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Many of the stories in the section, indeed in the entire collection, are ‘opened up’ through the author’s use of character. If you fail to understand that, you miss the
important of the story. Character is one of the insteristing for the very personal reason that we want to see how other people live, how they make decisions and react to
responsibility, how they make decisions and react to responsibility, how they pursue their goals. We measure ourselves by them. Think of cahracters in stories and novels as real
people, and then let your imagination go. Leo Hamalian and Frederick Karl, 1967:238
2.3.1 Main Character and Periphal Character
Reading a novel, the readers usually will face several characters that are appeared in the story, but each character has different role. Based on the role and level of
impotance, there are essential character being appeared continuously, so that it is felt dominating most of the story, it is called main character central character. On the other
hand, there are character who appear once or some times in the story, and maybe relativly in short portion, it is called peripheral characters. Main character is a character that
emphasized in a novel.
2.3.2 Protagonist and Antagonist
Based on character’s appereance, the character can be differentiated into protagonist and antagonist.
Protagonist is character who is admired by readers, popularly he is called as hero because he always does ideal role and followa the rules and values in society. On the
other hand, Antagonist is opposite character of pratogonist, directly or indirectly, either
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physically or psychollogicallyAlternben and Lewis,1983:71,75 This character usually causes conflict for protagonist, although the other things, such as disasters, accident,
environment and society, social rules, moral values, authority can cause confilct.
2.3.3 Static Character and Developmental Character
Static character is character that essentially does not experience changes or development of characterization because of events that had happened Altenbern and
Lewis. This character less involves and is not being influenced by environmental changes or that happened because of human relationship. Static character like coral in the
sea, that is always strong although hit by wave everyday. Meanwhile, development character that experience changes and development
and changes of events and plot that are being told. Character’s attitude develops, so that he will experience the development and changes from the beginning, middle until the end
of story.
2.3.4. Typical Character and Neutral Character
