CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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Why is the date at the start of the chapter significant?
A
- December 2001
- Post 9/11 - political turmoil
- Afghanistan has been invaded- Amir can never escape it
1
Q
‘frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975’
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Pathetic fallacy: bleak setting
Winter: inescapable, decay and stagnation
2
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“peeking into the alley near the frozen creek”
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Frozen: how he froze and didn’t step in but also how he can move on because he’s frozen in time
3
Q
“Because the past claws its way out.”
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Personification: animalistic- the past will come out in a harsh and cruel way
3
Q
“Golden Gate Park”
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American: symbolic of freedom
Juxtaposes the crumbling mud wall
4
Q
Motif of kites
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Freedom, innocnce, childhood
5
Q
“They danced high.”- why is this significant?
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- Pair of kites: Hassan and Amir
- Only one of them had freedom to fly and thrive
6
Q
“until the winter of 1975 came along and changed everything. And made me what I am today.”
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- winter- death of his and Hassan’s friendship/death of his innocence
- cyclical structure in this chapter- shows Amir is stuck in past
