Though in some ways the worst chapter in the book, I reckon chapter 7 is the best chapter in the book. Although the actual act of the rape is not graphically detailed, the description of the actions leading up to it are so detailed 'unzipped his belt buckle..undid his jeans', you can imagine what it will be like without the graphic details of the rape itself. This shows Hosseini's amazing ability to tell the story without actually describing everything that happens.
This chapter is so well written that even though Hosseini is constantly hinting and building up to a big event, the reader is almost unconscious of this on first reading (or I was anyway.) His use of referring back to chapter 1, particularly with the phrase 'for you a thousand times over' sets off alarm bells that something significant is going to happen. The frequent use of foreshdowing also gives this effect.
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