“Which was ironic, because that was the winter that Hassan stopped smiling”(Hosseini, 50).In contrast when the narrator describes Hassan’s house: “…the servants’ home, a modest little mud hut where Hassan lived with his father.”(Hosseini,6) they are showing the differences in both of their lives.Sets mood for the story- Amir is from a wealthy family.“…my Baba built the most beautiful house In all of Wazir Khan District, a new and affluent neighborhood in the northern part of Kabul” (Hosseini, 4).Also in chapter 5 when the narrator says “marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting” We know that the war will not be over soon.It tells us that though the book has now gone into flashback, there will be a point where Amir will return to Afghanistan present day and ‘try to be good again’.In the novel, there are many times where the author has put foreshadowing, actually, the whole first chapter is foreshadowing.The reference to the devil makes this passage an allusion.“He would take the mirror & tell us what his mother told him, that the devil shone mirrors too, shone them to distract Muslims” (Hosseini, 2).An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, event, literary work.This not being an aggressive conflict with the society still shows baba’s want to fight the system.In chapter 3, Amir describes Baba, in which he mentions all the times Baba has wanted to do something and society discouraged him each time but Baba fought it through.Hassan’s unwavering loyalty to Amir and Baba could also be fueled by the fact that they are one of the only people who really accept them.Being Hazara, they are mistreated in the only world familiar to them and they have to live it out daily.Hassan’s life and also Ali’s is an everyday struggle against society.Insecure: just wants Baba to love him, feels he does not satisfy him.
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