to deny me fatherhood for the things I had done. Maybe this was my punishment, and perhaps justly so” (Hosseini 188). This symbol shows the true purpose of the novel, because just like the theme of “there is a way to be good again”, trying to have a child is a way to start over and in fact “be good again”. Amir had a very troubled childhood, and was very confused as a child. For him to have the success that he had later in the novel says a lot about the way he was raised by his father Baba. As the novel progressed, Baba emerged more and more, to the point they were really close to one another. For Amir and his wife to be unable to have a kid is a symbol n itself because it shows that they are trying to be good again. Infertility really shows that it is a key point because it shows itself in the whole novel.


 * Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. Print.**