3. To describe the setting and plot revealed in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite
Runner. 4.
To describe Amir’s anxiety and motive in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.
1.5 The Significance of the Study
1. For the writer
The study is beneficial for the writer in applying the theory to the psychological issues in the best seller novel on New York Times 2003,
The Kite Runner written by an Afghan writer, Khaled Hosseini. 2.
For the reader To give further knowledge about the structural elements in literature such
as characters, conflicts, setting and plot to improve the reader’s knowledge
on the way how to recognize person’s anxiety and motive.
3. For the university
It can be one of contribution as an additional reference for the library of Dian Nuswantoro University, especially for Literature Section.
1.6 Methods of the Study
The methods that the writer will use to analyze Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner are :
1.6.1 Research Design
In this thesis, the writer uses a novel by Khaled Hosseini entitled The Kite Runner as the object of analysis. On analyzing the data, the writer used
qualitative descriptive research. Azwar in Harsono 1999:115 states that the important role in
qualitative descriptive research is descriptive analysis. It is because the result of the research can be guaranteed by the group of data that have been
examined and does not have any attention for hypothesis testing In this thesis, the data are taken from The Kite Runner. The writer
uses the sentences representing Amir character, conflict, setting and plot to analyze his anxiety and motive in The Kite Runner.
1.6.2 Unit of Analysis
In order to answer the research questions, the units of analysis are determined namely character, conflict, setting and plot as structural element
and anxiety and motive also as psychological aspects.
1.6.3 Source of Data
There are two kinds of sources in collecting the data. They are the primary and secondary data. The primary data means the data which are taken
from literary work studied. In this case, the primary data source is The Kite Runner novel as the object of the research. The intrinsic element was taken
from this novel. The secondary data were taken from books and journal articles supporting the analysis of Amir’s anxiety and motive.
