If I’m correct, Hassan is from the book “Kite Runner”. I think When Hassan is meeting his mom he has lots of mixed emotion not knowing which one to show first.
In literature, an archetype refers to a typical character, an action, or a situation that represent universal patterns of human nature. An archetype is also refered to as “universal symbol” and refers to a character, a theme, a symbol, or even a setting.
Examples of archetypes in literature include:
the hero, the mother figure, the innocent youth, the mentor, the Doppelganger, the scapegoat, the villain, and the like.
The significance is because the title of it refers to the time elapsed between the moments at which the protagonist, Louise Mallard, hears that her husband is dead, then discovers that he is alive after all