Conclusions CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
Besides, Hassan is also mature for his age. He is about one year younger than Amir but he seems like an older brother for Amir. Moreover, he is a skillful
boy. He is deadly with his slingshot. He never forgets to put his slingshot in his trousers wherever he goes. He uses his slingshot also as a weapon to defend Amir.
The second major character is Amir. He has spent his twelve years of childhood with Hassan, his servant. Almost everything that he does with Hassan
has built a friendship between the two of them. First it is characterized that Amir is rich. It is because Baba is a successful businessman. He runs a wildly successful
carpet exporting business, two pharmacies and a restaurant that makes him to be one of the richest men in Kabul.
Another characteristic of Amir is that he loves reading books. He prefers to read his book than playing football. He is also afraid of getting hurt, that is why
he is considered as a coward. Moreover he is not only a coward but also childish in facing his problems. He prefers to run away from a problem rather than face it
and solve it. The second problem formulation is about the meaning of friendship for
Hassan. It covers some of Hassan’s reasons for regarding Amir as his best friend and the meaning of friendship for Hassan. In regarding Amir as his best friend,
Hasaan has three specific motivations. They are Amir as his master, keeping his status and Amir as his only friend. His reasons in respecting Amir as his master
and keeping his status become his motivation to still regard Amir as his best friend even after receiving some betrayal. Those reasons belong to the second
level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which is safety needs. His last reason which
is because Amir is his only friend can be categorized in the third level of the hierarchy of needs which is love and belonging needs.
Considering all of those motivations in keeping his friendship with Amir, Hassan also shows some effort in maintaining his friendship. Generally, almost all
of his efforts in doing his best for Amir, Hassan reflects some main characteristics of friendship. Those main characteristics are honesty and trust, emotional respect
which covers love, receiving and understanding and service and loyalty. All of his speeches and manners which reflect some main characteristics of friendship is a
proof that he takes his friendship deeply in his heart and life. The last analysis is about the meaning of friendship for Hassan after all his
efforts in maintaining his friendship with Amir. At last it can be concluded that the meaning of friendship for Hassan is loyalty, understanding, caring and
sacrificing for his best friend. Loyalty can measure how far a friendship can last and it gives a friend a basic feeling not to leave his best friend. Moreover, it is
important in building trust and intimacy between best friends since loyalty is the basis of friendship. While understanding is the key to know and understand our
best friend better, know about his true character and know his way of thinking. It makes someone not to be selfish because they have to understand each other like
they also want to be understood. Another meaning of friendship for Hassan is caring. Through caring one will not feel alone because their best friend will
always stay close to them. In some reflects it shows how great the meaning of sincerity is and without care a close friend will be like any other common friend.
Furthermore it is also needed to build an atmosphere of ease between friends. In
addition, the meaning of friendship for Hassan is sacrificing. Sacrificing can be proof of a solid and sincere friendship. It comes from one’s true love of his best
friend because when one sacrifices his time or effort for his best friend he does not hope for anything in return. Sacrificing is another form of service to a best friend
and it is also a characteristic of a high quality friendship.