40 the way she combed her hair, her yellowing theet”. Hosseini, 297—it is shown
that he is frustrated by the jobless condition.
3. Reasons Viewed from Social Learning Theory
The social learning theory advises us to view aggression from the surrounding of the aggressor—the role, the social role, the job, education and
other environment that can influence someone’s choice of delivering aggression acts. Berkowitz choose a family influences to stick more on the explanation of the
power role modeling from familial relation. However, we will exceed to the society since the story only provide the depiction of Rasheed from the age of near
40 “Forty-five at the most” said Afsoon on page 47. Here now we are tracing Rasheed’s social surrounding with its impartiality which is apt to man.
a. The Male Domination over Woman
The male domination is shown in the marriage system on which man can marry more than one woman. It is told in the novel that Jalil has three wives
which stay together and still more he is the illegitimate father of Mariam. When it counts still a hypothesis then the statement of Rasheed over his insisting proposal
to marry Laila can boost it to get the conclusion: “Don’t be so dramatic. It’s common thing and you know it. I have friends
who have two, three, four wives. Your father had three. Besides, what I’m doing now most men I know have done it along ago. You know it’s true.”
Hosseini, 209
41 That domination upon woman can generate to a more inhibition toward
woman. There is a possibility for the domination to generate to more improper acts and even an aggression—behavior that inflicts injury. Rasheed in this story is
familiar with the understanding that Man is more respected than woman that woman shall bow before man’s will. Therefore, it seems not too difficult to
disrespect woman with aggression.
b. The influence of Taliban’s Ruling
In the novel we can learn that Rasheed is a fan of Taliban as many of other people, especially men. He listens to the Voice of Sharia—a radio owned by
Taliban—and he is quite cooperative with their command. The page 271 stories that Laila is grunting over the Shari’a manifesto sounded by Taliban on the radio
and also delivered in written fliers. She says “This isn’t village. This is Kabul. Women here used to practice law and medicine; they held office in the
government” Hosseini, 271-272 but Rasheed reproaches her argument by saying that that is the real Afghanistan. And other Rasheed’s adherence to Taliban is
shown by this following citation: Rasheed wasn’t bothered much by the Taliban. All he had to do was grow
a beard, which he did and visit the mosque, which he also did. Rasheed regarded the Taliban as a forgiving, affectionate kind of bemusement, as
one might regard an erratic cousin prone to unpredictable acts hilarity and scandal. Every Wednesday night, Rasheed listened to the Voice of Shar’ia
when the Taliban would announce the names of those scheduled for punishment. Then, on Fridays, he went to Ghazi Stadium, bought apepsi,
and watched the spectacles. In bed, he made LAila listen as he described with a queer sort of exhilaration the hands he had seen severed, the
lashings, the hangings, the beheadings. Hosseini, 274-275
42 Therefore in Rasheed’s tendency to Taliban it is not surprising when
Rasheed can commit a lethal-physical attack to his wives just like he love to watch the same thing performed by the Taliban. The conclusion is that the
Taliban’s punishment becomes the role model for Rasheed to commit aggression.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This last chapter will, first, provide the conclusion of the analysis previously explicated in chapter four. Secondly, this chapter would also like to
offer future researchers who are interested in dealing with A Thousand Splendid Suns some suggestion of focus of the possible studies. Suggestion also
materialized for English teaching learning activity in the form of reading material that a teacher may resource.
A. Conclusions
The analysis in chapter four clarifies the detail answer of the problems formulated in chapter two—how are Rasheed’s aggressive behaviors over his
wives described in the novel? and what are the reasons of Rasheed’s aggression over his wives? For the former the answer is that Rasheed aggresses against his
wives both psychologically and physically which can be seen by his behaviors. The psychological aggressions noted are keeping silent toward Mariam,
Responding to Mariam’s questions by harsh tone and sarcastic replies, faulting Mariam’s cooking, hurting Mariam when he reveals his intention to marry Laila,
undervaluing Mariam with unfavorable comparison to Laila, unjustly faulting Mariam when Laila gets problem, and turning away his attention from the three
