Similarities Between The Kite Runner And Persepolis

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Analysis: Persepolis & The Kite Runner: Marji vs Amir The novels Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini share many similar motifs and themes in each of their storylines. Both are huge in their similarity of addressing cultural aspects, and the main characters of the books, Marji from Persepolis and Amir from The Kite Runner are alike in many ways; such that they both addressed some of the other major theme statements of both these novels in their narrated lives. For starters, Marji and Amir dealt with such tragic events at a point in their young lives, but have kept them as secrets that they hid for so long. For example, Amir claims that “Hassan knew. He knew that I’d seen everything in that alley, that I’d stood there and done nothing” (Hosseini 105). This illustrates how he kept secrets in this novel because he thought that the truth would bring shame and/or worry …show more content…

For instance, the symbolism of the Kite in The Kite Runner is emphasized when Amir says that the kite is the “key to Baba’s heart” (Hosseini 71). His willingness to let Hassan get hurt by Assef just so that he can keep the kite from the tournament he won portrays his selfishness for the supposed affection he’ll earn from his father if he were to present this kite to him. It also shows what lines he would cross all over what he deems as the only way to validate this affection. Plus, Marji and her mother show their ways of love or affection because Marji narrates that “when words failed us, gestures came to our aid” (Satrapi 203). This stimulates that in this mother-daughter relationship, everything gets said without making a sound, and that sometimes silence is needed so that emotions may take over and do their jobs. Hence, these characters developed their unique forms of showing compassion or love to one or two of the adults in their

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