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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter discusses the answer to the problems formulated in the first chapter. There are three main parts that are discussed. The first part is about the
characteristics of the main character in Piercing. Here, the writer explains and give detail information about the characteristics of Kawashima Masayuki.
The second part discusses how the characteristics of the main character can be categorized as having paranoid schizophrenia. This part presents the
description of paranoid schizophrenia’s symptoms in Kawashima’s characteristics in order to reveal the details of this mental illness.
The last part discusses the factors that influence the main character to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia. This part will observe some events that had
happened to Kawashima Masayuki. Here, the writer will analyze it through his past life, environment and his psychological stance as the important factors that
cause him to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia.
A. The Characteristics of Kawashima Masayuki
Kawashima Masayuki is the main character in Piercing. He is the central person in the story because from the beginning to the end of the story, the author
described him in detail. Murakami wrote his story starting from Kawashima’s past life when he was a kid until he had became an adult. According to M.H Abrams,
the most important or central person in the story is the major character, and it goes to Kawashima Masayuki. Kawashima is characterized as a twenty-nine-year-old
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man with a normal life, but having bad childhood experiences. Here, he is described as a husband of Yoko, a father of a daughter named Little Rie and
worked as a graphic designer. In this story, there are several characteristics of Kawashima Masayuki. The
writer analyzes those characteristics using the theory of characterization by M. J. Murphy. In this theory, there are nine ways that can be used to find the
characteristics of the main character. But, in this analysis, only four ways are used. They are speech, past life, reactions, and thoughts. These four ways are
considered the most significant ones that will support the analysis of the characteristics of the main character. They will help to analyze the characteristics
of the main character seen from the mental or personality point of view. Based on the analysis, there are six characteristics that are appropriate to
describe Kawashima Masayuki. The six characteristics are suspicious, anxious, fearful, spiteful, violent and in doubt. To understand further about Kawashima
Masayuki’s characteristics, the explanation is as follows.
1. Suspicious
In Piercing, Kawashima is described as a suspicious man. He became suspicious toward something that tried to hurt him, although it only appeared in
his mind. Things that triggered his suspicion are feeling that someone knew his wicked plan to stab a woman, someone would ignore and leave him, and so on.
Here, Kawashima’s feeling comes as a product of his childhood life, when his mother used to treat him badly. That is why when he felt comfortable with
someone, he would easily get suspicious if he found that person was not like what
