Abstract：The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel. Khaled Hosseini portrays Amir’s change from a selfishness, jealousy and cowardice boy into a manly man who has sense of duty at last. The theme of this novel is growth. This paper divides the hero Amir's growth process into four periods, discussing Amir’s self-remold in the change of his personality. Through the analysis of Amir’s growth process, it demonstrates that within everyone there is a kite in their heart, that kite is human beings’ persistence of pursuing kindness, honest and beautiful things. The kite in peoples’ mind impels them continuously to hunt about it, but not everyone can catch up with it. So long as people believe they can find the right way and believe themselves, they will get the kite. Amir eventually catches up with the kite that flies for a long time. The door of life is open to him again.  

Keywords: Growth; Betrayal; Redemption

中文摘要：《追风筝的人》是卡勒德·胡塞尼的第一部小说。卡勒德·胡塞尼描写了主人公从一个自私、怯懦的小男孩到一个有责任心的、有男子气概的男人的改变，这个小说的主题是成长。本文把阿米尔的成长过程分为四个时期，讨论了阿米尔人格的自我改造过程。通过对阿米尔成长过程的分析，说明了每一个人心目中都有一只风筝，这只风筝可以是人们一直不断追寻的一些美好的品质，如善良、诚实、勇敢，也可以是生活中一些美好的事情。寄放在心里的那只风筝促使着人们用一生去追寻，但并不是每个人都能追上那只风筝，但是只要他们找到自己的方向或是相信自己，他们就一定能追到他们心目中的那只风筝。而阿米尔找到了自己的目标，最终追到了那只在他心中飘荡已久的风筝，最终生活的大门也向他敞开了。

关键词：成长；背叛；救赎