Today was tres bon! My favourite parts of Chapeter Five:
1. I realised from the quote 'Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close, clutched him with tenderness' that Ali and Hassan's relationship is the perfect opposite to the relationship Amir and Baba have, and Hosseini probably did this to make Amir's lack of attention from Baba seem all the more sad, and so the reader feels sorry for Amir.
2. I also liked that descriptions of Baba in chapter three, 'towering Pashtun specimen' are used again for Assef in chapter five, 'towered over the other kids'. This contrast could be used to show how somebody dominating and powerful can use it these characteristics to be kind (like Baba) or evil (like Assef). However, the same description used for them both could also be used to suggest that the two characters aren't that dissimilar... And that if you're dominating in society, you will be able to easily hurt people (in Amir's case with Baba and Hassan's case with Assef). Hmmm. Interesting stuff.
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