Object of the Study

who is not vibrant and spirited, even in his big day. Meanwhile, a person who is strong-willed will stand tall and upright. Another proof of Kemal’ s weak -willed characteristic can be seen in the way he responses to certain event, as M.J Murphy states that a character’ s reaction might serve as a tool to analyze a c haracter’ s characteristics 1972: 168. “ I felt that I should get out of bed, distract myself, look for a way out of this predicament, or at the very least this room, but I just couldn’ t summon the will p. 155 ”. The day after Kemal and Sibel get engaged, Fusun suddenly disappears. She does not come to Merhamet apartment as she has promised Kemal before. Waiting in vain for weeks, Kemal must have known with each passing day that Fusun will never come again. However, it does not stop Kemal to come to the apartment each day, wait for nothing, and feel the growing pain. The quotation suggests that Kemal knows that what he does is not good for his emotional well being, but he is unable to even drag himself out of the room. The quotation shows that Kemal’ s reaction to Fusun’ s absence is him sta ying idle in the room. It is as though he does not have the energy to try to change and improve the situation. Another moment that depicts Kemal’ s weak -willed nature occurs in Fusun’ s family home in a poor neighborhood i n Istanbul. Fusun lives there with her father, mother, and her husband. So at that moment, the television having been turned off, I would sit for a casual while longer, before telling myself, more forcefully now, that I needed to stand up and get going, but my legs would not obey me. In this motionless state I would remain like a figure in a painting, and as I felt the perspiration beading on my brow, the ticking of the clock punctuating my discomfort, as I exhorted myself, saying ”I’ m standing up now” fo rty times over, but still to no avail. p.311