2. precipitous (97): extremely or impassably steep.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: 1. "the headlights came on and cute twin funnels of light in the rain" (94). This is a personification of the headlights that 'cut' through rain. Headlights cannot really cut anything, so it's giving human characteristics to a non-human object.
2. "piled in a corner just like the birthday presents in my room" (94). This is a simile, because it uses the word "like" to compare two objects.
3. "a brushstroke of color on the gray, barren canvas that our lives had become" (107). This is a metaphor of Amir and Baba's lives now that Hassan and Ali left them to go back to Ali's childhood home. It is a blank canvas that they need to fill up with memories to make their lives full again. I like that metaphor; it gives the reader a really good idea of how Amir and Baba feel.
QUOTE: "That was when I understood the depth of the pain I had caused, the blackness of the grief I had brought onto everyone" (93). This quote describes how Amir looked into Ali's face and finally realized what he had done and how he shouldn't have only watched Hassan being abused in the alley, but he should've helped him. He finally regrets what he did.
THEME: The theme of this section of The Kite Runner is that you have to forgive people (especially loved ones) for the things they do that might upset you.
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