Close Reading Text Analysis Chart Use the chart below to track your analysis of the text at each

of the four levels. Linguistic Fariba must have recognized her, walking in burqa beside Rasheed. She waved, and called out, Eid mubarak! (Hosseini 80) Semantic That night they went to Chaman, and, standing behind Rasheed, Mariam watched fireworks light up the sky, in flashes of green, pink, and yellow. (Hosseini 80) Structural Chup ko. Shut up. (Hosseini 80) Cultural Mariam wished he wouldnt do that, hitch his hopes to its being a boy. (Hosseini 87)

Specific textual examples of what youve observed when reading at this levelcited in MLA format. (You may use numbers or bullets here to take notes)

...Dear was jan instead of jo, sister became hamshira instead of hamshireh, and so on. (Hosseini 79)

Mariam had never walked amid such liveliness. Undaunted by the chilly weather, families had flooded the city on their frenetic rounds to visit relatives. (Hosseini 80) During that time period, having sons was more favored than having daughters so men would automatically assume they were having boys before the baby was even born.

Demonstrate the development of complexity of thought at each level by writing a descriptive response to what youve written in the row above. (Analyze your thought patterns when observing the examples youve listed abovethese may also be in note-taking form)

Throughout his novel, Hosseini constantly throws in random Farsi words to kind of mix his two cultures together and give the reader a sort of new understanding.

Hosseinis syntax usually includes long sentences with a lot of detail and description.

When Hosseini uses Farsi words in novel, that causes the readers to look deeper into the novel to try and understand what those words mean so it gets them more involved in the afghani culture. By also including the small detail that Mariam was standing behind Rasheed while watching the fireworks, Hosseini is showing to the readers how much control Rasheed truly has over Mariam.

When Hosseini uses Farsi words, he usually fits in the translation of what the word or phrase means so the reader can use context clues in order to figure out the meaning of the Farsi word.

Kabul was also a very exciting place during this time period and everyone was happy and celebrating the holiday together.