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Kite Runner: Chapter 14
Element

Notes

Plot summary

Amir receives a phone call - in Summer 2001 - from Rahim
Khan, who is sick and asks Amir to visit him in Pakistan
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We learn that life has changed for
the Taheris a lot since the General’s fall - he seems kinder
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A week later, Amir flies to
Peshawar and Soraya stays with her parents
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Themes and
features

We are made aware of time passing by the date at the start of
the chapter and Amir’s description of Soraya - ​“a sliver of
fat
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a few streaks of cinder gray ​[in her
hair]​”
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Amir’s walk, to clear his head after the phone call, reflects his
past
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Amir also sees a ​“pair of kites, red with long blue tails”,
reminding him of the event with Hassan
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General Taheri, just like Baba, refuses to accept his ailing
condition but also respects and cares for Soraya more
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This gives a
sense of emotional contentment, despite the General’s broken
right hip and Jamila Taheri’s fretting about his illnesses
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Although
the sex is still good, Amir feels that they’re not as close anymore
and they sleep far apart on the bed
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Amir and Soraya’s unspoken
sadness is juxtaposed with the dream, highlighting the sense of
guilt which has run parallel to Amir’s life
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Link to the theme of ATONEMENT
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