The Only Use
alter ego
in
The Kite Runner
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- I'd always thought of him as Baba's quiet alter ego, my writing mentor, my pal, the one who never forgot to bring me a souvenir, a saughat, when he returned from a trip abroad.†
p. 98.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(alter ego) a second selfin various senses, including:
- another side of one's personality that is less frequently seen
- an inseparable friend
- a person who is a perfect substitute for another
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)