The Kite Runner's Character Image

Amir, the hero, is a complicated figure. When playing with Hassan, he encouraged Hassan to shoot walnuts at his neighbor's dog with a slingshot and throw stones at goats. Other pranks were discovered and Hassan always took it for granted.

Child as he is, Amir also has a sense of hierarchy and religion and nationality. I never thought Hassan and I were friends. I am Pashtun, he is Hazara, I am Sunni and he is Shiite. Therefore, after making fun of Hassan or playing tricks on him, he got self-justification and self-forgiveness despite his guilt. Even after the kite-fighting competition, Amir saw Hassan being raped by assef to protect the kite he caught, and fled cowardly.

And Amir's psychological activity is: He is just a Halaza, isn't he? However, the desire of father's love, the desire of superiority and self-protection in the face of evil forces can not be said to be the evil of human nature in general. Amir only shows the true nature of human nature. Besides, for the rest of his life, he was haunted by the shadow of guilt and regret.

In the face of his past mistakes, guilt and torture made him take more than half of the road to atonement, and substantial atonement (returning to China to rescue Hassan's son Solabo) was greatly compensated. So Amir changed from a selfish and cowardly child to an upright, brave and capable man.

In the article, Amir's design lets Hassan and his son leave, which shows that the badness in human nature overcomes the kindness in human nature, but in the end, Amir embarks on the road of atonement for himself and his father, which also shows that the goodness in human nature finally overcomes the badness and the theme of the novel is sublimated.

2. Hassan (name)

"For you, Qian Qian is a hundred times." How many people were touched by Hassan's words? This is a confession of one child's loyalty to another. Hassan would do anything for Amir in Qian Qian. Hassan's first name after his birth was "Amir", which means that he regards Amir as the most important person in his life.

He would do anything for Amir. Hassan has been sacrificing for Amir all his life, which embodies the unchanging loyalty and integrity from a child to a man, and can be said to be a character image.

He embodies the goodness in human nature, but it has nothing to do with nationality, religion and class. He is a Hazara, a Shia, a slave of a rich family. He has no money status and no chance to accept culture, but he is hardworking, brave, loyal and upright, and has all the characteristics of a naked primitive individual.

3. Amir's father

He is also Hassan's father, which can be said to be a combination of Amir and Hassan's personality. He said that theft is the root of all crimes, but he and Ali's wife gave birth to Hassan and stole his loyalty to Ali. He hid the truth from Amir, and he stole Hassan's fatherly love and social identity.

Rahim Khan said: "When evil deeds lead to good deeds, that is the real salvation." Therefore, Amir's father has been doing good deeds all his life, building a compassionate home, helping others and praying for atonement for himself. At the same time, he was respected and loved by others.

Amir's father showed indifference and rejection to Amir because he saw his cowardice and deception from Amir, and also showed his disgust and regret for his inferiority to some extent.

Hassan's bravery, loyalty, integrity and selflessness are the advantages he admires and is proud of. So it can be said that Amir and Hassan represent two sides of his personality. On the whole, his redemption was successful.

Extended data:

The Kite Runner is the first novel of Afghan-American writer khaled hosseini.

Creation background

According to the author's account, he and his brother lived in Kabul just like Amir and Hassan: they spent most of the summer at school. Fly kites in winter and watch john wayne's movies in the cinema.

The plot most similar to his experience in the book is the days in America, when Amir and his father try to create a new life. Like Amir, he is an immigrant from Afghanistan. His house in Akbar Khan district of wazir is very big, where he can hold a grand party; They also went to Pagman for a picnic. He has fond memories of his childhood.