I had a hard time picking a quote from the section I just finished, and it wasn't a very long section, either. I came across this one and just felt like I understood Amir perfectly in that moment, he described it so well with a metaphor. "I only knew the memory lived in me, a perfectly encapsulated morsel of a good past, a brushstroke of color on the gray, barren canvas that our lives had become" (107). I used this for an example of figurative language, but it is also my favorite quote out of this section of The Kite Runner. What it means is that the only thing Amir remembers (or wants to remember) of his past life is those few actually good memories that he has of himself and Hassan playing together and still being best friends. As he says in the quote, the memory of him and Hassan is the only colorful part of his memory now. While he is running away to Pakistan, with Baba, he keeps wishing that he can leave his mistakes behind him. He wants to make a new beginning with Baba in Pakistan. All the rest is yet to be made colorful by new memories he'll have with Baba in Pakistan. And he is able to do this now, because like he described in the quote, his life is now a blank canvas with one splash of color from that one good memory of Hassan. I think this quote also shows that he regrets not helping Hassan when he was being abused, because the readers can tell that the only reason Ali and Hassan left was because of what Amir did. I like this quote so much because I can understand exactly how Amir felt in the moment he thought this. I see how he'd feel regretful, and I can see how he wishes he had helped Hassan when he had the chance. I understand him because this quote uses the perfect metaphorical imagery to describe exactly how Amir felt.
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