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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

The conclusions and suggestions are presented in this chapter. The former part concerns the conclusions of the analysis in a previous chapter and it contains the answers to the questions in the problem formulation. The later part presents the implementation of teaching through this novel in Prose II class.

5.1 Conclusions

First problem formulation is about how Amir and Hassan shape up their relationship during their childhood. Based on what has been explained in chapter four, we could see that the relationship has three types. The first one is the relationship in which Amir is a master and Hassan is a servant. Hassan is such a humble boy who is aware of his social status as just a Hazara maid. He is hired by Baba along with his foster father, Ali. Hassan’s tasks are to make everything ready for Amir before Amir wants to use them. He is very faithful to Amir that he wants to do anything that Amir wants him to do including something which is actually not really him. It seems that Hassan likes to befriend Amir and is willing to do something good for Amir without Amir’s order. However, Amir is acting in a different way, sometimes. As a master of Hassan, complaining is one thing that Amir often does. It is found that he is rude to Hassan because he feels jealous of Hassan’s image in Baba’s opinion. This explanation shows us that first, Amir and Hassan’s relationship as a master and a servant could be interpreted as a relationship between the superior and the inferior. Amir tends to show that he has more power than Hassan because of his status as Hassan’s master, as well. Instead, Hassan keeps showing to Amir his respect. Second, the relationship between Amir and Hassan can be seen as a relationship between a Pashtun and a Hazara. Their relationship is somehow blocked both by their tribal status in the society and Amir’s appraisal as someone living in a higher status regarding the situation among the Pashtuns and the Hazaras. By seeing the social condition at the time the story of The Kite Runner takes place, Amir socially rules Hassan, who is socially underestimated as a Hazara. . Third, their relationship can be seen as the one between friends. They love to play together. Amir feels that Hassan accompanies him to do a thing which he likes, including reading story books and novels. This makes Amir happy. For the same reason, Hassan offers all of his hospitality and help because for him Amir is the only friend that he only plays with every day and makes a happy feeling. Further, Amir’s and Hassan’s relationship as friends is broken because Amir is very jealous of Baba’s over attention to Hassan. Besides, Amir’s view of his friendship with Hassan is only based on pleasure while Hassan’s is perfectly based on goodness. Therefore, it is very understandable that Amir is disloyal to Hassan. There are some factors influencing Amir’s disloyalty to Hassan. The family factors cover Hassan’s true position in Amir’s family and Baba’s treatment to both Amir and Hassan. Hassan is truly a son of Baba by his intercourse with Sanaubar. He has been cast away from the fact to save Baba’s prejudice and name in the society of Kabul. Moreover regarding how Baba treats both Amir and Hassan, it is revealed that there are needs of self satisfaction among Amir, Baba, and Hassan. The needs of those three characters are tied up together in one self satisfaction circle in which the three struggle for the best to gain it while in fact there is actually no way to reach the satisfaction until Baba is willing to take aside his worry about his social status when he tells everyone that Hassan is not fully a Hazara, but a half Pashtun through him. The second factors are social factors which partly consist of the Pashtuns’ and the Hazaras’ general traits in Afghanistan; Sunni and Shia in Afghanistan; and the socialization between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras in Afghanistan. It is found that the Pashtuns are individual, ruling, likely brutal, tough, and having an unending gut. Instead, the Hazaras are shown as a tribe which is decent, simple- hearted, and differ much from the Pashtuns. They are honest, courageous, good natured, and simple, as well. They are full of hospitality and passionate for hard working. This general information about both the Pashtuns’ and the Hazaras’ traits has shown that it is possible for Amir the Pashtun to be disloyal to Hassan the Hazara. Moreover, the relationship between Sunni and Shia is not good as well. Both sides are fanatic to their own belief and reject to accept any other little differences from the other side. Hence, it can be concluded that the split between Sunni and Shia has triggered Amir to be disloyal to Hassan because Amir is a Sunni, whereas Hassan is a Shia. Finally, the socialization between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras is not good as well. The Hazaras are harassed either on the street or at school. They are even driven away to a restricted area named Hazarajat. The socialization among the Pashtun and the Hazara is clearly in a crisis.

5.2 Suggestions