The Kite Runner

The kite runner chapter 1-5

The novel begins with a flashback. What do you think is its purpose? What do you learn about the narrator?

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The Kite Runner begins with our thus-far nameless protagonist explaining that the past cannot be forgotten. A single moment in time defined him and has been affecting him for the last twenty-six years. This gives context to the story he is about to unfold.

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