 Hasan , born to a religious <unk> family in Panyeredan , is a student who lives with his family and adopted sister , Fatimah . After finishing his schooling , Hasan attempts to propose marriage to his classmate , Rukmini . However , Rukmini , who is from a higher social class than him , is set to marry a rich man from Batavia ( modern day Jakarta ) . Instead , his parents ask him to marry Fatimah . Hasan refuses , then devotes himself to studying Islam with his father . In the early 1940s he moves to Bandung to work as a civil servant . 
