2. belied (121): to contradict, to be false, to misrepresent.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: 1. "Baba walked out of the welfare office like a man cured of a tumor" (114). This is a simile because it compares two objects using the word "like."
2. "and the words had vaporized on my tongue" (115). This is a personification because words can't really vaporize. It's giving somewhat human characteristics to a non-human object.
3. "his thin hands belied a firm grip, as if steel hid beneath the moisturized skin" (121). This is a simile because it uses the words "as if" to compare two objects.
QUOTE: "Proud. His eyes gleamed when he said that and I liked being on the receiving end of that look" (115). This shows how much of a special moment it was when Baba told Amir that he was proud of him when he graduated from junior college.
THEME: The theme of The Kite Runner in this section is that you always have to go after your dreams and you can't let anything get in your way, no matter how big the obstacles may seem.
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