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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
Chapter three is divided into three sections. First is object of the study. The second section focuses on the chosen approaches which are used in this analysis.
The third section concerns the steps taken in completing the study.
3.1 Object of the study
The object of the study is a novel by Khaled Hosseini entitled The Kite Runner. It was originally written in English and first published in Great Britain
2003. The novel has been translated into many languages like Indonesian. This study used the original English version which was published in 2004. The novel
has 324 pages in 25 chapters. The story of The Kite Runner tells the reader about fraternity of Amir and
Hassan, two young Afghan children who have been grown up together. They are friends. However, there are some threatening fundamental things shadowing their
strong relationship. The problem pops up when Amir knows that his father, Baba, never really cares much about what he has done. He thinks that Baba hates him
because he causes his mother died when giving birth to him. Instead of admiring his own son, Baba prefers to take a heed on Hassan, a low Hazara servant but one
full of loyalty, guts, struggle and strength. Amir feels threatened by Hassans existence. His inconvenience begins to be worse when in one evening Amir
himself merely witnesses Hassan sodomized by Assef, the leader of a notorious
children group in Kabul. Amir finds himself a complete figure of cowardice not able to stand for his best friend. He fully realizes that Hassan plunges into that
situation for his best Pashtun friend alone. The kite which Amir has been longing for a long time is a key to his Babas heart. Hassan has helped Amir a lot.
However, not long after that, when his fear of losing Baba grows rapidly, he accuses Hassan for stealing his new high-priced watch by planting it in Hassans
room under his pillow. Hassan leaves the household because of the wrong allegation. Amir realizes later on that he has done a cruelty to Hassan. He finds
himself not able to live peacefully until he becomes a mature one despite his strong effort to forget what he has done.
3.2 Approaches
In this study I will apply the psychological approach and the socio historical approach in the analysis to discuss the issues stated in the problem
formulated. Rohrberger and Woods Jr. 12 in Reading and Writing about Literature state that the psychological approach tries to locate and demonstrate
certain recurrent patterns from the knowledge of psychology. As the main topic in this study is disloyalty that deals with emotion, motivation, personality and
behavior are related to psychological aspects of human beings, the use of psychological approach is suitable in discussing the problem formulation.
Concerning to the socio historical approach, Rohrberger and Woods Jr. 9- 10 also state that a critic whose major characteristic is the socio – historical
approach insists that it is the only way to locate the work. It is an approach that
has something to do with analyzing civilization, and it means that it concerns to the society including the condition of the society and historical background of the
story. It encompasses the attitudes and actions of specific people that a work of literature takes as a subject matter. Therefore, it can help this thesis in finding the
causes of disloyalty by the society and historical background themselves. The combination of the two approaches above are considered appropriate
as this thesis attempts to find the relationship between the novel, the main figure’s character, and the society history reflects in the story.
3.3 Methodology