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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS

This chapter consists two parts based on the problems formulated in this study. The first part is the analysis of Charlie’s characteristics in the novel. Knowing the characteristics of Charlie make the researcher easily analyzes deeply about Charlie’s behavior. The second part is the description of how Charlie’s post traumatic stress disorder depicted in the novel through his behaviors. It presents the description of Charlie’s behaviors which are related to the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. By analyzing Charlie’s behavior one by one and relating them with the symptoms, the researcher easily finds out Charlie’s post traumatic stress disorder.

A. The Characteristics of Charlie

In order to analyze Charlie’s characteristics, the researcher uses the theory of character and characterization in this part. Based on what Charlie writes in his letters, the researcher finds the characteristics of Charlie. Charlie, a fifteen years old boy is the youngest child of the family. He has one older brother and one older sister. As the youngest son, he always cares about his family. Charlie almost spends most of his time at home with no one else but his family. He also never makes troubles. There are several characteristics that the researcher finds in Charlie. The first characteristic of Charlie is quiet. Charlie is not the type of boy who is active or talkative. His only best friend is Michael who dies because of suicide. After Michael dies, he becomes calmer. He never plays outside with the other kids and he spends all his time at home, reading books. In his letters, Charlie never talks about his interaction with other friends besides Michael. In his high school he meets Sam and Patrick, his seniors at school. He never talks to anybody since day one in high school but when he sees Patrick and Sam in a football game, he tries to talk to him. Thus, they become friends. He also meets some of Patrick’s friends. Charlie, then, only interacts with Sam, Patrick, Bob, and Mary Elizabeth. Even though Charlie has finally had friends, he remains quiet. One of his friends, Patrick even says that Charlie is really something. Hes a wallflower. And Bob really nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And I started to feel nervous in the Bob way, but Patrick didn’t let me get too nervous. He sat down next to me. “You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.” p.47 In one party, Patrick and Sam invite Charlie to come. It is the first time Charlie goes to a party. He gets drunk because of the brownies contained with drugs which are given by Bob. In that Party, Patrick and the other friends realize that Charlie is a very calm person. Patrick states it by using the word “wallflower” that indicate a person who is quiet. This quiet characteristic is described by Charlie himself and what Patrick says. In the method of characterizing the character, the researcher finds out that Charlie’s quiet characteristic is described through what the characters do and what other characters say about him. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI