A kite in the shape of a phoenix for sale at Three Kites, a kite store, near the drum tower in Beijing. ______________________________________________
Welcome to the new blog of Amber Goldsmith!
In the tradition of Khaled Hosseini's
The Kite Runner, I am currently working on a deconstruction of the first frame-up chapter, identifying how Hosseini begins his story and constructs the setting and introduction to the characters.
In addition, I picked up a copy of Hosseini's other work,
A Thousand Splendid Suns, and am currently working away at taking notes while reading along to begin a dissertation. So far, the book holds more of my attention than
The Kite Runner; while Hosseini wrote the latter in first-person perspective, the former he writes from a third-person perspective.
Already I recognize several shared elements in between
A Thousand Splendid Suns and
The Kite Runner; notably, the use of characters who own cinemas (Jalil and Kamal's father, respectively), the settings of Kabul before and after the Soviet invasion, and, of course, the number 1,000.
Other than that, I continue to work dutifully away at studying for my new classes - World Geography, AP Government and Politics, Honors Senior Seminar, and Yearbook II - in the hopes that I may score well on my first tests and eventual AP Government and Politics exam.
