Beauty and Ugliness of Human Nature in The Kite Runner_英语论文

摘要

《追风筝的人》是第一部用英语写作的阿富汗小说，着墨于阿富汗的两个少年阿米尔和哈桑，讲述了一个富家少年与家中仆人关于人性的背叛与救赎的故事。阿米尔在哈桑忠诚的陪伴下长大，两人情同手足。在一场帮助阿米尔赢得其父亲青睐的风筝追逐赛中，哈桑被阿塞夫强奸，而阿米尔目睹了一切却因其懦弱而选择了背叛。对哈桑的背叛和愧疚，让阿米尔在其后的几十年中饱受折磨。直到顺利地在阿富汗解救了索拉博，阿米尔才最终实现了自我救赎。

论文的关注点在于通过对主要人物的分析，研究小说中人性的美丑，探寻人性的本质，探讨人性救赎的真谛。论文首先简要介绍小说背景、主要故事情节，论文的研究目的和现实意义，最后总结小说的国内外研究现状等。然后重点分析和解读了小说中主要人物所体现的人性的美，包括父子情、兄弟情和忠诚的友情，如阿米尔对父爱的渴望，父亲对阿米尔的关怀，哈桑对阿米尔的忠诚，甚至是牺牲。论文接着讨论了人物身上体现的人性的丑，比如亲情和友情的背叛、怨恨及懦弱，阿米尔的懦弱和自私导致了他对哈桑的背叛，而阿塞夫的恶行则是一切恶的导火索。最后解读了人性的救赎和回归。通过分析小说人物，挖掘人物内心，体现人性，总结小说的现实意义，指出人要像哈桑一样至真至善至诚，同时勇敢地面对生活和磨难,呼唤人性的回归。

关键词：人性 美 丑 救赎

Abstract

The Kite Runner is the first Afghan novel written in English and it focuses on the two Afghan juveniles—Amir and Hassan. It tells a story of a young rich master and his servant concerning betrayal and loyalty of human nature. Amir grew up with Hassan’s loyalty and “As close as brother” was the best words to describe their relationship. At the kite tournament in the winter when Amir planned to gain Baba’s concern and be his pride under the help of Hassan, Hassan was raped by Assef. Amir saw everything but his cowardice let him choose to betray. The betrayal and guilty to Hassan let Amir suffer from torture for the later decades. And until he successfully saved Sohrab from Afghanistan, Amir realized self-redemption. 

This thesis is aimed at analyzing the main characters to study the beauty and ugliness of human nature, to find out the essence of human nature and to realize the authentic self-redemption. 

First of all, this thesis briefly introduces the background information of the novel, the main plot, the objective and the significance of the study, and finally summarizes literature review at home and abroad. After that the thesis focuses on the beauty of human nature under the analysis and interpretation of the main characters in the novel, including family love especially father and son, brotherhood and loyal friendship, such as Amir's desire for father’s love, father’s concern for Amir, Hassan’s loyalty for Amir, or even sacrifice. Moreover, the thesis discusses the ugliness of human nature, such as the betrayal, hatred and cowardice of affection and friendship. Amir's cowardice and selfishness have led to his betrayal, and the hatred of Assef is the fuse of everything. Finally, the thesis illustrates the redemption and regression of human nature. After analyzing the characters, digging the inner heart of the characters, reflecting the human nature, and summing up the realistic significance of the novel, the thesis points out that people should be sincere, good, and loyal like Hassan, while bravely facing life and torture, calling for the regression of human nature.

Key Words: Human nature; Beauty; Ugliness; Self-redemption                                            

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Background Information 1

1.2 The Significance and the Objective 2

1.3 Literature Review 3

2. Beauty of Human Nature in The Kite Runner 5

2.1 Family Love 5

2.2 Brotherhood: Amir and Hassan 9

2.3 Loyalty 12

3. Ugliness of Human Nature in The Kite Runner 14

3.1 Betrayal 14

3.2 Hatred 15

3.3 Cowardice 16

4. Redemption of Human Nature 18

4.1 Sin of Human Nature 18

4.2 Redemption of Human Nature 18

5. Conclusion 20

Bibliography 21

Acknowledgements 22