use of literary devices is extremely crucial in developing ideas and themes in a novel and facilitates a reader in understanding the deeper meaning of ones writing. Authors have various techniques available to them, including symbolism. Khaled Hosseini demonstrates the method of indirectly conveying idea’s profoundly in his novel, The Kite Runner. Throughout the novel, key symbols are repeatedly referenced in significance to the main protagonist, Amir, including the title, the kite runner, the Afghan
accepted in society at the time. This can be shown through various literary devices studied in literature. The protagonist in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck, and the protagonist in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir, both share similarities made evident through a variety of events that occur throughout their novels. Although Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner may seem to share no apparent similarities, the protagonists in
master/friend Amir, only to find out later that they were truly brothers. Hassan always treated Amir like family, but Amir did not treat Hassan the same way; Amir was always jealous of Hassan. Hosseini uses the character Hassan to demonstrate the literary devices of foreshadowing and symbol to show the inevitable bonds of family. Hassan is a loyal servant who would do anything for Amir, even when his heart tells him it is not right. Hassan never wanted to shoot the slingshot, but when Amir asks he does;