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she was murdered. “All that remained was “death”, but the death had to take place in completely normal circumstances, like the death of any other preson in a big city” p.
265. Her boyfriend—a detective in Scotland Yard—helped her by making a fake report of her death. He scattered Athena’s blood and hair around the victim’s corpse
so in his report he mentioned that it was the victim’s hair. “I used a syringe to take some of her blood. I cut off a lock of her hair and singed it slightly. Back at the scene
of crime, I scattered this “evidence” around” p. 266. However, her closest people knew what was really happening. “Apart from me, only three people know this
story—her parents and her son.” p. 267 As described previously, even in her last struggle—her struggle in teaching
people—she had to disappear so she could survive. It meant that Athena’s life was a never ending struggle. Furthermore, Athena’s struggle reached its climax when she
had to “kill herself” so people who wanted to kill her may think that she was dead. This is Athena’s struggle to survive, so she could stay alive. All of Athena’s actions
represent her extraordinary life—that her life was full of struggle, when the climax of her struggle was the struggle to stay alive.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter is divided into two parts: conclusions and suggestions. The first section answers the research questions. The second one provides suggestion for future
researchers and suggestion for English lecturers.
1.1. Conclusions
Having analyzed the novel in the previous chapter, the writer drew the conclusions. Since there were two research questions, the conclucions were also
drawn into two. The first one was the portrayal of the Athena. The second was the meaning of Athena’s life as seen in her struggles. The writer used theory of character
and characterization to answer the first research question. The first, vital analysis of this study was on the characterization of Athena.
Stanton 1965 stated that character gives a certain situation or circumstance in the story because he or she shows his or her emotions in it
p. 17. Athena was portrayed in the novel as:
1. Beautiful 2. Independent
3. Determined 4. Charismatic
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5. Motherly 6. Adventurous
Psychoanalysis, theory of motivation, and theory of love answered the second research question. Athena found the meaning of her life after she went through so
many struggles: 1. Athena’s Struggle in University
2. Athena’s Struggle in Her Marriage 3. Athena’s Struggle in Teaching People
Those struggles ended up in failures. However, there were true meanings behind those failures. The climax of her stuggle was when many people want to kill her
because of their accusation that she was a witch. In order to survive, she had to “kill herself” by announcing her death. Her boyfriend—a detective in Scotland Yard—
helped her by making a fake report of her death. He scattered Athena’s hair around the victim’s corpse so in his report he mentioned that it is the victim’s hair. Even in
her last struggle—her struggle in teaching people—she had to disappear so she could survive. It meant that Athena’s life is a never ending struggle. In conclusion, all of
Athena’s actions represent her extraordinary life—that her life was full of struggle, when the climax of her struggle was the struggle to stay alive.
1.2. Suggestions
This part consists of two sections: Suggestions for future researchers and suggestion for English lecturers.
