The Growth of a Kite Runner An Analysis of Amir’s Conquer of Cowardice from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Abstract The Kite Runner is a typical Growth novel which tells Amir’s six stages of his life: purity, betrayal, suffering, shock, cowardice’s conquer and salvation。 Through his life, he grows and also changes his bad character, cowardice。 In the thesis, I will analyze his conquer of cowardice from the perspective of Positive Psychology。 This thesis consists of three parts。 The first part is introduction, which mainly introduces the background, literature review and structure of this thesis。 The second part is the body, which includes three chapters。 Chapter one makes an analysis of the reasons of Amir’s cowardice from the perspective of positive psychology。 The external and internal environment lead to Amir’s cowardice。 Chapter two tells about the changes of Amir’s life。 Chapter three explores how Amir conquers his cowardice and the salvation of himself。 The third part is the conclusion。 The thesis is going to tell people two points: firstly, surroundings have great effort in personality’s shape。 Parents, teachers and society should try to provide children with healthy environment to shape their healthy personality。 Secondly, personality should be view from a positive way。 It is stable through one’s life but can be changed through one’s strong willpower toward the good direction that people expect。75250

Key words:  reasons; changes; conquer cowardice; positive psychology 

一个追风筝的人的成长---从积极心理学的角度分析阿米尔的懦弱的克服

摘要《追风筝的人》是一本典型的成长小说，讲述了阿米尔一生经历的六个阶段，天真、背叛、煎熬、震惊、克服懦弱与救赎。经历了这些，阿米尔成长了，克服了他的懦弱。本论文会从积极心理学的角度分析阿米尔是如何克服懦弱的。本论文有三个部分组成。第一部分是引文，主要介绍背景，文献综述和论文结构。第二部分是主体，包括三个章节。第一章节从积极心理学的角度对阿米尔的懦弱性格形成进行原因分析。外部和内部的因素造成了阿米尔的懦弱。第二章分析阿米尔生活的改变。第三章分析阿米尔是如何克服懦弱完成自我赎救的。第三部分是结论。论文旨在告诉人们两点：第一，环境对人的性格的形成有很大的影响。父母，教师和社会都应该尽可能地给孩子提供健康的环境，帮助他们形成健康向上的性格。第二，我们应该从积极的角度看待个性亦或是性格。个性在人的一生中是稳定的，但是在人的强烈的意志下也是可以改变的，并且是朝着人们所期望的方向发展。

毕业论文关键词：原因，改变，克服懦弱，积极心理学

Contents

1。 Introduction 1

1。1 Background of the Research 1

1。2 Literature Review 2

1。3 The Structure of the Thesis 3

2。 The Reasons of Amir’s Cowardice Formation 5

2。1 Internal Factors of Amir 5

2。2 External Factors 5

2。2。1  Amir’s Father’s Influence on Him 5

2。2。2  Contrast between Hassan and Amir 6

3。 Changes of Amir’s Life 8

3。1 Amir’s Guilty 8

3。1 American Environment Analysis 8

4。 How Amir conquers his Cowardice