thesis were taken from various sources such as Theory of Literature, An Introduction to the Study of Literature, A Handbook to Literature, A New Handbook
of Literary Terms, Reading and Writing about Literature, Personality Development, Understanding Unseens, American Literature: A Study and Research
Guide. All those books really helped the writer in analyzing the problems of this study. Besides from printed sources, the writer also used the internet source to help
doing this thesis. Before analyzing the main problem of this study, the writer applied the theory
of character and characterization to get deeper understanding about the characteristics of Tsukuru. Next, the writer analyzed the importance of Sara in
Tsukuru’s personality development by using the theory of personality development. The last step of this study was to sum up the analysis and drew a conclusion.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter will be divided into two parts. In the first part, the writer discusses about the personality development of the main character that is described
in the novel. It is used to show how the main character is characterized and how the personality
of the character is developed. The writer analyzes Tsukuru Tazaki’s character before he meets Sara and after he meets Sara. After knowing that the
personality of the main character develops, the writer continues analyzing the importance of Sara Kimoto in T
sukuru Tazaki’s personality development as revealed in the story.
A. The characteristics of Tsukuru Tazaki
Tsukuru Tazaki is the main character in Haruki Murakami ’s novel Tsukuru
Tazaki and His Years Years of Pilgrimage. In order to analyze Tsukuru’s
personality development, the theory of character by Abrams and theory of characterization proposed by Murphy are used to see the way the author
characterizes Tsukuru. In this part, the writer needs to analyze the characteristics of Tsukuru Tazaki.
In order to analyze Tsukuru’s characteristics and his personality development, the writer uses Hurlock’s theory about personality development.
1. Tsukuru’s Characteristics before He Meets Sara Kimoto
The main character in the story is a 36 years old man named Tsukuru Tazaki. He lives in Tokyo and works for a railroad company which build stations. In
highschool, Tsukuru has four best friends. But during his second year in college,
