The Color Purple is going to be very interesting topic to be analyzed, especially about the main character, Celie. Celie gets spirit to wake up and realize
herslef as a colorful, beautiful and proud human being. Seeing her transformation is a new spirit for other woman.
1.2 Statement of Problem
There is a huge transition of many characters in the beginning to the end of the novel that can be tracked by Celie’s letter. The focus of this thesis is to
analyze the round character of Celie in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. Accordingly, the questions addressed in this thesis are:
1. How does Celie change? 2. What are the factors that make Celie changes?
1.3 Objective of Analysis
Derived from the problems of the analysis above, the objectives of this thesis are to analyze and to prove the round character of Celie in Alice Walker’s
The Color Purple, to describe the factors that make Celie change, and also how she changes.
1.4 Significance of Analysis
The analysis of this thesis is expected to be able to give significance for the readers. It is expected that by reading and analyzing this thesis, we are going
to get more information about the transformation of Celie as a round character in
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the novel. This thesis is expected to enable the readers to understand about prose and it is hoped to be a reference for the readers to widen knowledge about
intrinsic element in Prose, especially character.
1.5. Scope of Analysis
In doing an analysis, we need to limit the fields which are going to be analyzed. It is to make sure that the analysis is not out of context. In this thesis, I
focus only the transformation of Celie in Alice Walker’s The Color, how she changes and what factors that make Celie changes.
1.6. Review to Related Literature
Doing this thesis, the writer consulted and used some books which are related to the topic of this thesis. They are:
Edgar V. Robert and Hery E. Jacob, 1995:135. This book provides about the literary theories that there are five ways
to present the characters, they are from the actions; descriptions, both personal and environmental; dramatic statements and thoughts;
statements by other characters; and statements by the author speaking as storyteller or observer. From the statements. It is easier to
characterize the character in the novel and to find which the main characters of all is.
Wellek, Rene. 1948. Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company Prentice hall, new Jersey.
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This book provides the literary theories, and leads the writer to the extrinsic approach that studies about the psychology, socilogy,
thought, and biography, and intrinsic approach that studies about character, plot, and setting.
Sint Lourence Saragi in her thesis ana nalysis of the main characters in Flora Rheta Schreiber’s novel “Sybil”. This thesis help me to analyze
character. Walker, Alice. 1982. The Color Purple. New York: Pocket Book.
This is the novel that is going to be analyzed by the write.
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CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1 A Brief View of Character
