Identity Issue Reflected in the Film of the Kite Runner

Abstract

In the social jungle of human existence, identity brings the sense of survival. Therefore, seeking identity to obtain the proof of existence has become an indispensable content of individual life in every period. Film as a powerful medium, inevitably sets foot in identity issues. Identity in films is a unique way for audiences to understand themselves, their own nation and the world through the interpretations of film’s content, discussion and mode from the view of culture. This essay aims to probe the identity issues brought by social systems and surrounding relationships reflected in the film of The Kite Runner and discussing the construction of subjective identities in the process of collision with social system and different cultures through Jacque Lacan’s mirror image concept.