M.2.1a Mavis woke felt-mouthed, ugly … appreciation -val M.2.1b … watermelon red, looked edible. appreciation +comp
M.2.2 The screaming blue horizon that surrounded her was
minus invitation or reproach … appreciation +comp and
-val The appraised in the example can be herself M.2.1b, a thing M.2.1b, and her
surrounding M.2.2 while the appraiser is only Mavis. Similar with the negative judgment that she gave to herself, Mavis also labels herself with negative
valuation. As for the appreciation +comp in which watermelon as the appraised, it helps to create the effect of Mavis’s distress because she is extremely hungry,
and as the result of her physical condition, she feels also that the blue horizon is not exiting or not so striking and conspicuous MWCD11.
Last, prediction unpredictable as part of the comment adjuncts appears in this excerpt creates the effect of sudden realization.
M.2.11 Suddenly she sat up, wide awake, and decided not to starve. unpredictable
Suddenly as explained in OALD8 is quickly and unexpectedly. Hence, M.2.11
above illustrates that in very short time, Mavis realizes something that is more important than her condition at that time. It also seems that the realization
unexpectedly strikes her mind. Thus, the readers will be carried to something that Mavis never expects, simple thing such as the lost of her raincoat because of a
hitchhiker, simple thing that, again, supports her incapability.
4.1.2.3 The Appraisal System in Excerpt 3
The appraisals in excerpt 3 are more varied than in excerpt 2. Those which can be found in this excerpt are judgment cap, judgment prop, affect des,
affect hap, affect sec, appreciation reac, appreciation comp, and
appreciation val. However, the most significant appraisal that contributes to the mental development of the character at the end of the story is the affect
+hap.This excerpt is when Mavis cleans up the sink after her fighting with Gigi, one of the girls lives in Convent also. While cleaning up the sink, she thinks about
many things that have happened to her. As what has been stated, the significant difference of the appraisals between
this excerpt and the two previous excerpts is the occurrence of the effect +hap or desirable luck.
M.3.1 …, an elated Mavis cleaned up the sink affect +hap
M.3.5 In fact she had enjoyed it affect +hap
M.3.9a-b When she and Frank married she did like it. affect +hap
M.3.11a These years at the Convent were free of all that. affect +hap
M.3.17 …she welcomed it. affect +hap All of the appraisers in the examples above are Mavis either explicitly or
implicitly. The affect +hap appears in Elated M.3.1 illustrating that Mavis is very happy OALD8, even after she had a fight with Gigi. She enjoyed the fight.
The pronoun it, the appraised, in M.3.6 refers to the fight. The affect +hap in like
M.3.9a-b expresses Mavis’s feeling at the beginning of her marriage. It in M.3.9a-b is the appraised that refers to her sex life. On the other side, the
appraised of free in M.3.11a, that, refers to torture in her sex life. After living at Convent, she feels free of the pain. As for M.3.17, the appraised in this
appraisal is it referring to the incubus or nightmare that she often has after her escape. Welcome here signals that finally, she can be pleased to receive OALD
anything that has happened to her. In other words, it indicates her reception.
Although two occurrences of the affect -hap can also be found, they are not significant to this excerpt and can be rebutted.
M.3.8a-b But she was stung by Gigi’s reference to her sexlessness which was funny in a way. affect -hap
M.3.10 Then it became required torture. affect -hap The affect -hap in M.3.8a-b is the reason why she has a fight with Gigi, yet at
the end, she enjoys it and thinks that it is funny. Another affect -hap is when she remembers about her sex life with Frank, her husband, before she leaves her home
in M.3.10. She uses the word torture meaning suffering either mentally or physically OALD8, but after living at Convent, she feels free of that M.3.11a.
