The Kite Runner Vocabulary

    The Kite Runner Vocabulary

     The Kite Runner's setting is in the Middle East and the vocabulary that the author uses is Arabic words. The author uses Arabic words to engrave the Arabic culture into the book. Some examples of words that the author uses are on pg. 11 it says, " If the story had been about anyone else, it would have been dismissed as laaf, that Afghan tendency to exaggerate- sadly, almost a national affliction..." On pg. 23 it says, " We talked about whatever film we had just seen and walked amid the bustling crowds of bazarris. Bazarris means a bustling of crowds.

     All of these words adds a great touch to this book. You get to learn new words of the Arabic language and you get to learn also the Arabic culture in this book. The Kite Runner is a very cultural oriented book which means it has lots of the Arabic culture and practices in them.