Examples Of Irony In The Kite Runner

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Post three: Option one. Khaled Hosseini uses irony throughout the novel as a tool to show the difference between Amir’s life in Afghanistan and his life in America. The quote, “...homes that made Baba’s house in Wazir Akbar Khan look like a servant's hut.” (Hosseini 135), acknowledges that some of the homes in America are bigger and more impressive than the the homes in the rich parts of Kabul. The irony found in this quote ties back to Amir’s life in Kabul. In Afghanistan, Amir and Baba were fortunate and considered wealthy. Baba was a businessman with a superior reputation, he was well know throughout Kabul, his status coming with it’s advantages. Being Baba’s son, Amir had a ton of opportunities and luxurious that other Afghani children …show more content…

With new opportunities comes loss, for Amir and Baba it was the loss of status and the advantages that came with status. Moving to America meant starting over for them, back at square one. The two of them lived in a simple apartment, Amir attended a typical American high school while Baba worked a gas station job that payed minimum wage. Referring back to the same quote on page 135, this new lifestyle is completely different from their life in Afghanistan. This new life, to Amir and Baba, is closer to that Ali and Hassan other then the troubles they face because of their religion. Irony is used once later on in the novel, when Amir returns to Kabul as an adult. Driving back through Afghanistan to get to Kabul, Amir looks out the window of the car watching the scenes pass by, “I feel like a tourist in my own country... taking in a goatherd leading a half-dozen emaciated goats along the sides of the road.” (Hosseini

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