摘 要
       
《追风筝的人》这部小说是美籍阿富汗作家卡勒德•胡塞尼的第一部英文作品。他描写了一个阿富汗男孩成长的故事,包括了对朋友的背叛，与父亲关系的变化，以及生活环境的改变等。近年来，众多学者对风筝的寓意以及对文中父子关系的进行了探讨。本论文通过描述阿米尔的心路历程，分析主人公的心理成长，体现阿米尔的自我救赎。论文将阿米尔自我救赎的心路历程分为三个重要阶段，分别为最初的压抑与扭曲，一步步善良的觉醒到最终下决心自我救赎。阿米尔对自己过去的行为进行了深刻的反省，并在后来的日子中对错误进行了弥补和救赎，也正是他心灵得到拯救，自我得到成长的体现。小说通过描写阿米尔的救赎告诫人们要敢于面对人生中的过错，用正确的方式处理过错带来的伤害，以免受到心灵上长久的折磨与痛苦。小说中阿米尔的自我救赎的过程正是体现了他对亲情，友情，正义和善良等人性中的美好的追寻。

关键词：《追风筝的人》；心路历程；自我救赎

ABSTRACT
   
The Kite Runner is the first English novel written by an Afghan-born American writer Khaled Hosseini, describing a story of a Afghan boy’s growth, including his betrayal to a friend, changes between his father and him and the changes of his living environment. In recent years, many scholars discuss on the moral of the kite and father-son relationship. This paper analyzes the psychological growth of hero to embody Amir’s self-redemption by describing Amir’s psychology to the road of self-redemption. the paper has divided Amir‘s self-redemption into three important stages: the original stage of oppression and distortion, the stage of awaking and the stage of self-redemption. Amir has carried out the profound reflection on his past behavior and made up for the mistakes in the later days and salvation, it was the embodiment of his spiritual salvation and self-growth. By telling the story of Amir’s self-redemption, the novel warns people to face the fault in your life bravely and choose the right way to deal with it in order to avoid the ever-lasting inner torment and sufferings. In this story, the process of Amir’s self-redemption well shows his pursue of human virtues like family love, friendship, justice as well as kindness.

Key words: The Kite Runner; psychological growth; self-redemption