certain race and a high class they will be treated politely also they can treat the inferior whatever they want whether it is polite or rude.
The analysis of this study is about the class repression towards the black people from the black within black community which are described in the story.
Observing the blacks’ experience being repressed by their own race because they are acknowledged to different classes and gender. Elaborating their reactions of
being repressed because they belong to certain classes or as the inferior and they are blacks male or female.
B. Review of Related Theory
1. Theory on Character and Characterization
Character as one of the part in intrinsic elements takes an important role in a story. In A Glossary of Literary Terms, Abrams and Harpham state that:
Characters are the persons represented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as possessing particular moral,
intellectual, and emotional qualities by inferences from what the persons say and their distinctive ways of saying it-the dialogue-and from what they
do-the action. The grounds in the characters’ temperament, desires, and moral mature for their speech and actions are called their motivations. A
character may remain essentially “stable,” or unchanged in out look and disposition, from beginning to end of the work 2012: 46.
As mentioned above Abrams and Harpham emphasize that the characters are the figures presented in a story. Each of the characters has their own
characterization which differentiates one another. The characters are classified as person’s character ifthe figure’s character has no change from the very beginning
until the end. When the figures characters’ changing in the middle or at the end of the story so it is not classified as the characterization of the figure presented in a
story.
The characterization cannot be separated from character because it has the correlation to one another. Characterization in general means the way or how the
author creates a character of a story. The writer will give the definition of characterization according to Yelland, Jones, and Easton which is mentioned in
their book entitled A Handbook of literary Terms stated as follows: Characterization is the further aspects that may be considered are the
treatment of main and minor characters, and the degree to which they are allowed to change or develop. Many writers present their main characters
with fullness or detail, “in the round”, while the minor figures appear flat sometimes lifeless. However this conception of major and minor, of stars
and supporting cast, is also passing and there is a tendency to regard every human being who strays into the book as being worthy of close inspection
1953: 31.
From the quotation above characterization is the way the authors create the characters completely in literary work through their development.
Murphy mentions in his book entitled Understanding Unseen: An Introduction to English Poetry and the English Novel for Overseas Students the
ways an author attempts to make characters are easy to be understood by the reader.
a. Personal Description The author describes the characters by their appearance which can be seen
from the physical appearance such face, skin tone, dress, hair, and so on and so far.
b. Character as Seen by Another The way an author describes a character indirectly. The character is described
by another character in the story through their actions and opinions. The reader
can see the character’s behavior and personality through another character’s comments.
c. Speech The author’s way in describing the character by what the character says.
Whenever a person having a conversation with another. It can be monolog or dialog. By giving speech the author gives the reader clues about the character.
d. Past Life The author mentions events that happened in a person’s past life which has a
role in shaping a person’s character. The character’s past life can be mentioned directly by the author, through the conversations or a person’s thought and by
another person opinions. e. Conversation of Others
The way author gives the clue through the conversation of other people who talk about certain person. People do talk about other peolple and the things they
say often give as a clue to the character of the person spoken about. f.
Reactions The author can also give the reader a clue through a person’s characterby
letting the reader know how the person reacts to various situations and events. g. Direct Comment
The author can describe or comment on a person’s character directly.
h. Thoughts The author can give the reader direct knowledge of what a person is thinking
about. In this respect he is able to do what we cannot do in real life. He can tell what different people are thinking.
i. Mannerism.
The author can describe a person’s mannerism, habits or distinction which may also tell the reader something about the characterthat may become the
difference from another character 1972: 161-173. The theory of characterization can be appliedto reveal and to get the deep
understanding about the characters. It can be seen by some ways. First, the reader analyzes the personal description which is given directly by the author. Second,
the character analyzed by another characters’ point of view and opinions. Third, the dialog and speech defines what the character of the person is. Fourth, the
character can be seen by understanding the person’s past life which is given by the author. Fifth, the author gives the clue of a person’s character through
conversations of others. Sixth, the reactions of the person towards the situation or events may describe what his or her characters. Seventh, the character can be
analyzed through the direct comment of the author towards the person in the story. Eighth, the way the person thought can describe the person’s character. The last is
by analyzing the person’s behavior through the manner, activities, and the difference from another person in the story.
2. The Relation between Literature and Society
