How does Khaled Hosseini tell the story in chapter 12 in his novel The Kite Runner?

Authors Avatar

How does Khaled Hosseini tell the story in chapter 12 in his novel ‘The Kite Runner’?

Khaled Hosseini in Chapter 12 of his allegorical novel The kite runner starts the chapter off using a telling method to inform the readers about the Afghani word ‘yelda’ which Ali taught him, something that Baba lacked on was teaching Amir any religious and cultural teaching which were important in Amir’s life.  Hosseini using a metaphorical way describes Amir’s feelings and inner thoughts after he has met Soraya which he states as “every night of the week became a yelda for me”. The reason why Amir might have used the word ‘yelda’ can be because he wants to express his feelings after meeting Soraya as calm and peaceful because yelda is the night were the ‘moths flung themselves at candle flames’ and ‘wolves climbed to the mountain looking for sun’. In this sense Amir looking for a true love.

After meeting Soraya Amir always remembers or describes her in poetic way which makes the readers feel that Soraya might be another thing as well as coming to America which will make Amir forget Hassan and the brutal incident which took place after the kite tournament. The way Amir describes Soraya is ‘brown eyed face’ and ‘her silver jingled bracelet hanging down her slender wrists’. The form that Hosseini in this chapter clearly used is the building of Amir’s and Soraya’s relationship which ends them both getting engaged at the end of the chapter. This is a very significant chapter because Amir realizes that he in many ways is very different to Soraya one of them is her having courage to speak about the secret which she believed that Amir had to know in order for them to have a good relationship between them as Amir says ‘I envied her. Her secret was out’. Hosseini using contrast describes the difference between them two because it makes it effective as yet again Amir is being a coward.

Join now!

Hosseini throughout the novel has flashback to describe the sequence of event which Amir in first person narrates. Using this method in this novel is very effective because the readers get the inside of what has happened already in Amir’s life. Hosseini also informs the readers that the rich Afghan men were very proud of their status and wealth they possessed. Their ‘nang and namoos’ was very important to them as the readers are aware of this when the dialogue between Amir and Baba takes place in the flea market, Baba says ‘The man is a Pashtun. He has nang ...

This is a preview of the whole essay