8. Thoughts
Here, the author knows the mind of the character. He can tell direct knowledge to readers about what she or he is thinking about. Since the author can do the
thing readers cannot do in real life, he can describe what different characters are thinking about. Moreover, he has a sort of listening device to the characters so
that he knows everything about them.
9. Mannerism
A person’s mannerism, habits or idiosyncrasies that probably contain something about the character can be described by the author. Character in the play will
always show certain behavior that is easy to be identified. For example, a character in the play likes to stand and laugh alone. This is one of many ways
the author shows the character’s trait.
In literature, the term of flat and round character are often heard. According to Pickering and Hoeper 1986: 28-29, flat character is the one who has limited
qualities of traits and ideas. This type of character is simple and static. On the contrary, round character is the one who has a lot of qualities of traits and ideas. This
type of character has the ability to develop himself. Similarly, Perrine 1974: 71 states about the static and dynamic character. Static character refers to the one who
does not make any change. This type of character possesses similar traits from the beginning of the story until the end of it. The fact that the static character does not
change is in the contrary to the dynamic character that does change. It especially PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
refers to the characteristics. In detail, character has different traits from the beginning of the story until the end of it. For example, Lawrence used to be a shy girl. At the
end of the story, she becomes a talkative pretty girl. From the elucidation of how to observe the character from Murphy 1972:
161-173 above, the process of how to create a character is shown in several ways. The way to do so is called characterization Rohrberger and Woods, 1981: 20. It also
refers to the techniques used by the author to give an idea about the character—for example, what he likes and dislikes Murphy, 1972: 52. Here, characterization is the
mean used by the author to let readers know the character in the literature work. Furthermore, it is also used to describe the character so that he will be understood by
readers.
2.3 Human’s Maturity and Family
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