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Regarding the criticisms mentioned before, the writer can highlight several important points. First, the story in The Host is amusing to explore
because it is a balance mixture of emotion and action. Second, Meyer presents Wanderer, the main character as a unique figure because she is an alien or a
soul. Third, those criticisms and reviews help the writer analyze The Host. Although the writer agrees with the criticisms above, the writer has different
opinion about in this study. The writer chooses the motivation of Wanderer as the topic by observing her character and her conflicts.
B. Review on Related Theories
Some theories are needed to support the analysis and answer the problems. Those theories are the theories on character and characterization,
theories of conflict, and theories of motivation.
1. Theory of Character and Characterization
The theories about character and characterization are needed to analyze the major character, Wanderer. In a book Fiction: An Introduction to
Reading and Writing, Roberts and Jacobs stated about character and characterization.
Character in literature generally, and in fiction specifically, is an extended verbal representation of a human being, the inner self that
determines thought, speech, and behavior. Through dialogue, action, and commentary, authors capture some of the interactions of character
and circumstance. 1989: 143
From the quotation above, character in fiction is defined as representation of
human being that has particular thought, speech, and behavior. Whereas,
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characterization is the way to analyze the character. The key elements such as dialogue, action, and comments are important to the writer as clues to
determine the character. Arp and Johnson in their book
Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Tenth Edition explains that character is complicated description of
human being. Analyzing characterization is more difficult than describing plot, for
human character is infinitely complex, variable, and ambiguous. Anyone can summarize what a person in a story has done, but a writer
needs considerable skill and insight into human beings to describe convincingly who a person is. 2009: 161
They explained that characterization is more complex and varied compared to
the plot. The reader can identify the action of the character because every character does different activity. Thus, the complexity of the character is
described as a deep portrait of human being. Also, in the book Understanding Unseen by Murphy 1972:161-173
there are several paths to analyze the characterization. He states that character can be seen through personal description, character as seen by another, speech,
past life, conversation of other, reactions, direct comment, thought, and mannerism.
The first, character can be analyzed through their personal description. The
detail about the character’s appearance such as clothes, the face, skin, and eyes are important keys to find the characterization 1972:
161. It provides particular clues related to the character due to the fact that each character has their own appearance.
