The point of feminism is an ideology criticism towards a point of few which neglects the imbalance problems and injustice of character‟s role and social
identity based on the difference of gender Budianta 2002:201. Sofia and Sugihastuti 2003:35 stated that feminism is a fight to change the hierarchy
structure between men and women to be equality of rights, status, opportunity, and role in society.
This human movement is widely develops to the entire world. This movement is appeared triggered by the awareness that women‟s rights are equal to
men‟s Kutha Ratna, 2004:186. The humanitarian movement has actually appeared in United States of America in the 16th century. With the development
of this movement, in 1960s this movement is called feminism. This movement is not only a form of social activity in human life but also take effect in a study
about culture and literature. Literature as the human‟s work is closely associated with cultural values which believed by the society. Therefore, literature is often
seen as a mirror of society and culture. Feminism is a term that used for stating an idea or values which opposite
from an awareness that there is “injustice towards women”. Regarding the
subordination of women, Tong 1998:2 stated that subordination of women is rooted from several obstacles based on customs and legal barriers which restrict
the entry and success of women in public. This case happened because people has false belief that women are not as clever or strong as men that people
marginalized women of the academy, forum, and trade. Consequently, the real potential from women never fulfilled.
2.3 Theoretical Framework
Discussing literary work cannot be separated from the influence of the author‟s life. This chapter presents some theories that are relevant to the study.
The theory include the theory of character proposed by Egri in his book The Art of Dramatic Writing 1942
, and Egri in Sukada‟s Beberapa Aspek tentang Sastra 1987 which will concern in the three dimensions analysis physiological,
psychological, and sociological. Theory of literature proposed by Kenney in his book How to Analyze Fiction 1966 which will concern in analyzing the conflict
of the main character in the novel of this study. Theory of feminism is proposed by Alison Jaggar in her book Feminist Politic and Human Nature 1988.
2.3.1 Theory of Character
Lajos Egri 1946 in his book The Art of Dramatic Writing begins his section on character by pointing out that every object has three dimensions: depth,
height, and width. People are no different. They have three extra dimensions namely; physiology, sociology, and psychology. Physiological, psychology, and
sociology are the three dimensions that are used to determine the characters in a work of literature. Essentially, the dimensions of character are the same as the
dimensions of people. Those three aspects can be explained as follow: 1.
Physiological Aspect This aspect described the characteristic of a character based on the
physical appearance. The appearances include gendersex, age,
heightweight, posture, defects, heredity, hair color, and other physical aspect affect hisher sociological experience and behavior. Physiology as a
means of learning the physique related to the appearance of a person. The physicality of a person makes the first impression, which dictates how a
person will be treated, and this, in turn, affects a person‟s life experience and behavior. A character in a novel is no different. A character has a
physical description somewhere in the text. 2.
Sociological This aspect is related to the society, especially how character
interacts in hisher social environment. The social background forms the character‟s behavior, the way of thinking, and the way heshe acts when
the character facing a problem. A social system consists of the system of family, politics, economy, belief, education, and constitution. By learning
social institution and any kind of economical, religion, and political problems, a description about how a human being adapts his environment,
social mechanism, and cultural processes can be obtained. 3.
Psychological Aspect Egri describes psychology as the way a character behaves, which is
the culmination of that character‟s physiological and sociological aspects. This is the part of character analysis that involves labeling the character as
a “type” or using adjectives to describe that character. Egri also states that psychology aspect is not only the most complex of the three, but it is the
product of the other two. It rounds out the character”. Analyzing a
