plays a significant role in this novel. Christopher appears from the beginning until the end of the story. He also becomes the narrator of the story. As the narrator,
Christopher leads the reader to his way of thinking. “My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and their capital cities
and every prime number up to 7,057.”2. So, it can be concluded that Christopher is the main character because this novel tells about his life journey.
Christopher is also a round character because it is difficult to describe him in a simple word. He has his own way of thinking which is different from common
people and has his own point of view in seeing this world and solving some conflicts that he faces.
B. Christopher’s Characteristics as an Autistic Boy
As presented in chapter two, there are methods to analyze the characteristics of a character. One of them is proposed by Murphy. He states that there are nine
ways to analyze the characteristic of a character: personal description, character as seen by another, speech, past life, conversation of others, reaction, direct
comment, mannerism and thought 161-173. In order to analyze Christopher’s characteristics, some methods of characterization proposed by Murphy are
applied. To analyze Christopher as an autistic boy, I also apply the theory proposed by
Bryna Siegel. According to Bryna Siegel autism is a disorder in the capacity for social understanding. Along with this, there comes to be certain ways that the
child with autism also has difficulties with language and how he processes the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
information coming from that senses 11. In another word, it can be said that Autism is defined as a disorder which makes a person have difficulty to interact
and communicate with other people. A person who suffers from autism tends to withdraw himself from his social environment.
Christopher who is an autistic has some characteristics which are different from common people. The following are Christopher’s characteristics as an
autistic boy.
1. Christopher’s Learning Disabilities
According to Bryna Siegel autistic children have some characteristics of learning disabilities; they are characteristics of social autistic learning disabilities,
communicative autistic learning disabilities, and non-social learning disabilities 91-99. As an autistic boy Christopher also has these learning disabilities. The
description of each Christopher’s characteristic as an autistic boy will be described as follows;
a. Christopher’s Social Learning Disabilities 1 Lack of Awareness of Others
A child who is unaware of others and what he is doing fails to apprehend a great deal of experiences that feed into the child’s development of how and why
people interact in the ways they do Siegel 93. It means that this child fails to comprehend many things around him which other children might notice. It also
happens to Christopher who also has difficulties to interact with other people. Christopher is an introvert person. It can be seen from some of his statements
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