Object of the Study

Third, the researcher made the title. Some problems appeared in making the title because some of the titles had already been used by the former researchers. However, the researcher got a better title, “The Influence of Firdaus‟ Experiences with Men on Her Way She Sees Men as Reflected in Nawal El Saadawi‟s Woman at Point Zero.” Fourth, the researcher looked for some studies which also discussed the novel Woman at Point Zero from the former researchers. It was important to do it in order to have such a comparison among the studies and enrich the understanding about the story. Fifth, the researcher started to do chapter one. The researcher looked for some books as the references and took some statements from the experts. In this step, the researcher learned how to quote well. Sixth, the researcher moved on to chapter three. It was not really difficult to work on chapter three because this chapter was an explanation about object of the study, approaches that were used, and method of the study which presented the steps in doing this study. Seventh, the researcher did chapter two. This part was quite difficult because the researcher had to be careful in doing some parts. Besides, the theories which were explained had to be reliable. Eight, the researcher did chapter four. In doing chapter four the researcher had to be careful because this chapter was like the composition of chapter one until three. Nine, the researcher did chapter five. The researcher got a little problem on implication. It was revised four times. Finished with chapter one up to five, the researcher started to make some elements to fulfill this study, such as table content, dedication page, approval page, appendices, references, and abstract.

CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS

This chapter discusses two questions, which are stated in the problem formulation. The first question deals with the description of Firdaus as the major character. The second question deals with Firdaus‟ experiences with men which influence her way in seeing men.

4.1 The Description of Firdaus

According to E.M Foster „there are two kinds of character, flat and round characters‟ as cited in Abrams, 1981, p. 155. Additionally, he adds that a round character is not static; he changes over the time and can be seen from many sides. Based on that explanation about characters, Firdaus belongs to a round character. It is because Firdaus changes from a very gentle woman to a very cruel woman. Abrams 1981 states „there are two ways for characterizing the person in narrative; they are showing or dramatic method and telling‟ p. 21. In order to know about Firdaus‟ character, the readers have to think by themselves. They can conclude how Firdaus character is by seeing her speech, action, attitude, and many more. As Abrams 1981 says, the author merely presents hisher characters taking and acting and leaves the reader to infer what motives and dispositions behind what they say and do p. 21. Related to that, there are some characteristics of Firdaus which can be seen from her action, attitude, speech, and so on. Those explanation above can be used to analyze Firdaus‟ character in the novel. 33