Half way there...

We looked at the circle of narrative, and in chapter 14, one 'circle' is complete. The book started in December 2001 all the way back at the beginning, and then Hosseini then went back in time to 1975 to fill us in on all the juicy gossip. Roughly half way through the book, Chapter 14, we reach the point of June 2001. This means that the rest of the book is about the next 6 months - another turning point; the first half shows Amir's sin, the second half shows Amir's redemption. "There is a way to be good again."

I liked all the subtle hints that we found and talked about which relates again to Chapter 1; the kites, the golden gate bridge, the phone call all emphasise the circle of narrative, showing their importance. Hosseini uses a lot of time phrases to tell the story in Chapter 14 and 15. There are repeated time phrases such as 1981, which was wrote about in Chapter 10, when they left Kabul. There's a huge aspect of change, not only shown when Amir describes Kabul, but when he sees Rahim too. Now he's returned, Rahim is old and fragile- "a thing made of skin and bones pretending to be Rahim Khan opened the door". I like this quote because it mirrors Baba's and Amir's relationship; when Baba became ill, Amir took control, and now that Rahim's ill, Amir has to find Sohrab. 

There are obviously loads more connections, but i would hate to deprive anyone else from having their blog read out loud.

TOOOOOOOOODLES.