From those five approaches, the psychological approach is chosen to reveal the meaning of friendship for a person despite some betrayal that he has received. In
Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner, a friendship is presented by Amir and Hassan. They have different characters and personality that lead them into a peer relationship. This
solid relationship drives Hassan to maintain his friendship with Amir. Therefore, some theories on friendship and character and characterization are needed.
The psychological approach employs theories of human psychology. People are developing from birth to death. People experience many things at certain ages and
stages. As the framework of this study, the meaning of friendship is emphasized on seeing the reasons why the main character of The Kite Runner, Hassan, still maintains
his friendship with Amir after twenty-six years and received some betrayals.
2.1.2 Character
In order to understand how a character in literary work is described, we need to understand the theory of character. Through this theory we will understand the
character which is created in a work of literature. Characters are crucial in the novel. They play an important role to determine
the unity and sense of art of the story. Abrams defines characters as the persons presented in a dramatic or narrative work who are interpreted by the readers as being
endowed with moral and disposition qualities that are expressed in what they say the dialog and by what they do the action. He adds that the characters have some
characteristics like real human beings. They have temperament, moral and social values that eventually become the motivation of their speech and actions. Characters
may remain stable or undergo some changes during the story. They experience many
things that could influence their thoughts, ideas, judgments about life and society Abrams 20.
E.M Foster in Aspects of The Novel 46-51 says that character can also be categorized as flat or round. Flat character is introduced from the beginning until the
end of the story in the constant condition and unchanged environment. The author can express the flat character just by one sentence and describes him completely. The
advantage of this character is that the readers are able to recognize the character easily whenever he comes out. Since this character does not experience changes, it makes
him easily to remember. While round character is more complex in temperament and motivation. Thus, an author will describe the character like real people who can give
unpredictable actions. Characters can mainly be categorized as major and minor characters. Henkle
