The Kite Runner Post A # 4

Vocab

Reticence (157)- a state of being reluctant or restrained
Affable (205)- pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to

Figurative

"The bus was a sad carcass of rusted metal (137)[...]" Amir uses a METAPHOR to describe the bus that his dad owns. The bus was, "an old dilapidated '71 Volkswagon bus for $550 from an old Afghan acquaintance (137)."

"And I could almost feel the emptiness in Soraya's womb, like it was a living breathing thing. [...] I'd feel it rising from Soraya and settling between us. Sleeping between us. Like a newborn child (189)." After Amir marries Soraya, they find that she is sterile, and is saying how it created a certain uncomfortable feeling that seemed to hang around the two of them everywhere. There are actually two SIMILES in here. You're lucky I didn't count it for two.

"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 (205)." Amir goes to Afghanistan to visit Rahim Khan one last time before he [Rahim Khan] passes on. He was used to the polished roads of America, and uses a SIMILE to describe the grass surrounding the road he was driving on.


Quote

"I remember Sanaubar came out of the hut holding her grandson, had him wrapped in a wool blanket. She stood beaming under a dull gray sky, tears streaming down her cheeks, the needle-cold wind blowing her hair, and clutching that baby in her arms like she never wanted to let go. Not this time (211)."This quote struck me like a slap in the face. I had written my second blog basically about what a slut Hassan's mom was. I was not prepared for her returning to him later in his life, when she was close to death. She cared for Hassan's new son, until he was four, when she died in the house of Hassan and his wife Farzana. My outlook on Sanaubar changed, and I felt the sorrow of Hassan, Sohrab, and Farzana when she finally passed on.

Theme
Its true that you never miss something until it is gone, but it is impossible to miss something that you never knew.