Instinct and Morality-A Psychoanalytical Study of The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini

Instinct and Morality-A Psychoanalytical Study of The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini

Instinct and Morality-A Psychoanalytical Study of The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini

The Kite Runner was written by Khalid Hosseini, written in the contemporary age. The writer belongs to Afghanistan but later he settles in America with his family to get better economic and security conditions. The novel describes the psychic development of a person and the history of the mindset of a nation and a country’s suffering, like Afghanistan. It depicts the journey of redemption and returning to mortality. This can also be observed from outside religious, social, and economic acceptance. The protagonist discovers himself and accepts his past and tries to compensate for his deeds. The Novel shows how the protagonist (Amir) of the novel suffers from id or polymorphous desires in his childhood which are controlled in course of the development of the story into some design because of the application of the realism principle or superego. Each major incident of their life of Amir has been analyzed to establish the writer’s targeted goal. The weakness of Amir and selfishness as well as sorrow from conscience and criticism and distress convert steadily into strong qualities. Therefore, this journey cannot merely be seen as the self-recognition of the protagonist himself but also the return of humanity to the whole human race. Keywords: The Kite Runner, Amir, psychological change, psycho-social development theory, the journey of growth

It is generally professed that an individual is always influenced by his outside environment. Once in truth, the effects come from inside. Different characters from unlike portions of the awareness are continuously manipulating one's way of making methodical results. 1901 According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the id is the original and instinctual part of the mind that contains sexual and hostile drives and hidden memories, the super-ego operates as a moral conscience, and the ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego.

Such elements we can be found in the available literature like The Kite Runner is an inspiring and powerful novel about a Pashtun named Amir who looks back on his life during his changeover from infantile into maturity. It is a story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at an anxious and crucial moment of change and destruction. A influential story of relationship, it is also about the influence of understanding, the price of disloyalty, and the option of improvement; and an study of the power of the father over sons their love, their sacrifices, their lie. Khalid Hosseini’s The Kite Runner has also been considered to be a great work since its publication. It has been translated into different languages. The novel can be analyzed from the psychoanalytic point of view as advocated by Sigmund Freud in his psychoanalytical theory. The researcher, in this study, has taken the major aspects of the theory such as the id, superego, etc., and incorporated them into the novel The Kite Runner. He shows how the hero of the novel clearly Amir agonizes from id or polymorphous requirements in his infantile which are directed in course of the progress of the novel into something designed because of the submission of the truth attitude or superego. Every major incident of his life has been analyzed here to incorporate them with Freudian theory. The minor characters and incidents have also been analyzed to form the author’s best objectives. The available literature associated to the theory has been applied to establish the intended amalgamation.

The question is, how far is the term “instinct” applicable in ethics? How far is it true to say that instincts are the fundamentals of the good or the moral life? And if it is true at all to say they are determinants, how far it is true? Human beings’ moral life can be divided into two forms, one based on moral dispositions and the other on moral decisions. (ref) What can science say about morality? Traditionally, the distinction between good and evil has been the terrain of philosophy and religion. But now it has begun to explore the complex subject of morality, with surprising results. Might morality serve an evolutionary purpose? Is it even unique to humans?

There are different perspectives on this. Assuredly, some philosophical opinions/ statement that information is inside at complete intention. But given that we see the building blocks of morality, things like empathy and antipathy, in babies and animals who clearly do not have the ability to engage in refined intellectual, then assuredly ethics depends upon more than objective purpose.

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