"The Kite Runner"

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This paper examines how "The Kite Runner" is a novel of irony and in particular, the irony of the immigrant experience in America, focusing on the experience of Afghani Muslim-Americans. In particular, it looks at how America acts as a place for the character of Amir to bury his memories and a place for the character of Baba to mourn his.

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"The novel's narrative structure circularity also gives it an additional level of irony, as Amir and Baba came to the United States for escape, yet they are pursued by their past nationality, religion, and in Amir's case, by a past of memories. Baba often seeks to immerse himself in memories of a past long gone, despite the potential for a new life in America. But Amir, even with his intense desire to cast off the memories of the old world of Afghanistan and his cruelties as a child cannot fully embrace the new life of an immigrant experience. "

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