There are many different examples of flashbacks in the book which help to make the book more interesting. When readers first start to read the book they are greeted by a flashback in the beginning; Amir depicts the time twenty-six years ago when he crouches "behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek". He says he becomes what he is not at that very moment. This flashback is critical in providing essential detail and context to the book. First, this flashback presents the readers with the information that something had happened in the alley that caused Amir to become the person he is now. Secondly, the main character will describe these events later on in the book to add to the plot of the story. This flashback
