Foreshadowing

     Foreshadowing is a literary device used throughout the course The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Hosseini uses foreshadowing throughout the course of the novel to create Amir as a memorable character. As I look back on the novel, I notice that Hosseini uses many literary devices to make Amir stand out. Foreshadowing is just one of them. Hosseini uses foreshadowing to show how Amir is going to betray Hassan as the end of the novel. Through the use of foreshadowing, Hosseini was able to create suspense. He left the readers pondering how, when, and why Amir was going to betray Hassan. For example, when Amir states, "The next time I would see Hassan smiling unabashedly like that would be twenty-six years later in a Polaroid photograph," (Hosseini, 67) it poses a thought to the reader. It creates the suspense as to why Amir would not see Hassan  smile ever again. Hosseini's use of foreshadowing throughout the course of the novel is key in allowing the reader to really connect the dots in the life of Amir.