Chapter 1 Journal

1.How does the use of chapter 1 to introduce the flashback establish the overall mood of the novel? How would it be different if the story were told without the flashback?

The flashback sets a dark and harsh mood, adding a hunting and eriy effect to the events of this characters past and how something had dramatically changed his life. If there was not a flashback there would be no setting and no attention grabber to intise the reader.

2. What does the reader know about the narrator's present life, and how do we know?
 

We know the character is 38 and living in San Francisco and that he has experianced a tramatic event and he has a friend who was a part of the incident that happened in 1975. We know this because of the similes and imagery and personification the author uses.

3.What mood does the image of the two kites create? How does Hosseini create this mood?
 

The two kites create an image of the friends being side my side or kite fighting. Hosseini creates this mood by giving the kites human traits.