Kite Runner Literary Devices

Actions made in a moment of pain, anger or simple immaturity can take anyone to make mistakes that can change their lives completely. Everyone has something in the past that is shameful, embarrassing and regrettable that is kept present daily. Whether this event happened during childhood, adolescence or early adulthood, this event could haunt and have shaped that person’s life into what he or she is today. In a similar way, in the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is shaped by a tragic and eventful past that has shaped Amir’s, Baba’s, and Hassan’s life. The four literary elements that will be used in this essay that Hosseini strategically uses in this book are: irony, simile, Metaphor, and personification. Irony is experienced multiple times in “The Kite Runner”, by which the book is shaped by. Early in the book, Baba says “there is only sin, only one. And that is theft” (Hosseini 17). This quote is Ironic because later in the book, Rahim reveals that Hassan is not Ali’s son, instead Hassan is Baba’s son and Amir’s half-brother. Baba has “stolen” Hassan’s right to know who his real father is; “stolen” the
The four literary elements have shown how it ties in to the theme and main idea of the story. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was banned due to its underage sexual violence, which was depicted at least twice throughout the book and also homosexuality. The religious views were also another reason why the book was banned, as there are different opinions of what is correct and about what is considered a sin; culture Intolerance, which was present throughout the book, and offensive language that is constantly present in the story. This book presents situations that can, and have happened in real life, even though it is not based on a true story, some of the reader can relate to some situations that happened in the