The Relation between Literature and Moral

the novel entitled The Man in The Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson as an author. This novel was published by Simon and Schuster in 1955. The secondary data are some critics from theses and some books of theories. Some of important sources which the writer used in this thesis are A Glossary of Literary Terms that is written by Abrams, Understanding Unseens by Murphy, How to analyze Fiction by Kenney, On Moral Fiction by Gardner, A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature 4 th edition by Guerin. There were some steps done to do this analysis. The first step was reading the novel many times to get better understanding. the writer tried to concentrate on the problems that faced by Tom Rath. By reading the novel carefully, the writer will find the problems that Tom Rath deal with. The writer decided to apply moral-pholosophical approach, which considered appropriate to be applied in this study. The first part of the analysis discussed about the problems of Tom Rath. The second part, the writer analyzed about the way he solves the problems. And the third part, the writer analyzed about some moral values that revealed from Tom Rath’s in solving the problem. Finally, the writer drew the conclusion of the analysis. 23

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS

In this chapter, the analysis is divided into three parts. The first part is analysis about the problems faced by Tom Rath, the second part is analysis about the way Tom Rath solves the problems, and the third part is analysis on the moral value revealed through Tom Rath faced the problems.

A. The Problems Faced by Tom Rath

Tom Rath is the major character of the novel and in this section the writer wants to discuss about the problems that he faced. Before discuss it, the writer wants to tell about Tom Rath’s background. First, Tom Rath is 33 years old and army paratroop ofiicer during world war II. He has wife and three children. The setting of the novel is in Westport, Connecticut around 1953. So this novel is made after world war II. He is a veteran world war II who holds some secrets from his experience. The war kept him from getting on with his life, but it also gave him some help in living in civilian life. Actually it is not easy for him to have a life after world war. He has deal with so many memories that haunted him after world war. Sometimes the memories have bad effects on his life. Besides that he has to find a good job to earn living with his family. It is a big efforts to have a good payment at that time, because after world war the economy condition in America is very bad.