D. Theoretical Framework
The theories that are explained in the previous section are used to help the writer to examine the problems in this thesis. The analysis employs the
theories of character and characterization to know more deep about the personalities and motivations, perspective of Willie in three different geographical
locations. In this thesis, the writer analyzes the main character, Willie. In order to know deeper
about Willie’s perspectives, theory of character is employed. Abrams emphasizes that
―characters are on the dramatic or narrative work and they have particular moral, intellectual and emotional qualities
‖ Abrams, 2009: 32-33
. The theorist’s basic principles about characters become references to the writer in analy
zing Willie’s character especially his perspectives. Theory of characterization becomes a significant aspect in determining Willie’s character.
The theory is used as the writer’s field of inquiry to answer the first question.
Thus, the theory of character and characterization reveal the perspectives of the main character and then it supports the next problem formulation.
Subsequently, postcolonial theory with its discussion on colonialism and orientalism, and also theory on setting are employed as guidance to understand
intensely about the issue that novel brings about. Most of Naipaul’s works discusses disapora’s theme. In analyzing diasporic movement, the role of the
theory of setting becomes an essential part. The notion of diaspora itself is the movement from one place to another place. Besides, diaspora movement also is
the nexus of the time and social condition. Thus, theory of setting becomes a proper theory in order to scrutinize the diasporic movement of Willie.
The other kind of theory that writer employed in this thesis is postcolonial theory. In Postcolonial Theory postcolonialism can be seen as a
―theoretical resistance to the mystifying of the colonial aftermath, revisiting, remembering and, crucially, interrogating the colonial past
‖ Gandhi, 1998: 4. The process of returning to the colonial scene discloses a relationship of
reciprocal antagonism and desire between colonizers and colonized. Postcolonial theory examines the cultural contact amidst colonizer and colonized. In this thesis,
postcolonial theory is employed to observe the aftermath of colonialism toward diasporic movement of the main character in Magic Seeds. The colonialism has a
significant aftermath to Willie’s existence and his family. In his migration, Willie questions his identity. To exploring Willie’s identity, theory of identity is
required. Besides, the reviews on social condition in Africa during colonization, Post-independence India and England in 1957-1960 are urgent to get a clear
history or depiction about historical background of the story. The reviews of social conditions also support the writer to make a comprehensive analysis which
is supported by the strong evidences. Thus, these theories and the reviews on social condition in various countries are very beneficial to understand the second
questions.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
Chapter three is divided into three sections. First is the object of the study. The second section focuses on the chosen approaches which are used in this
analysis. The third section concerns on the steps in completing the study.
A. Object of the Study
The object of this thesis is a novel by V.S Naipaul. Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad in 1932. He goes to England on a scholarship in 1950. After
four years at University College, Oxford, he begins to write. His first book is Mystic Masseur 1957, comic portraits of Trinidadian society. The Mystic
Masseur wins the Mail on Sunday or John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1958 and is adapted as a film with a screenplay by Caryl Phillips in 2001.
Magic Seeds is his last novel. It is originally published in Great Britain by Picador, London, in 2004. In this thesis the writer uses Random
House of Canada edition published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, Toronto in 2004. The novel consists of twelve chapters. The number of the pages is 282
pages. V.S Naipaul’s Magic Seeds tells the story about Willie has travelled
from Africa to Berlin, India and up to London. He marries a woman of mixed Portuguese and African ancestry. He lives with his wife in Africa for 18 years.
Later he travelled to Berlin to follow his sister, Sarojini. In Berlin, Sarojini
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