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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methodology of this study. There are three parts presented in this chapter. The first part is object of the study which discusses the novel. The second part is approach of the study that discusses the approach I applied in this study. The last part is method of the study which tells about the procedures of gathering and arranging the data used in writing this study.

A. Object of the Study

The object of the study is a novel written by Khaled Hosseini. A Thousand Splendid Suns was first published in 2007. The novel has 402 pages and 51 chapters. There are some extra pages for afterword, acknowledgments, postscript by Khaled Hosseini, reading guide, and a note on the author. The novel tells a story of two Afghan women who lives during 1974-2001. There are two main female characters in the novel, Mariam and Laila. The story begins with the story of Mariam’s life. Mariam is a harami or illegitimate child whose father has three wives. Her father insists her to be Rasheed’s wife. Mariam always feels unhappy and afraid of her husband since she cannot give her husband a child and Rasheed always has bad temper and always abuse her physically and mentally. Mariam has a neighbor whose house gets hit by a rocket. Her name is Laila. Fortunately, she is alive. Then, Mariam and Rasheed have taken care of Laila. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Rasheed is married to Laila. Laila and Mariam get closer to each other because Rasheed always abuse them. In 2001, Tariq back to Kabul and meet Laila. Tariq is Laila’s childhood friend and they love each other. Tariq asks Laila to marry to him. Rasheed knows about Tariq and he is angry, then Laila, Rasheed, and mariam have a fight. After that, Rasheed died and Mariam tells Laila to leave with Tariq. Meanwhile, Mariam is put into a womens prison guarded by the Taliban. Finally, Mariam gets executed and Laila lives happily with Tariq and their children.

B. Approach of the Study

In this study, I used Sociocultural-Historical approach to analyze the work. This approach helps me find the effects of regimes for Afghan women life as revealed in A Thousand Splendid Suns. This novel revealed the story about regimes which empowered in Afghanistan. The regimes give an impact on the changes of human life and human culture especially women. This study focuses on the history of women’s life during three regimes in Afghanistan, while the approach focuses on the civilization and its effect to the society. Therefore, the Sociocultural-historical approach is used to find data from some books of Afghanistan history to support the evidence from the novel.

C. Method of the Study