7 will be explained. It is done because some terms might have some different
meanings to different circumstances.
1. Character
According to Abrams, character is defined as The persons presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are
interpreted by the reader as being endowed with moral, dispositional, and emotional qualities that are expressed in what they say – the dialogue –
and by what they do – the action. 20
In other words, characters here can be described through their moral, dispositional, and emotional qualities and those can be seen verbally and by the
action. In this study, character is defined as the person with moral, dispositional,
and emotional qualities that is presented by the author to recognize, understand, and deal with the tragedy of life experience.
2. Personality
Barnet et al. propose that character, also means personality, is “the mental and moral quality of a figure, as when we say that X’s character is strong, weak,
or immoral” 71. According to Warren, as cited by Kartono, it is said that personality is “the entire mental organization of a human being at any stage of his
development” 16. In other words, personality embraces every phase of human character intellect, temperament, skill, morality, and every attitude that have been
built up in the course of one’s life.
8 In this study, personality is every human character intellect, temperament,
skill, morality, and every attitude that have been built by Elijah in the course of his life.
3. Christian Value
According to Kauffman, the word “Christian” can be defined as “one who believes in Christ and follows Him” 112. Also, as an adjective, Christian means,
“relating to Christ or Christianity or the church” 112. Surely, the second meaning is more relevant to use. According to Rahner and Vorgrimler, the term
value, or better to be seen as ethics, is defined as “the science of moral; it seeks to analyze and explore the moral facts from which the norms of human behavior may
derive” 151-152. Here, value relates to the moral standard. In this study, Christian values are defined as the moral standard related to
Christian teaching.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
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