Amir and Sohrab
The symbolism of Sohrab’s scars serves as a physical reminder of Amir’s
What is failure? (Acceptable Answers: any synonym pertaining to failure/shortcomings)
The book ends in the year
What is 2002?
In the quote “Sitting on his lap had been like sitting on a pair of tree trunks," this rhetorical device is being used
What is a simile?
When General Sahib calling Sohrab “the Hazara boy” sparks a reaction in Amir, it exposes a _____/_____ relationship.
After Afghanistan is bombed after 9/11, Amir and Soraya help their homeland by
What is volunteer at a hospital on the Pakistan border?
After leaving Peshawar, Amir and Sohrab stay at a hotel in Islamabad. Islamabad is the capital of
What is Pakistan?
In the quote "I look around, my heart a jackhammer in my chest, blood thudding in my ears" (Hosseini 345), this rhetorical device is being used
What is a metaphor?
Amir’s hospital dreams and Sohrab’s reflections of his parents relate to this theme found throughout the book
Sohrab attempted to commit suicide because
What is he did not want to be put in another orphanage?
The world event that takes place about a month after Amir returns to California with Sohrab is
What is 9/11? (Acceptable Answer: the United States invading Afghanistan)
The quote “I [...] lay there until the steaming hot water turned cold and my skin shriveled up.” (334) foreshadows this in later chapters
What is Sohrab's suicide attempt?
The final kite scene of the chapters and the book as a whole relates to this theme
What is redemption?
Amir could not immediately leave with Sohrab because
This Foster technique is used during Amir’s reveal that Baba had an affair with a servant
What is a dinner? (Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion)
This literary device is being used during the suicide-attempt scene, “I pushed the door open. Stepped into the bathroom. Suddenly, I was on my knees screaming. Screaming through my clenched teeth. Screaming until I thought my throat would rip and my chest explode.”
What is syntax? The shortened, fractured sentences amplify the emotion felt by Amir.
Both kite fighting and running are both motifs in the sense that they symbolize
What is Afghani culture?
Amir exemplifies a tone shift from ____ to ____ as he hears about the news from the embassy to the news at the hospital
What is excitement to sadness? (Acceptable Answer: any synonym for the two individual tones)
A Foster interpretation of the rain in the ending scene of the book is that
What is the rain adds another sense of renewal as Amir kite runs for Sohrab?
“For you, a thousand times over,” (page 371) shows Amir’s ____ to Sohrab, just as it was meant to show Hassan's ____to Amir when spoken the first time.
What is servitude? (Acceptable Answers: any synonyms)
Sohrab’s anxiety about what he did to Assef, his past experiences with orphanages, and his parents all contribute to this theme
What is the past?