The Kite Runner-Week 6, Post A

Vocab:
-Affable (205): pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite
-Caracul (200): Any of a breed of Central Asian sheep having a wide tail and wool that is curled and glossy in the young but wiry and coarse in the adult.

Figurative Language:
"'It sounded like a jaroo, a broomstick, snapping in half.'" (192) This quote is an example of a similie describing the sound of the general's hip fracturing when he tripped on a carpet edge.

"But I remember it was a scorching summer day and I was driving up a rutted dirt road, nothing on either side but sunbaked bushes, gnarled, spiny tree trunks, and dried grass like pale straw." (204-205) This passage is an example of a similie describing the terrain in Hassan's village.

"...beyond them nothing but broad sky and mountains like jagged teeth." (205) This statement is a similie describing the setting of Hassan's village.

Quote:
"You should have seen Sanaubar with that baby, Amir jan. He became the center of her existence. She sewed clothes for him, built him toys from scraps of wood, rags, and dried grass. When he caught a fever, she stayed up all night, and fasted for three days. She burned isfand for him on a skillet to cast out nazar, the evil eye. By the time Sohrab was two, he was calling her Sasa. The two of them were inseperable." (211) I was pleased to read this passage because it shows that Sanaubar truly regrets leaving Hassan the day he was born. She knows she cannot raise Hassan again, but to imerse herself in her grandson's life is the next best thing. I was shocked to see that she had come back. After all these years I wonder what compelled her to return.

Theme:
A theme I have noticed in this passage of the novel is forgiveness. It took a lot of willpower for Hassan to forgive Sanaubar and even take her in and care for her.