The Influence of Mullah in Atiq Rahimi's the Patience Sone

This study pictures the society in Afghanistan under the regime of Taliban which is poured by the author in his literary work. The picture is the influence of the Mullah to the main character representing the whole society in the novel, the Patience Stone. Using sociology as the method by which the researcher connects the literary work with the society where the author lives that the Mullah in real life gives much influence to the society through the understanding of the Koran, the researcher finds that the Mullah creates patriarchal society in general and betrayal in specific society. Keywords: sociology of literature, patriarchal society, betraya