-Harelipped (2): a congenitally deformed lip, usually the upper one, in which there is a vertical fissure causing it to resemble the cleft lip of a hare.
-Impish (8): Of or befitting an imp; mischievous.
Figurative Language:
"Then I glanced up and saw a pair of kites, red with long blue tails, soaring in the sky. They danced high about the trees on the west end of the park..." (1-2) This passage is an example of personification because it gives the inanimate object of a kite the human ability to "dance".
"...floating side by side like a pair of eyes looking down on San Francisco, the city I now call home." (2) This quote is an example of a similie describing the position of the kites in the sky.
"I can still see Hassan up on that tree, sunlight flickering through the leaves on his almost perfectly round face, a face like a Chinese doll chiseled from hardwood..." (3) This statement is an example of a simlie describing the angelic nature of Hassan's face.
Quote:
"Sometimes I asked Baba if I could sit with them, but Baba would stand in the doorway. 'Go on now,' he'd say. 'This is grown-ups' time. Why don't you go read one of those books of yours?' He's close the door, leave me to wonder why it was always grown-ups' time with him. I'd sit by the door, knees drawn to my chest. Sometimes I sat there for an hour, sometimes two, listening to their laughter, their chatter." (5) I find this quote interesting because it gives the reader insight to the protagonist's hunger for inclusion among the adults in his family. I wonder if he is a neglected child, but I am sure as I read on I will learn if that is a true assumption or not.
Theme:
A theme I have found to be present so far in the novel is friendship. The importance of friendship seems to be a significant theme.
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