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At the front of the room Anna Leonowens sat, calmly reading her Siamese primer. Behind her the chalkboard, laboriously filling it
with the same sentence: I WILL NOT FIGHT IN SCHOOL
I WILL NOT FIGHT IN SCHOOL I WILL NOT FIGHT IN SCHOOL
Beside the other chalkboard, Prince Chulalongkorn sat defiantly and glared at the English boy.
Hand, 1999:74
Most interesting, he thought, and looked at Anna curiously. But to Lady Thiang he only said, “Why?”
She hesitated, reluctant to speak the truth. Finally she said haltingly, “Prince insult memory of boy’s dead father”.
Hand, 1999:75
Based on some Anna’s characters explained above, the writer could assumes that Anna Leonowens has a round static characters, in which her
character may change not dynamic and have many side way of thinking Perrine, 1959:85
4.2 Setting
Setting is divided into three parts; they are place, time, and social. Place is where the story taken and happened, it describes the locations of the story. Time is
when the story and the actions occur. Meanwhile social is the surround of the story look from the culture and society and social also connects to the outer story
such as the readers’ knowledge and society.
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Hand’s Anna and The King take several places in Thailand. Here are the explanations of the setting started when the King Maha Mongkut wrote his letter
to Anna.
4.2.1 Place 4.2.1.1. Grand Royal Palace
The novel firstly takes place when a letter comes from King Mongkut in Grand Royal Palace, Bangkok. He straightly writes the letter himself to Anna
Leonowens confirming his purpose. We can see from the quotation below: English Era, 1862, 26
th
February Grand Royal Palace, Bangkok
To Mrs. A. H. Leonowens
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4.2.1.2. Bombay
In the story is told that Anna had lived in Bombay with her family. Now together with her son Louis, Beebe and Moonshee, they are on her journey to
Bangkok Thailand. It is supported by the quotation below: Bombay had been a daydream… And like a daydream her sojourn
there had been too short… Bangkok was no daydream. Indeed as she sat with her stateroom on the steamer Newcastle, she could
scarcely imagine sleeping here at all.
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4.2.1.3. Chao Phraya River
Hand’s Anna and The King secondly take place on the Newcastle deck crossing the Chao Phraya River. Anna and her family truly see a different view
along the river. They can see Thailand highway crowded with the clipper ships, schooners, Chinese junks and many flags flutters above the vessels. As stated
from the quotation below: She turned, gazing across the Newcastle’s deck to where the Chao
Phraya River flowed, a veritable highway crowded with clipper ships and schooners, canoes and Chinese junks. Dozens of flags
fluttered above the vessels, from as many nations; and over all of them, like a watchful giant, loomed the vast ramparts and spires of
Fort Paknam.
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King Maha Mongkut also announced that Chao Phraya river is the most fertile valley in all of Asia
.
We can see it from the quotation below: The Chao Phraya River is lifeline to the most fertile valley in all of
Asia, “King Mongkut announced. He gestured at the river loftily, as though he himself had created it.
Hand, 1999: 109
4.2.1.4. The Secret City
Another place is described when Anna and her family entering Bangkok Thailand, Anna is amazed by the beautiful of the palace. There are so many
