Deconstructing Father-Son Relationships in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner _____________________________________________________________

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a riveting tale of loyalty, betrayal, courage, devotion, guilt and redemption. The novel follows the narration of the protagonist, Amir whose one decision dictates the rest of the course of his life and the novel. The novel for the most part deals with male characters and their relationships with each other.This paper aims to study, analyze and examine the different pairs of fathers and sons in The Kite Runnerwith the help of deconstruction. Deconstruction in simple terms can be understood as breaking something in smaller parts whereby in pursuit of finding the meaning of the text, the contradictions and internal oppositions are studied. The relationship between fathers and sons takes up an important place in the novel. Amir and Baba’s father-son relationship serves as a foil to other fathers and sons. The complexity of relationships is depicted through Amir’s insecurity regarding his relationship with his father and his desperate attempts to gain his love and affection. The relationship between Amir and Hassan and Ali suffers in Amir’s quest to attain Baba’s admiratio