The Kite Runner

Why doesn't the author tell you the main characters name until the end of the second chapter?

Chapter 1-6

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Amir, the main character, is also the narrator. The author doesn't need to reveal his name in the first few chapters because the reader knows the narrator is telling "his" story. The name is unimportant to the plot at this point in the novel.