March 1981 June 2001 Setting of Time

...my entire life, ... had been a cycle of lies, betrayals, and secrets. ... There is a way to be good again, ... with a little boy. An orphan. Hassan’s son. Somewhere in Kabul Hosseini, 2003:198 I looked at the round face in the Polaroid again,... My brother face. ... I found Rahim Khan,...then I told him I was going to Kabul... Hosseini, 2003:199

4.3.1.5 August 2001

August 2001 is the time when Amir arrived in San Francisco after spending a big and rude situation in Kabul and Pakistan. In 2001 also, Amir began to get back Sohrab trust again after he broke his promise that made Sohrab committed suicide and lost his trust toward Amir. The explanation above is based on the data number 51 and 53 below: We arrived home about seven month ago, on a warm day in August 2001. Hosseini, 2003:312 “Do you want me to run that kite for you?” ... I thought I saw him nod. “For you, a thousand times over,” Hosseini, 2003:323

4.3.2 Setting of Social

The difference social class between Amir and Hassan, the history of Pashtuns and Hazaras that makes a great social barrier between them exist extremely in Kabul, A kite-fighting tournament that already became Kabul’s custom, the issues of Hazaras dignity are the setting of social that appears clearly in The Kite Runner. Those setting of social give Amir big influence in his characteristic as the main character and conflict he experienced about.

4.3.2.1 Amir and Hassan social class

Amir and Hassan is described as a friend come from different social class in their society. Amir is Pashtun and Hassan is Hazara. The difference of Amir and Hassan’s social class is described from the place their live in. Amir lives in a mansion with rosebushes but Hassan in a mud shack. The differences between mansion with rosebushes and mud shack can be seen as the difference of the social class and the dignity of Amir and Hassan as Pashtun and Hazara in their society. The mansion with rosebushes commonly means a luxury. A person who lives in luxuriantly condition must belong to a high class social in his society. Unfortunately, mud shack, a place Hassan lives in, commonly means a dirt and poverty. A person who lives in poverty belongs to the low class in his society. Dealing with the dignity which is described by the different place Amir and Hassan live in, Amir’s luxuriance is symbol of Pashtun’s high dignity and Hassan’s poverty is symbol of Hazara’s low dignity. Therefore, in Kabul, Pashtuns believe that their people are more dignified than Hazaras. The explanation above is based on the data number 3 below: .. Hassan and I parted ways. I went past the rosebushes to Baba’s mansion, Hassan to mud shack... . Hosseini, 2003:5