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Piano was different. Piano was the sea, flowing in any direction, in any weather. I could lose myself in these waters, let the keys press as forcefully as a storm or as softly as the calm. Something with no boundaries, no conscious thinking and no worries.

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Pokemon Go was different. Pokemon Go was an open door, inviting me in, unmindful of my age and occupation. I could step through the door, capture a Pikachu, and do battle with Gyarados. For Team Valor there would be no defeat, no escaped pokemon, and no low CPs.

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He uses imagery to talk about how the river flows. He uses it to really describe the movement of it and how his feelings relate to its movement .

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Amir describes America as a place where he can escape from all of his troubles and sins. He infers about the ghost and how America was a river.

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There is the analogy of ghosts which we can infer that these "ghosts" are really memories that will haunt Amir, lingering on the back of his mind. In truth he may never be able to forget these tragic events,even though he has escaped to America.

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He uses imagery and a calming tone to describe the relief he feels by being able to start over in America

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He uses first person and personification. When he uses the metaphor of America being a river he

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The imagery he shows lets you see what he's seeing.

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Amir appears to have full faith and excitement in the new land he has discovered. He used a lot of figurative language to describe his feelings, to make the passage more intense.

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He uses strong imagery of the river example, and within his sentences he repeats one word as he lists things, I forget what that's called.

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Amir is using past tense describing the moments and memories that he and Hassan had as children and imagery

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He establishes that a river never stops flowing no matter what. I think its important where he says, "roaring" which makes the river sound powerful enough to wash away his sins from the past and create a new and improved conscious Amir

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I noticed that Amir didn't really care what happened to him just as long as he gets away from his past..."let the waters carry me someplace far."

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i also noticed that amir used a llot of first person (obviously because its his point of view). also there was some figurative speech , and used personification and imagery.

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He uses imagery to represent the river as a getaway, and it also includes past tense.

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Khaled Hosseini also uses personification in this passage and a river as a metaphor for America

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Amir uses imagery and personifications to describe

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The way the author applies America to being a river through the rhetorical device of a metaphor, creates an image of the readers mind to be powerful yet forgiving.

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He uses the metaphor of america as a river, to show how he wants to continue forgetting about his past. It was a place to let it drown.

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well what i noticed is that they are using america as a new beginning and that that the past is in the past so they need to move on with the future and never look back.

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Amir mentions that American is a place to forget his sins (Not helping Hassan)

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He is talking about how America is much different than Afghanistan and how his life is starting all over again.

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I noticed, through the passage, that Amir see's new opportunity in America.

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Amir describes America with great passion and of all a place for him to prosper as a person.

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I noticed that Amir described coming to America as a new beginning and to forget about his past in Afghanistan.

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Amir is saying he feels liberated, he finally feels free.

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What the passage is trying to convey is how Amir is not happy with his decisions and although he can't change that; He can start a new by going to America to escape that past.

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Amir considers America to be a clean slate, where he doesn't have to be tormented by the atrocities he had witnessed and the sins he had committed, namely not helping Hassan. In this passage, there is imagery and anaphora.

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I notice that Amir is just glad that he doesn't have the constant reminders of his sins that the memories in Afghanistan show him.

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More than anything, I noticed how prominently Amir is focused on running away from his past.

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A river itself is a powerful force of nature that, no matter what, keeps flowing in the same direction. This is how Amir views America, as a long-desired opportunity to leave his guilt behind and move on with forward-flowing America instead of being stuck in the past within Afghanistan. Maybe Amir's dream about the lake represents Afghanistan, not flowing anywhere, just sitting in the same spot(in the past) where a current doesn't wash away your sins, but instead lets them sit and fester, where monsters can get you.

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The sentences are broken up into short clauses.

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i noticed the way Amir described America in way like it was a get away to run away from his problems and stressful worries of the past and Amir had described Kabul as a city of ghosts.

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What stood out to me in this passage is the way that Amir expresses, "...unmindful of the past.". Especially in today's society, I feel like  we are always moving forward, looking for the next big thing.

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Amir enters America and he is shocked to see how it is not like his home. Many things are different such as the culture and people.  The passage goes over on how he lets go of his sins as he feels as if they drift away.

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The passage describes the river as a welcoming supporting object that can provide an individual with a new start. Memories, sins, and ghosts of Kabul being dropped no longer allowing Amir to suffer. America will provide an escape with a new future for Amir.

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This passage shows a open door for Amir to get away from his past, and start over.

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The passage seems to imply that America was free from recognizing its sins and the writer (Amir) envies it and wishes to follow that same path. He also talks about it in the past tense, meaning that it had changed somehow.

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Amir believes that America would not be able to hold on to his past.

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Amir described his new life in America as a river where he can let his sins and memories sink to the bottom and continue on with his life.

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He states that he needs to get away from everything and San Francisco can be the place where he can start over and get away from his past

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America was different. America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past. I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far. Someplace with no ghosts, no memories, and no sins.

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America was different. America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past. I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far. Someplace with no ghosts, no memories, and no sins.