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Conclusion
Storytelling in The Kite Runner functions as a catalyst for the recovering process of the narrator from a psychological trauma. Hosseini’s narrative is about the big impact of protracted conflicts on the narrator’s life. By writing down his traumatic memories, Amir tries to understand his own past life. His storytelling is his natural ability, which enables him to reconcile himself to his unforgettable past. Under the effect of recounting, he criticizes his previous or younger self for what he did to his own half-brother. Furthermore, he regains his lost integrity by saving his nephew’s life towards the end of narrative.
Accordingly, storytelling in The Kite Runner acts as a narrative tool, which serves at least two purposes. First, by recreating the narrator’s painful experience, storytelling enables him to find a way to atone for what he considers his past guilt. Amir’s creative imagination provides him with a chance to compensate for his past evil deeds. For example, he fulfils his desire to save Hassan and sympathise with Soraya. Second, storytelling reveals the dramatic impact of Amir’s unfavourable experience on his adult life and mentality. In other words, it enables him to encounter with the origin of his mental suffering. Storytelling qualifies Amir to release himself from the chains of the past as it encourages him to face with the evil nature of his previous thoughts and actions. Therefore, storytelling facilitates Amir’s mental healing through reordering his past experiences. By reviving his early adolescent aggressive behaviour, storytelling attenuates the destructive impact of his traumatic experience. By the end of his story, Amir satisfies his psychological cravings to find his own atonement and forgiveness. Similarly, his confessional discourse and human-like experiences engage us emotionally with his narrative and arouse our sympathy toward his situation.
The Kite Runner illustrates the necessity of having an empathetic fatherly figure, by showing how a child struggles for a father-son bond, and the consequences that can arise due to the actions taken to achieve this relationship.The relationship between Hassan and his son Sohrab, demonstrates the necessity of an empathetic father, because it shows life where a relationship between father and son can develop. The relationship between Hassan and his son Sohrab is completely juxtaposed to Amir’s relationship with Baba, and their family acts as a foil to Amir’s, promoting the theme of the necessity of an empathetic father. Hassan listens to his son, plays with him, enjoys spending time with him, and really understands him. He takes his son’s feelings into account. Sohrab has a connection with his father and enjoys his early years spent with Hassan, whereas Amir’s early years are spent trying to get his father’s attention and make his father proud of him. Amir dedicates his childhood to futile attempts of creating a bond with his father, while Sohrab’s bond is nurtured by his father as well as Sohrab himself. Sohrab has his father’s love, so he continues in life as a good boy, who believes in what is right, whereas Amir constantly strives without success for his father’s love, which leads him to carrying out very malicious actions with enormous consequences.