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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter will be divided into two parts. In the first part, the writer discusses about the personality development of the main character that is described
in the novel. It is used to show how the main character is characterized and how the personality
of the character is developed. The writer analyzes Tsukuru Tazaki’s character before he meets Sara and after he meets Sara. After knowing that the
personality of the main character develops, the writer continues analyzing the importance of Sara Kimoto in T
sukuru Tazaki’s personality development as revealed in the story.
A. The characteristics of Tsukuru Tazaki
Tsukuru Tazaki is the main character in Haruki Murakami ’s novel Tsukuru
Tazaki and His Years Years of Pilgrimage. In order to analyze Tsukuru’s
personality development, the theory of character by Abrams and theory of characterization proposed by Murphy are used to see the way the author
characterizes Tsukuru. In this part, the writer needs to analyze the characteristics of Tsukuru Tazaki.
In order to analyze Tsukuru’s characteristics and his personality development, the writer uses Hurlock’s theory about personality development.
1. Tsukuru’s Characteristics before He Meets Sara Kimoto
The main character in the story is a 36 years old man named Tsukuru Tazaki. He lives in Tokyo and works for a railroad company which build stations. In
highschool, Tsukuru has four best friends. But during his second year in college,
his four friends tell him not to see them anymore. Tsukuru does not know the reason why he is abandoned by his friends sixteen years ago. Until one day, he meets Sara.
Sara helps Tsukuru in finding out the reason of him being abandoned by his friends. a.
Reserved In the beginning of the story Tsukuru is characterized as a reserved man who
is unwilling to show feelings. The story begins with the description of his routines in college. It seems like he has no desire to make friends or do outside activities.
Tsukuru repeats the same activity everyday. He prefers to be alone. It can be seen from the description of his daily activity in college.
When the sun rose, so would Tsukuru─he’d brush his teeth, throw on whatever clothes were at hand, ride the train to college, and take notes in class.
He clung to this daily routine. He only spoke to people when necessary, and after school, he would return
to his solitary apartment. He didn’t read any newspaper, didn’t listen to music, and had no sexual desire to speak of
Murakami, 2014: 2.
The quotation above shows Tsukuru’s activity during his college life. He only speaks to people when necessary so most of the time he spends his time alone. He
wakes up in the morning, goes to school and back straightly to his apartment as soon as the class is over. He does not have the spirit to live a life by having a relation with
other people. Based on Murphy’s theory, the characteristic of a character can be seen
from the way the author describe a person’s mannerisms, habits or idiosyncrasies Murphy, 1972: 1730. From the statement above, the writer can see the characteristic
of the main character as a reserved man by using Murphy’s theory.
In Tokyo, he does not have any close friend. In addition, he does not want to make any single friend. It can be seen from his conversation with Sara when they
mee t for the first time. “You never made even one friend in Tokyo?” Sara narrowed
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