1. Aim: How is element of foreshadow introduced in the first chapter of The Kite Runner? Do Now: Chapter 1 begins with, “I became what I am today at the age of twelve…” Write about a time in your past that has led you to be who you are today.

2. The Basics A novel is written by an author. The title of a novel is underlined. The Kite Runner. A narrator is the character in the novel who is telling us the story. The author and the narrator are not the same person!

3. Chapter 1 Flashback: an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner. What does this quote mean? How does it relate to what the narrator is telling us in Chapter 1? How does the narrator describe the past? Which literary elements are being used?

4. Homework 1. Read Chapter 2 of The Kite Runner. 2. Complete Handout. Make sure you find and write down the definitions to ALL of the vocabulary words.