"So eventually, I stopped going out into the city. I would spend my days in your father's house, up in the study, reading your mother's old books, listening to the news, watching communist propaganda on television" (page 203).
The Kite Runner is unique in the fact that it allows an outside opinion for a single chapter. The entire book is told as a flashback from Amir's perspective. However, chapter sixteen is told from the vantage point an elderly Rahim Kahn's. This is done because Rahim Kahn can explain what has happened in Afghanistan since Amir left, as well as what has happened to Hassan. To me, this chapter seemed to be the turning point of the story. It was in this chapter that Amir truly began down his path to redemption. Without this chapter, much of the details from the story regarding Hassan could not be shared. It was also pretty neat to see how Hosseini changed his writing style to echo the voice of Rahim Kahn, instead of continuing to write in a voice like Amir's. The chapter explained away many of the unknowns and created the opportunity for the reader to truly learn of Amir's purpose in retelling his story.
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