This short chapter serves as a transition from the past into the near present -? six months prior to the opening chapter of the novel. The mysterious phone call from Ihram Khan compels Emir to return to the Middle East after all these years. Many tooth mysteries and suspense tooth first chapter are now completely understood, yet not everything is clear, Readers who are not paying close attention might equate Chapter 14 with Chapter 1, not realizing that Chapter 1 actually takes place six months after Chapter 14.
Although the setting for Chapter 1 is not explicitly clear, it appears to be in the United States, but that is not yet entirely certain. The significance of the narrative timeline for The Kite Runner as a vole is actually made clear in this chapter because about half the novel is spent leading up to June 2001 , yet the second half Of the novel covers only nine months. Undoubtedly, something extremely important is going to happen when Emir returns to Pakistan and, most likely, Afghanistan.
We find more more relations to the past when Emir reflects. The kites reappear ‘The red with long blue tails’ which is all that need be said for the reader to understand Emir’s thoughts, but also the father and son playing football could e linked to the two boys playing with the football when Emir is searching for Hosannas. Emir finds out what he feared the most but already knew, that Ihram Khan knows all about what he did; this is not explicitly mentioned but Gang be derived trot ‘Come, there is a way to be a good again’.
This comment foreshadows what will happen; but it appears that Emir does not think about what the way is but reflects still on what happened. Emir slips back into his insomnia with the presence of the ‘moonlight pouring through the blinds’ which can be cross referenced back to chapter 8 where he cannot sleep in Islamabad. Emir would most likely see the ‘way to be good again’ as the way to break free of the plight; and to return the favor of ‘a thousand times over’.
Chapter 15 The purpose Of this chapter is to provide both Emir and the reader With a description of life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. The taxi driver serves as an impartial observer Who tells Emir how poor most Of the Afghan’s in Appeaser are. Ihram Khan’s story about how he received the scar above his eye demonstrates the indiscriminate attacks of the Taliban, as well as the stringiness of their rules and the reaction people had to them -? even when he Taliban ever in error.
A secondary purpose is to reintroduce Hosannas and his story into Emir’s life. Emir, vivo had not spoken Hessian’s name in years, and the reader are now going to find out what happened to his childhood playmate after Emir caused Hosannas and All to leave Kabul. Chapter 16 For the first time in the novel, the narrative shifts in this chapter from Emir’s to Ramie Khan’s point Of view. The most telling details that Ihram Khan shares With Emir about Hosannas are the questions Hosannas asks about Emir and Emir’s life, especially the one asking whether Emir is happy.
Hosannas is still more concerned bout Emir’s welfare than his own; this serves as a sharp contrast to Emir’s reaction every time he has heard a mention of Hessian’s name. At one point in his narrative, Ihram Khan comments, in response to Hessian’s reaction to his mother’s return, “l guess some stories do not need telling,” But some stories do need telling -? especially the story The Kite Runner. Although this statement is an offhand remark that refers to a minor character, the implication of its significance to the greater whole is quite clear.
Without novels like The Kite Runner, many readers will remain blissfully unaware of life in Afghanistan. A novel like this puts a face and a name to citizens that otherwise exist only in newspaper headlines, news programs, and Internet reports, Chapter 16 makes perfectly clear that one of the most important reasons for writing this book is to share historical information in a compelling manner _ Although the story of Emir is fiction, the narrative is based on fact, and the information about life in Afghanistan makes The Kite Runner a notable historical novel.
Some critics view Hosannas as a Christ figure, and the forgiveness he gives to the mother who abandoned him supports this interpretation. These critics like to identify the similarities between Islam and Christianity and consider the overlapping ideas and beliefs another example of the universality of the novel. Other critics bristle at this need to find a Christian figure in a text that contains so few Christians and find such a characterization as demeaning and insensitive.
The Kite Runner – Chapter 16 What Happens Ihram Khan tells the story that surrounds Hosannas after Emir and gab emigrate to America We learn that Hosannas has a son Told briefly about the Taliban Analysis Chapter 16 marks a brief change in narration from Emir to Ihram Khan, this has overall implications on the way in which the chapter is told, Several details about Hosannas are learnt throughout the chapter, showing how Emir has neglected his greatest childhood friend in a selfish act of distancing.
The revelation that Hosannas has a son puts the events of the past into the present, effecting events that happen beyond the end of the chapter and shows the psychological transition which Emir has to undergo. This transition is typical of the Bloodcurdling genre. The chapter acts as a self contained Story told through a very different perspective than the previous chapters, giving a first hand account of the offering and loss that Emir has been trying to “bury”.
Through Khan’s Story Emir is instantly submerged in the events of his past and left contemplating the events Of his future, although as the chapter is ultimately told by Khan, it is up to the readers imagination to interpret Emir’s reaction as the narration does not allow for interruptions. Furthermore the first hand account acts as a gentle introduction to a war savaged Afghanistan, with references to the famine and the Taliban. The account also remains bespoke around Emir’s past, with Khan reminding Emir about, “what a good kite runner Hosannas was”, and mentioning how, ‘they would and the kites they ran all winter on the walls”.
Hessian’s Tate is still ambiguous at the end of the chapter, with Hostess adopting a show not tell mentality, leaving the chapter on a suspense filled anticlimax. Chapter 17 SUMMARY: The narrative switches back to Emir after Ihram Khan narrates the previous chapter. He hands a letter to Emir, from Hosannas which describes some of the horrors of Afghanistan. Emir learns that the Taliban have shot Hosannas and his wife, in order to obtain his father’s house. Ihram Khan asks Emir to go and get Hessian’s son from the orphanage he has been staying at. Emir finds out that Hosannas is his half brother.
ANALYSIS. Chapter seventeen’s narrative changes back to Emir after it being Ihram Khan’s voice that tells the story through chapter sixteen-This allows the reader to finally see Emir’s thoughts after being held in suspense throughout Ihram Khan’s narrative. Uniquely, chapter 17 uses a epistolary narrative to tell the story (Hessian’s letter). This technique gives the reader a better and more reliable, account of the horrors tot Afghanistan than Emir can provide, as Hessian’s account is first hand. This technique also builds suspense, as the reader still doesn’t know what has become tot Hosannas.
