Italics

"Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly" (Hosseini, 114).

While reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, I noticed parts of the novel were in italics. The facts that parts of the novel were in italics made me really stop and think as to their importance to the novel. While reading through the rest of the novel, I came to the decision that it was used only when talking with Amir. Amir often uses italics to get his point across. When something in written in italics, one readers the words more distinctly. Reading a line or paragraph in italics allows it to stick in your mind and remember it. Hosseini uses italics when he wants us to remember certain events in the novel. He often uses them to make us remember parts of his past that play a role in the character he is today. Hosseini's use of italics allows for the reader to become mesmerized in the meaning behind the italics.