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CHAPTER III THE ANALYSIS OF INTRINSIC ELEMENTS IN MATILDA
3.1 Character 3.1.1 Matilda
The text above shows the narrator’s comments on Matilda that she is a clever, diligent, and bright-minded who able to understand on what she learns very quickly.
Besides, Matilda is described as a genius child who has superiority that she is speak fluently and master many words well in which not all of one age half child can do that. In
her age of three, she is able to read and study through the newspapers and magazines, and at five she become a school girl with all those multi – talents and it was admitted by her
teacher not her headmistress and parents instead. Otherwise her father jugged her as stupid and noisy girl who pretends to be smart but it then again was replied gently and
wisely by Matilda I view that the character of Matilda is hardly to be found in the real life, a child
with much superiority that might not owned by other children of her age. It is understandable if the author tries to make a perfect main character in his novel, to draw
attention and attraction from readers. Meanwhile he also should consider that the readers of his story are not always adults, but could be most of them are children who are unable
to compare between reality and fiction. Because sometimes the children age is the time for them to imitate and idealize a figure or character they have seen and read. However, it
is difficult for them to imitate or idealize a character like Matilda in their real world.
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and smart parents, in which they would care of her, understand and respect her thoughts or decisions. In fact, her parents were not that kind of people who will get enough time
and Matilda all the time and Matilda frequently developed brilliant ideas to solve that sort of problems, even it considered difficult for a child of that age. All of those problem have
made her become braver to decide thing, it was then proved when she decided to leave her parents and stay with her teacher, Miss Honey.
On another hand, as a small young girl with all problems she face, sometimes, Matilda also felt anxious, fear, anger, hatred, worry, disappoint, and dilemma. This
situation somehow does not make her down and feel embarrassed, but it motivates her to do some actions and tricks with her bright ideas to solve the problems she faced.
In my opinion, what Matilda feels in the story is commonly happen in real life. Some children are having a completely happy family, but some other has not. In this
story, Matilda’s brother or parents are a kind of unexpected family. They are no caring, warmness, smiling, supporting and respecting of each other, but oral violence instead.
Even the novel was not a true story, as the children literature, this should be a good lesson learn for children to know by children as the readers. In fact, the author has
implicitly put a worse image on parents that might influence children’s thoughts on their parents.
On one side, Matilda physically described as a small young girl with about four to five years old, sensible and quiet. On other side, people who ever made her will have
such a question of how old exactly Matilda is. However, her brilliance made her nature and brave to do such a grown – up people do normally. From the text above also
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small or tiny. But, Matilda’s brain is unlike to other children’s brain usually. Consequently, the researcher sees that it is too contradicted things that unlikely that occur
in the same time in real life normally. It would be wiser if the author could create a character with possibly capacity of both physique and thought, in concerning of the
readers are mostly children. In the section, Matilda has different ways to interact with other characters both
protagonist and antagonist. For instance, because Matilda loves reading books very much she then ask her father’s opinion about buying her a book and apparently her father
replied her inconveniently. This is shown that Matilda still wanted. In other examples, also Matilda behaves in a kindly and wisely ways toward both protagonist and antagonist
characters in her interactions. There are many ways to make a good interaction with people. The interactions
Matilda has done that were shown in some sentence above are kinds of communicative interaction. In a sentence, while Matilda asking her father to buy her a book, her father
replied her with words “What do you want a flaming book for?” that could make her down instead. In my opinion, the figure of a father in this story is too cruel and too dare
for the author to create an antagonist character from a father of Matilda , because it should be a close relative to the character, which is her father who should support and
take care of her and should not become her enemy, indeed. One of other bad interactions is shown in other sentence while Matilda’s headmaster barks her with nasty words
because Matilda does not want to admit of what she has not done. I concern, again, the author ignores the moral values of this story by putting some antagonist characters from
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readers of this novel should be aware of this guide their children in their reading time. In other sentences, Matilda was showing her appreciation by world “Pretty
marvelous” while she speaks to one of her friend and also showing her sympathy and empathy by an utterance “Tell me” when her teacher, Miss Honey shares her feeling to
Matilda. What probably can be captured from that word is Matilda keep hearing on Miss Honey’s and it shown that Matilda is a good listener. Those are some ways to create well
communicative interactions.
3.1.2 Mr. Wormwood
Mr. Wormwood is abusive parent and also became boorish parent. Mr Wormwood don’t undrestand that Matilda is a clever,diligent, and bright – minded who
able to understand on what she learns very quickly. Besides, Matilda is described as a genius child who has superiority that she is able to speak fluently and master many words
wll in which not all of one age and half child can do that. In her age of three, she is able to read and study through the newspapers and magazines, and at five she becomes a
school girl with all those multi – talents and it was adnitted by her teacher not her headmistress and parents instead.
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3.1.3 Mrs. Wormwood
Mrs Wormwood is a mother has bad habit. She does not care about Matilda than Matilda’s brother. Mrs Wormwood abusive parent and also became boorish parent. Mrs
Wormwood too busy with her life like plays binggo not far away from their house.
3.2 Theme
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