20 revealed by Eliot Rosewater. Then, the researcher wrote an analysis to answer the
problem formulation in the previous chapter. In analyzing the particular problem formulation, the researcher used some books and the data from the internet to
support the analysis. Finally, the researcher drew some conclusion. In drawing conclusion, the
researcher concluded from all analyses, starting with the description of the main character in the novel, how the main character views humanity, and what
messages are revealed from the analysis in problem formulation number one and two.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter aims to answer the formulated problems that have been stated in chapter I. This chapter is divided into two parts. The first part describes Eliot
Rosewater’s characteristics as the major character in Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine
based on his view on humanity. Meanwhile, the second part analyzes the messages are revealed through the way
Eliot views on humanity.
A. Eliot’s Character Characterized Based on His View on Humanity
This section deals with the characteristics of Eliot Rosewater as the main character in Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before
Swine. According to Henkle, major character has fullness of details and becomes
the focus of the story 1977: 88. Eliot is the main character since he dominates the story and he appears from the beginning until the end of the story.
The story begins when Eliot inherits the Rosewater Foundation with worth 87,472,033.61. Eliot Rosewater is a member of a rich family and the son of a
Republican senator. After serving in the Second World War, Eliot is hospitalized for war tiredness in Paris, where he meets Sylvia who becomes his wife.
Eliot drinks heavily, but he is able to hold his liquor, and for five or six years lives respectably with Sylvia in a New York townhouse and runs the Foundation from
an upscale office. However, his drinking gets out of hand, and his mental health appears to get worse. He goes to a psychiatrist who treats him for a year in which
