SUMMARY: The narrative switches back to Amir after Rahim Khan narrates the previous chapter. He hands a letter to Amir, from Hassan which describes some of the horrors of Afghanistan. Amir learns that the Taliban have shot Hassan and his wife, in order to obtain his father's house. Rahim Khan asks Amir to go and get Hassan's son from the orphanage he has been staying at. Amir finds out that Hassan is his half brother.
ANALYSIS.
Chapter seventeen's narrative changes back to Amir after it being Rahim Khan's voice that tells the story through chapter sixteen.This allows the reader to finally see Amir's thoughts after being held in suspense throughout Rahim Khan's narrative.
Uniquely, chapter 17 uses a epistolary narrative to tell the story (Hassan's letter). This technique gives the reader a better and more reliable, account of the horrors of Afghanistan than Amir can provide, as Hassan's account is first hand. This technique also builds suspense, as the reader still doesn't know what has become of Hassan.
When the reader does finally learn of Hassan's death, Hosseini uses broken and repetitive narrative to convey Amir's disbelief, and adds FURTHER suspense. Towards the end of the chapter, Amir's character repeatedly uses curse words . Hosseini very rarely swears in his narrative, so it draws the reader's interest and illustrates Amir's anger.
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