The Kite Runner hardens its moral binaries more than Reading Lolita in Tehran does.
Evidence
In fact, the obvious binary oppositions that form the novel’s spine are, if anything, more calcified and noticeable than they are in Reading Lolita in Tehran. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 246
Categorization
Category: Craft and Method
- XREF: Useful comparative baseline across Morey’s corpus when assessing how overtly a novel’s politics are scaffolded.
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- The Kite Runner’s binary moral scaffolding pits fair-minded America against self-destructive Afghanistan. (similarity 0.79)