The next appraisal that frequently appears is the judgment although the judgment -cap or unwise more than the judgment +cap or wise. However, the
former is used to describe about Mavis before she came to the Convent. M.3.7b The one who couldn’t defend herself from an eleven-year-
old-girl, … judgment -cap M.3.7e …, who relied on delis and drive-throughs, … judgment
-cap M.3.7f …, now created crepe-like delicacies … judgment
+cap M.3.16 But Mavis couldn’t or wouldn’t. judgment -cap
M.3.19d …, then ask her what to do about the night visits. judgment -cap
All of the appraisers except M.3.19d in the judgment in this excerpt is Mavis,
and the appraised is Mavis. Thus, Mavis makes judgment about herself except for M.3.19d where the readers can make their judgment on Mavis. Example
M.3.7b and M.3.7e show Mavis before she comes to the Convent. She remembers about herself, her incapacity before. However, example M.3.7f is
after she lives at Convent for several years. She becomes confident to do daily
activity such as cooking. However, related with the incubus or nightmare, she still cannot decide whether she is strong enough to fight the incubus or just as part of
her reception M.3.16. For that reason, she needs advice from Connie M.3.19d. Hence, it can be inferred that Mavis starts to give positive judgment toward
herself relating with daily activities, but she still shows little weakness related with the incubus or nightmare, as part of her trauma.
The less appraisal appearing in this excerpt is the appreciation although the number of the appreciation -val or undesirable valuation is more than the
appreciation +val or desirable valuation. Nevertheless, the number cannot be used to measure about Mavis’ mental condition. The context plays an important
role in this case similar with the analysis of the judgment above. M.3.4
That wasn’t important. appreciation -val M.3.7a … that the old Mavis was dead. appreciation -val
M.3.7f …, now created crepe-like delicacies … appreciation +val
All of the appraisers in this excerpt are Mavis, but the appraised is varied. As for
M.3.4 the appraised is that referring to the fight. Mavis thinks that her fight with Gigi does not have great value OALD8. It can be a sign that she becomes
stronger after living at Convent. As for M.3.7a, Mavis realizes that there is an old Mavis the appraised, but she has been dead. Mavis now considered herself as
the new Mavis meaning that she is more valuable than the old one. She can also make something she gave good valuation, the crepe as the appraised M.3.7f. It is
another sign that she is more confident. As seen in the table 4.13, the minor occurrences of appraisals appearing in
excerpt 3 are the judgment -prop or immoral, the affect -sec or undesirable
insecurity, appreciation +reac or desirable reaction, and appreciation -comp or undesirable composition.
M.3.7d The one who couldn’t figure out or manage a simple meal, … appreciation -comp
M.3.7e … which was funny in a way. appreciation +reac M.3.13 Once upon a time it had been an occasional nightmare –
affect -sec M.3.20c …, how Gigi had embarrassed everybody, … judgment -
prop The appraisers of the examples above are Mavis. Thus, in that case, Mavis is the
one who gives her opinion toward the appraised which is varied. In M.3.7d, the appraised is meal, something which she thinks is not complicated, but she can
even make it when she still lives with her family. Then in M.3.7e, the appraised is she was stung by Gigi’s reference to her sexlessness. She considers it as
amusing. It can be because she realizes what actually happens to her. She knows the truth, but she is still offended. Later, after the fight she thinks that she does not
need to be angry. Instead, she can just laugh at what Gigi said. Moreover, she knows that Gigi always says something inappropriate M.3.20 to everybody. As
for M.3.13, the appraised is dream. She still has a nightmare, very frightening dream OALD8 even after she has lived at Convent. It can describe that her fear
and her guilty have turned out into a dream though finally, she chooses to accept it.
From the explanation, it can be said that the appraisal system and the comment adjuncts of Mavis clearly illustrate the mental and thought condition of
the character. The analysis starts from the insecurity feeling and her prediction as described in excerpt 1. Then it continues to her opinion toward herself that she is
incapable woman and her misery. Finally, it ends with the positive attitude. Excerpt 3 shows the transformation of the character from the negative attitude
such as insecurity, unhappiness, and incapability to the positive attitude, Mavis’s happiness, confidence, and reception.
4.1.3 The Relation of the Linguistic Features to the Phenomenalities and
