A Picture Worth a Thousand Words



This slingshot could have a meaning as simple as it is the weapon Sohrab used to harm Assef when he fights Amir. The slingshot is Amir's saving grace. I believe the slingshot also represents Sohrab and Amir's relationship. Before Sohrab saved Amir's life from Assef, there was tension between the two, and there still is directly following the incident. Their relationship then began to seem as if the slingshot was releasing in slow motion. Slowly, the tension between Sohrab and Amir disappeared and the two became close companions. The slingshot brought the two together. This train of thought I had was more than likely not intended by Khaled Hosseini.

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