ln chapter 10 Hosseini uses numerous techniques to illustrate the story including foreshadowing, historical context, imagery and juxtaposition. Primarily, the chapter is written in retrospective narrative like majority of the novel, although in this chapter the writer uses present tense and imperatives associated with second person in order to get the reader to sympathise by involving them directly. By describing the atmosphere of the truck and “a young woman across from us”. Hosseini adds a sense of immediacy to the opening chapter due to the instant jump to the date “March 1981”, five years after Hassan’s rape. The five year gap abruptly changes the structure of the novel, but also indicates that nothing has changed nor has anything significant happened in the story until now when Amir and Baba decide to flee because of the Soviet Union invasion in Afghanistan. Whilst on their way to Pakistan, Amir describes his “car sickness as yet another of my array of weakness, l saw it on his embraced face”. This conveys that Amir still feels desperate to constantly please his father, hence why he puts himself down because in order to gain Baba’s respect and love. In addition, the car sickness is yet another key weakness of Amir and it symbolises his inability to please/ satisfy his father, (hence why Baba feels “embarrassed” by Amir) but also the car sickness is way for Amir to deal with his guilt to rescue Hassan in the alley. This contrast the difference between Baba and Amir, because it shows how unlikely they are, whereas Baba is portrayed as having “wrestled a black bear with his bare hands”. Amir is simply conveyed as “the unwitting embodiment of Baba’s guilt” who cannot achieve anything. Amir describing Baba as “a black bear”, demonstrates how he sees his father as someone who is brave and can never do anything wrong or bring harm towards others.