The Kite Runner Critical Essay

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Throughout this essay by Sarah Smith, she points out what the pros and cons are of Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner by giving multiple reasoning’s of what her point of view is about with his writing. She states that the setting is inaccurate, he lacks events, but that his overall story line is good.
Sarah Smith critiques Khaled setting stating that it is Afghanistan is not a suitable location for the setting for literary fiction. Also she comments that he is lacking details within the events that occur, but throughout the book the themes, symbols, characters and how they interact with one another is what makes the overall story line strong.
Even though Sarah Smith did state what she saw was a problem within the book and gave reasoning,

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