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Taken from Deborah Appleman's Critical Encounters in High School English
"Lore has it my father once wrestled a black bear in Baluchistan with his bear hands" (Hosseini 12)
"I can never tell Baba from the bear" Hosseini 12
The black bear symbolizes power, that the father gained. He feels he has the same power and strength as a bear would have.
"One summer day, I used one of Ali's kitchen knives to carve our names on it: 'Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul" (Hosseini 27)
When Amir and Hassan are young they carve their names in the pomegranite tree. This symbolizes their strong and close friendship.
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