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CHAPTER III METHODOEOGY
A. Object of the Study
The object of this study is a fiction novel, And the Mountains Echoed, written by Afghan-American novelist named Khaled Hosseini whose 38 million copies of his
book sold in more than seventy countries. His previous phenomenal novels are The Kite Runner and A Thousands Splendid Suns. Those novels became best seller and
were adapted in to a film. Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed was published in 2013 by
Bloomsbury. It consists of 466 pages and 9 chapters. This novel has received many compliments from many readers, such as New York Times, Daily Telegraph, The
Times and The Oprah Magazine because of its interesting plot. And the Mountains Echoed tells story about Abdullah and his sister, named Pari,
who live in Shadbagh, Afghanistan. The setting takes place in Afghanistan, Paris and California. The year of this story starts in 1952 till 2010. The story begins in the little
village in Shadbagh, Afghanistan. Abdullah and Pari live with their father and their step mother. Their life in Shadbagh is not good, they have financial problem because
of their father is incapable to get enough money. That is the reason why he finally decides to sell his little daughter, Pari, to the rich married couple, Mr.Wahdati and his
beautiful wife, Mrs. Nila Wahdati.
As a brother and sister Abdullah and Pari have close relationship, they need each other, they share to each other, and they love each other. Abdullah wants to do
everything to make his little sister happy. He is the boy who looks after her sister since he is ten. Abdullah is the one who loves Pari more than anyone. He takes an
important rule of mother in taking care of her daughter. He gives Pari a comfortable feeling when she is near him. Abdullah and Pari’s togetherness comes to an end when
they are separated by their father’s decision. Their father decides to bring Pari to Kabul and sells Pari to Wahdati’s. Their Father’s decision hurts both Abdullah and
Pari. It also affects Abdullah. He loses her sister that he loves so much. Pari has a better life with Mr. and Mrs. Wahdati in Kabul. They treat Pari as the
child that they have been waiting for years. Pari’s memory about her family in Shadbagh starts to disappear and she never remembers who Abdullah is and where
Shadbagh is. Mr. and Mrs.Wahdati’s affection replaces the role of Abdullah in Pari’s life well. The harmony of this family faces its end when Mrs. Nila Wahdati knows
that Mr. Wahdati has affection to their driver guy, Nabi. Sort after that, Mr. Wahdati has trouble with his health. He got stroke.
When Mr.Wahdati gets trouble with his health, Pari is asked to move to Paris with her step mother, Mrs.Wahdati. In Paris, Pari grows well and she has good
education that brings her to be the best youngest professor when she is at thirty six years old. Pari’s need seems fulfilled and everything is going well, but Pari’s inner
does not feel so. She keeps many questions questioning her real past life about her father, her grandfather, her brother and her uncle. She keeps asking about her past to
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