Object of the Study

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

In this chapter, there are some parts included. The first part is the object of the study that is revealed for the analysis. The second part is the approach of the study to answer the research problem. The third part is the method of the study which shows the process or steps in doing this study including the sources that are used to gain the information.

A. Object of the Study

Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns is the novel that is analyzed. This novel was published by Riverhead Books in May 22 nd , 2007. It consists of 384 pages, 4 parts and 51 chapters. This novel tells the story of Mariam and Laila as the two main characters. The first part of this novel tells about Mariam, the second part tells about Laila, the third part tells about both Mariam and Laila, and the last part is the anticlimax. The story begins in 1974 when Mariam was 15 years old. Mariam lived with her mother, Nana. They lived in a rural area, the isolated place of Herat. Mariam’s father is Jalil. He is a rich man in Herat. Mariam was often called “harami” by her mother, because Mariam was born from an affair of Jalil and Nana. Nana was a servant of Jalil. Jalil had three wives and 9 children, but Mariam didn’t know about that. The only thing she knew, Jalil was a very good and lovely father for her. Jalil always came every Thursday to visit her and Nana. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Jalil often gave her gifts that made her so happy. One day Nana died. Afterwards, Mariam moved and lived with Jalil’s family in Herat. Then she was married by a successful shoe-maker from Kabul named Rasheed. Rasheed was a very good husband but when she failed to give him a child, Rasheed became very abusive to her. One day, there was a rocket burning and killing Mariam’s neighbor and Laila, a nine years old girl the daughter of Mariam neighbor, was in very bad injured. Mariam kept Laila until she recovered. There was shocking news that Rasheed wanted to marry Laila. Mariam suffered too much after the marrying of Rasheed and Laila. She hated Laila very much. Finally, Mariam and Laila became good friends and they wanted to have their freedom. A big quarrel happened to Rasheed, Laila and Mariam. It caused the death of Rasheed. Then Laila, Mariam and the children ran away to Pakistan to escape from the Taliban, but unfortunately Mariam was caught by the Taliban and she was killed. Laila, her two children and Tariq went to Pakistan and lived there. When the condition in Kabul safe from the war, they came back to Kabul and started their new life.

B. Approach of the Study