The Kite Runner

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25

Themes

All Themes Betrayal Redemption Fathers and Children Violence and Rape Memory and the Past Politics and Society

Characters

All Characters Amir Baba Hassan Sohrab

Symbols

All Symbols Kites The Monster in the Lake The Cleft Lip

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Flashbacks Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone

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The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25

All Themes
Betrayal
Redemption
Fathers and Children
Violence and Rape
Memory and the Past
Politics and Society

All Characters
Amir
Baba
Hassan
Sohrab

All Symbols
Kites
The Monster in the Lake
The Cleft Lip

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Flashbacks
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Pathos
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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