Objectives of the Study Benefits of the Study

8 some sort: People should get the same, or be treated the same, or be treated as equal, in some respect.‖ Sears 1998 in Tuessonwily, Ningsih, and Wahyuni 2013, p.2 mention that ―one of the values of egalitarian is equality of opportunity or equal treatments‖. Furthermore, Tuessonwily, Ningsih, and Wahyuni 2013 e xplain that egalitarianism can be ―created through the personal exp erience of an individual‖ p. 2. An example is given based on the story of Mark Rossiter, a white film maker who is raised by an African American nanny. In this case, egalitarianism is created through the interracial relationship between a white child and his black nanny. Mark realizes that there was something unusual about the ways his nanny treated; unequal and different. He argues that his nanny should receive a better treatment. Johnston 2010 states that Mark considers his nanny as a second mother to him since the affection that she had given make him to be a better person. This experience makes him consider that all people are equal and should be treated equally Tuessonwily, Ningsih, and Wahyuni, 2013, p. 2. Mark Rossiter and Skeeter Phelan have similar story. It is also possible that Skeeter‘s egalitarianism is created because of her affection with Constantine, an African American maid who raised her. The writer uses this study as additional information to the character analysis of Skeeter Phelan. The study of Egalitarianism in Kathryn Stockett‘s Novel The Help by Tuessonwily, Ningsih, and Wahyuni 2013 is different from this study. Tuessonwily, Ningsih, and Wahyuni focus on egalitarianism as seen in Skeeter Phelan‘s character while this study focuses on Skeeter Phelan‘s intention in writing a book. However, the studies which have been reviewed by the writer are useful to complete the analysis. 9

B. Review of Related Theories

The writer reviews three theories. The first is the theory of character. The second is the theory of characterization. The last is the author‘s intention.

1. Theory of Character

The Help is a fictional novel, whose character is a product during the writing process. Abrams 1985 describes character as ―the name of literary genre; it is a short, and usually witty, sketch in prose of a distinctive type of a person ‖ p.23. In Abrams‘ description, Character are the persons presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with moral, dispositional, and emotional qualities that are expressed in what they say —the dialogue —and by what they do—the action p.23. Supporting Abram‘s statement, Gill 1995 defines character as ―a person in a literary work‖ p.127. Furthermore, he adds that a character has ―an identity which is made up by appearance, conversation, action, name and possibly thoughts going on in the head ‖ p.127. Although some characters might have some typical human characteristics in the same ways as people in real life, their personalities are made in particular ways by the author as they speak and act only in the book. A character may remain the same from the beginning until the end of the story, or ―may undergo a radical change, either through a gradual process of motivation and de velopment‖ Abrams, 1985, p.23. In this study, it is important to analyze the character in order to answer the first research question, which analyzes about the main