CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDING
A. Data Description
In chapter III, having read the novel, the writer finds some statements as the corpus of the research. They are classified into two groups: characters and cultural
identities. They are presented in the following tables. 1.
The List of Characters in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. No
Characters Corpus
Remark 1.
Amir “He asked me to fetch Hassan too,
but I lied and told him Hassan had the runs. I wanted Baba all to
myself.” “
I envied her. Her secret was out...” “
He asked me to fetch Hassan too, but I lied and told him Hassan had
the runs. I wanted Baba all to myself.”
“…
we all had our reason for not adopting. Soraya had hers, the
general his, and I had this…” “…
how I’d betrayed Hassan...” “…
Courage was just one of them.” Liar
Stable Envious
Stable Obedient
Stable Betrayer
Stable Coward
Unstable
No Characters
Corpus Remark
2 Hassan “…Hassan steps in and fends them
off…” “…
Hassan protested.
But my
neighbor said the Talibs…” “
..Hassan didn’t struggle. Didn’t whimper…”
“ Hassan’s reply was a single word,
delivered in a thin, raspy voice:’ yes’…”
“
Then I understood: This was Hassan’s final sacrifices for me.”
“… Baba would have believed him
because we all knew Hassan never lied.”
Brave Stable
Defenseless Stable
Loyal Stable
Honest Stable
2. The List of Cultural Identities in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.
No Corpus
Cultural Identities 1.
“… a word for which a good Farsi equivalent
does not exist…” “
But his favorite story, and mine, was ‘Rostam and Sohrab’, the tale of the great warrior …”
“ Buzkashi was, and still is, Afghanistan’s
national passion.” “
EVERY WINTER, districts in Kabul held a kite-fighting tournament, and if you were a by
living in Kabul…” “
Tomorrow is the Tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah, the last month of the Muslim calendar,…”
Language Literature
Traditional Games: Buzkashi
The kite tournament Traditions:
Dhul-Hijjah
“ On Eid, the three days of celebration after the
holy month of Ramadhan…” “…
yelda is the first night of the month of Jadi, the first night of winter…”
“… we snapped a tree branch and used it as a
credit card. Hassan and I would take the wooden stick to the bread maker.”
“
The people dress in dark suit, the woman clad in black dresses and their head covered with
traditional white hijabs.” “…
-for lafz, the ceremony of giving word…” “
ACCORDING TO TRADITION, Soraya’s family would have trown party, the Shirini-
khori-or “Eating of the Sweets ceremony.” “…
for the nika-the swearing ceremony” “
We did Ayena Masshaf, where they gave us a mirror…”
“ Blood is a powerful thing, bachem, and when
you adopt, you don’t know whose blood you’re bringing into your house”
“
It still may not permit this adoption. In fact, even the more moderate Muslim nations are
hesistant with adoption because in many of those countries, Islamic law, Shari’a, doesn’t
recognize adoption.” Eid-Mubarak
Yelda Wooden stick as credit
card. Funeral clothes
Wedding Ceremony: lafz
Shirini-khori nika
Ayena Masshaf Adoption
B. Character Analysis
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