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While a round character is complex in temperament and motivation and is represented with subtle particularity. We remember him in connection with the great scenes—that is to say, we do not remember him so easily, because he waxes and wanes and has many facets like a human being thus he is as difficult to describe with any adequacy as a person in real life, and, like most people, he is capable of surprising us 48. According to Roger B Henkle 1977: 88, characters can be described as major or secondary ones. Major characters are the most important and complex characters in a novel. They can be identified as such through the complexity of their characterization, the attention given to them by the author and by the other characters, and the personal intensity that they seem to transmit. It is the major characters who deserve our fullest attention because they perform a key structural function: upon them we build expectations and desires, which, in modification, shift or establish our values, while secondary characters are characters who perform more limited functions. They may be less sophisticated, so that their responses to the experience are less complex and interesting. Characterization, according to Hornby 1995: 187, is defined as the action or process of characterizing especially the description of human character in novels, plays, etc. I also used M. J. Murphy’s Understanding Unseen 1972: 161-173 to know about the characterization theory. In his book, Murphy explains clearly the way an author conveys to the reader, the characters and personalities of the people he writes about. In conveying the characters to the reader, the author himself can PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI intervene authoritatively in order to describe and often to evaluate, the motives and dispositional qualities of his characters. The author can merely present his characters talking and acting and he leaves the reader to infer what motives and disposition lies behind what they say or do. The author can also assign the role of an outside observer, giving his own explanation, comments and judgment about the character. Alternatively, one character may comment on the motives and behaviour of another in the form of conversations or as private thoughts that only the reader can overhear them. In brief, Murphy mentions nine ways of how the characters are presented by the author: 1. Personal description The author can describe a person’s appearance and clothes. 2. Character as seen by others Instead of describing a character directly, the author can describe him through the eyes and opinion of another. The reader gets, as it were, a reflected image. 3. Speech The author can give the reader an insight into the character of one of the persons in the book through what the person says. 4. Past life By letting the reader learn something about a person’s past life, the author can give the reader a clue to events that have helped to shape a person’s character. 5. Conversation with others The author can give the readers clues to a person’s character through the conversation of other people and the things they say about him or her. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI